(HBO) – The Department of Science and Technology of the northwestern Hoa Binh province recently held a conference to review its activities in 2018 and launch tasks for 2019. The conference was attended by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Dung and representatives of the Ministry of Science and Technology.


Do Hai Ho, Director of the provincial Department of Science and Technology, hands over certificates of merit to individuals with outstanding results in science and technology sector in 2018.

 

The application of information technology and administrative reform was bolstered in the year, while the use of digital signature, document management software, the implementation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the digitalization to secure archive collections also proved effective.

 The department was ranked fourth out of the 20 agencies in the administrative reform index and second in IT application. In 2018, it organised a competition on startup innovative ideas, the first of its kind for youths of Hoa Binh province, as well as successfully held drills on identifying and retrieving radioactive sources.

 Work on scientific and technological projects focused on efficiency, particularly a major project helping farmers to overcome consequences of natural disasters and create sustainable livelihoods in Da Bac district.

 Scientific councils graded research projects in a more responsible and effective manner that year. Reforms in intellectual property activities reaped fruitful results, and 14 brands of the province were under trademark protection.

 Additionally, activities in science and the IT sector at the district level received due attention and were effectively supervised, while the application of models was enhanced. ISO adoption at the commune level hit 74 percent in the total number of communes, surpassing the plan.

 Financial mechanism reform in activities of science and IT sector remains a key task in 2019, towards increasing expenditure for highly applicable projects. It is also necessary to improve the efficiency of scientific and IT project supervision, make use of measures to assign new scientific and IT tasks, and promote the application of completed projects in real circumstances.

 The department needs to improve the effectiveness of scientific councils and council initiatives at all levels, and continue to launch incentives for businesses facilitating scientific and IT research as well as innovative start-ups in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It is asked to bolster support in intellectual property and collective trademark registration for local specialties.

 Besides, the department is tasked to support local agencies to maintain quality management system and transfer to the ISO 9001:2015 version, boost administrative reform, IT application and personnel streamline, and improve quality of public services./.

 

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