On January 15^th, the Department of Science and Technology held the 2016 employees’ meeting with the participation of 85 officers, employees and workers. The meeting saw the presence of Mr. Mai Thanh Quang, secretary of Department Party and Director of Department and Ms. Le Thi Minh Hoang, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial Trade Union for government employees.

On January 15^th, the Department of Science and Technology held the 2016 employees’ meeting with the participation of 85 officers, employees and workers. The meeting saw the presence of Mr. Mai Thanh Quang, secretary of Department Party and Director of Department and Ms. Le Thi Minh Hoang, Deputy Chairman of the Provincial Trade Union for government employees.

At the meeting, participants watched a video report prepared by Centre for Science and Technology Information and Statistics. The report highlighted major achievements of the Department during the year 2015.

Techdemo 2015 was successfully organized in Ba Ria – Vung Tau province. During the event, there were more than 250 technologies being introduced; 10,000 people visited the science and technology exhibition; a total of 12 technology transfer contracts, memorandums and cooperation agreements between 18 organizations were signed with a total value of more than 63.2 billion dong. The Department started implementing 14 researches and pilot projects which were approved by the Provincial People’s Committee in 2014 and 2015. Also, 2015 was the first year the Department introduced the Idea Competition named "Science and Technology Ideas Contest" and received 388 ideas. In addition, the 2014-2015 Technology Innovation Contest was successfully organized by the Department and the Ba Ria – Vung Tau Science and Technology Union with 55 projects being awarded.

On project site, the Department implemented two new projects "Developing and promoting the trade mark of Con Dao one-sun-dried squids” and "Developing and promoting the trade mark of Hoa Long vodka”. In 2015, the project “Disseminating intellectual property knowledge on Ba Ria Vung Tau Radio and Television" was completed, bringing positive results in promoting understanding about intellectual property and IP law compliance among businesses, consumers and public.

The Department achieved significant result in implementing the provincial’s science and technology program to support businesses enhancing productivity and product quality. In 2015, the department received 98 new applications with 128 new projects applied for the program. Of 118 projects evaluated by the review councils, 111 projects were approved for government support with a total funding of about 6.4 billion dong while the companies’ reciprocal funding were about 54,098 billion dong. 

On inspection and legislation side, the Department conducted ​​04/06 inspection programs in areas such as quality, metrology and standards, intellectual property, trade marks and labels, and nuclear and radiation safety. There were a total of 106 organizations inspected, 07 of which were fined with a total amount of about 104 million dong.

According to Mr. Mai Thanh Quang, Director of the Department of Science and Technology, Department promptly advised the provincial People's Committee to implement Party’s policies of the Party, State laws and regulations in science and technology at the provincial level. Professional activities in science and technology at the Department have been gradually improved and qualifications of officials have significantly enhanced to meet the ever increasing job requirements. Provincial regulations in science and technology have been gradually improved.  In 2015, a shift to an increase in state funding for science and technology programs was made, providing sufficient resource for the completion of tasks assigned.

Not only speaking of achievements, Mr. Quang also pointed out some limitations of Department’s activities in 2015. Some of them were the slow implementation of a few assigned tasks, the difficulties in developing operation plan of the Department’s business-units in line with Circular No. 121/TT-BKHCN dated 28/08/2014 issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the lack of quality human resources and limited international cooperation activities in science and technology.

 According to Mr. Mai Thanh Quang, based on the Department’s science and technology in recent years and the need of the province’s social and economic development, in 2016, The Department of Science and Technology will focus to enhance capacity in performing state management function in science and technology, nuclear and radiation safety, quality, metrology and standards and in implementing provincial level projects such as the 1000 businessman training program, the human resource development project in science and technology in 2014-2020 which was approved by the Provincal People’s Committee. In addition, the Department shall advice the PPC on choosing prioritized issues needed for the sustainable economic development of the province, for example developing a maritime economy, protecting the environment, adaption to climate change and securing food security. These issues will be incorporated in the cooperative plans with domestic and international partners.

 Mr. Quang also recognized Department’s officials and employees’ encouraging effort last year and stimulate them to overcome work difficulties to achieve higher performance this year.

 At the end of the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Kim Truong, Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology launched the department-wide emulation movement among officials and employees. Offices and units also signed to start the emulation movement in their offices in 2016. Individuals and units were awarded certificates of merit for outstanding achievement in 2015. Finally, the meeting voted for and adopted the 2016 Employees Meeting Resolution of the Department of Science and Technology.