The door is wide open for scientific units

With the new Decree issued by the Government, from now on, S&T establishments ' will be allowed to wear two shirts '. Scientists are given a series of rights which have the right to receive unlimited income.

Scientific research units are operating as legitimate businesses; Have the right to produce, trade from A to Z, even get the right to import and export directly.

It must be 10 years since the Party Central Committee's 2 Resolution on new policies for science and education, now may be the time when scientists belong to public scientific and technological units (referred to as scientists for short). public school) really feel the wind of innovation.

At the meeting in Hanoi on November 10, 2005, Dr. Nguyen Quan, Director of the Organization and Personnel Department, Ministry of Science and Technology (Science and Technology), spoke in a visual way, with Decree No. 115/2005 / ND-CP newly issued by the Government, from now on, S&T establishments 'will be wearing two shirts'.

Besides the first shirt, which is still the same science and technology research unit as before, for the first time, they were given a second shirt, recognized and operated as a legitimate enterprise.

Becoming an enterprise, public S&T organizations from now on have a series of new rights. Instead of only being allowed to carry out trial production of products from the research topic, they now have the right to deploy production from A to Z. Not only that, they also have the right to produce and trade all other products. but laws do not prohibit, even, have the right to import and export directly.

Thanks to adding a second shirt, the head of the public science and technology organization also has an unprecedented power of human resources and finance. In terms of personnel, the head from now on has the right to decide the entire staff of the organization, to appoint, dismiss, secondment, retire, terminate labor contracts, reward and discipline all both positions in your organization.

- The head of the unit has the right to 'directly decide to invite foreign experts and scientists to Vietnam and send officials abroad to work', Item b, Item 4, Article 5, Section 1, Chapter II , Decree No. 115/2005 / ND-CP dated September 5, 2005.

- Answering the question of Tien Phong journalist, Dr. Nguyen Quan said: 'The scientific organization is understood to be both natural science and social science.

According to the new decree, the scientific units, after being transformed, have the right to establish their own scientific research topics, though it is a subject of criticism with the theme of the State.

The unit even has the right to organize a research project on Long An garden independent of the research topic of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology that the Ministry of Science and Technology assigns.

'Implementing this rule, will end the long-term ache that many people after going into the position to remain in retirement, whether weak or lazy or ineffective work' - Dr. Le Dinh Tien, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, said.

The only restriction on personnel is the vice-president of the organization must still be decided by the head of the superior management agency. 'Circle this restriction is to avoid the risk of heads of profiteers, bringing their relatives to the most important positions in the organization, explained Dr. Nguyen Quan - however we still advocate to In 2010, this last petition will be abolished. '

In terms of assets, most of the state's assets are handed back to units such as 'dowry' before 'staying separately'. Accordingly, a public science and technology organization has the right to bring such assets to auction and mortgage. In particular, intangible assets are intellectual property rights, inventions and inventions of individuals and units that will also be used in business, priced in the market like all other goods.

The most attractive is probably about income. After subtracting all amounts under the obligation, the remaining interest of the public science and technology organization is divided among the members on the principle of unrestricted ceiling.

In operation, public science and technology organization continues to receive budget from the state. Otherwise, there will be no budget allocation according to the staff that scientists have known for a long time called 'black heads' but according to the assigned tasks. This input 'amount of fuel' is very meaningful for those organizations when they first enter the market.

Kites flying up must be wired

In order to avoid the danger of the 'dictatorship' of the head as some concerns at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Son, Ministry of Home Affairs, said that it would be included in the guiding circulars to be completed by the end of December this year. of the masses before key personnel decisions.

On the other hand, in order to avoid the risk of all 'baked' state assets in a loss-making business, the Decree provides sanctions, a part of the property of the unit must be maintained for research purposes. according to the assigned tasks. In particular, key laboratories (worth tens of billions of VND) are not allowed to be auctioned or mortgaged.

However, some other concerns are considered outrageous and carry heavy subsidy thinking. Before wondering what the public science and technology organization has been busy with its business, the Vice Minister, Mr. Le Dinh Tien, said that the Decree also stated that the state continues to "take care" of research units. copy. But in the long term, when the economy grows, it is the big enterprises that are the land to build research and application facilities, even basic research like the current industrial countries.

Empty command issued. The wings are about to enter. To avoid this situation, a specific roadmap has been completed and awaiting approval. Of the 1,200 S&T organizations nationwide, there are 560 state-owned organizations, also called public. About half of the public institutions will be regulated by Decree 115. Initially, about two-thirds of the regulatory group will apply immediately.

However, to pilot, the first 10 organizations of 10 ministries and 5 provinces will be pioneers. According to the plan, by the end of 2006, a complete inventory of assets and specific plans for these 10 units will be completed. The year 2007 will go into implementation right at the end of 2008.

By the end of December 2009, all S&T public institutions in the transformation area would have to be transformed into one of two forms, either into self-financing S&T organizations or S&T enterprises. If any unit cannot convert, it will resolutely dissolve or merge.

Quoc Dung