Ha Noi’s science and technology sector celebrates 55 years of establishment
VGP – Ha Noi’s science and technology sector has affirmed its important role in the city’s construction and development cause and created a driving force to accelerate the industrialization, modernization, development and international economic integration of the capital and the country.
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The Ha Noi Department of Science and Technology held a ceremony on May 16 to celebrate the 55th founding anniversary of the city’s science and technology sector (1962-2017).
The event was attended by Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai and Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh.
Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh recognized and spoke highly of the significant achievements attained by Ha Noi’s science and technology sector over recent years.
The sector has not only contributed actively to boosting the local socio-economic development in a sustainable fashion, but also step by step demonstrated its role as a science and technology center of the entire country, he said.
Ha Noi needs to be a leading locality in applying high technology and clean agriculture as well as actively supporting the development of a startup ecosystem, Anh noted.
Addressing the event, Vice Chairman of the Ha Noi People’s Committee Ngo Van Quy asked the local science and technology sector to improve the proportion of applying research outcomes to management and business production activities; focus on dealing with the city’s pressing issues such as traffic safety, food safety, urban and environment management, waste treatment and handling of inundation; and give priority to applied research in the fields of high technology and clean technology.
It is also necessary for the sector to review policies and mechanisms, aiming to renovate the implementation of science and technology tasks, to accelerate the application of new and modern technologies, and to strengthen inspection over standards, measurements and quality among business establishments to ensure competitiveness in the economy and consumers’ rights.
In the time ahead, Ha Noi’s science and technology sector will continue reforming its management and regulation methods, and recommending measures to gradually enhance the efficiency of science and technology activities and associate them with the reality.
The Ha Noi Department of Science and Technology has received the Independence Order, third class, and many other noble awards from the State, the government, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the municipal Party Committee, People’s Council and People’s Committee, in recognition of its contributions to the socio-economic development cause.
By Vien Nhu
