ĐỒNG NAISCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY E-PORTAL

 

For each locality’s human resources, especially high-level human resources, the country plays an important role in promoting socio-economic development. Experience shows that if many countries without abundant mineral resources know to how to focus on investing in and developing human resources reasonably, they will help their country thrive in science and technology with the industries of manufacturing, electronics, information technology, and advanced heavy industries and raise their GDP per capita to a higher level than that of the countries with a large population and abundant natural resources but a low-quality human resource.

In order to build up a team of science and technology officials that are working in the province's political system, especially the force of the key managers in the sectors, who learn and study in a favorable environment and are capable of improving their abilities to gain an access to the world’s experience and latest research and become the leading officials and experts of sectors, DOST has given the provincial People’s Committee advice on human resources development. As a result, in 2005 the provincial People's Council issued the Resolution no.51/2005/NQ-HDND on the human resources development project for socio-economic development in the 2006-2010 period and vision to 2020. Accordingly, DOST was assigned as the head of the Programme 2 (the postgraduate education program) and and Programme 6 (the training program of computer science, foreign languages, and foreign affairs knowledge for the key officials and for the interpreters. After a period to cooperate with the Department of Internal Affairs and concerned departments and sectors, the results are as follows:

II. THE PERIOD OF ADMINISTRATIVE MACHANISM REFORM FOR SCI-TECH DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION  (1986 - 2003)

+ The implementation results in 2006-2010 period

412 applicants for the program were accepted, including 356 others that are still in the program.

- 348 learners have graduated and are working in their positions effectively.

- 8 learners are still doing their Ph.D.

 

The age structure for graduate learners:

• 75 learners over 40 (21.5%).

• 135 learners between 30 and 40 (38.8%).

• 138 learners under 30 (39.6%).

 

Gender structure:

- 215 male learners and 133 female learners.

+ The results of approving the applicants for the postgraduate program in 2011-2015 period:

Over its years’ implementation, the program has selected 1,169 candidates (including 352 females) into the program, reaching 127.1% as planned. In particular, some individuals have completed and exceeded plans in 2011-2015 period as follows:

- Doctoral education accounts for 235.71%;

- Master education accounts for 145.7% (masters from domestic programs make up 151.38%, and masters from associate programs make up 103.33%).

There are still difficulties in enrolling some types of students:

- Overseas master education reaches only 45% due to the fact that students’ language skills fail to meet requirements;

- Specialty II doctor training reaches 30.56% compared to the target set for all the period. Every year, the Steering Committee for the Postgraduate Education Program reports to the provincial Party Committee and People’s Committee on this issue and the provincial Party Committee and People’s Committee give some directions but things have not changed due to the fact that nobody in the health sector has registered for Specialty II doctor training program.

Among the applicants for the Postgraduate Education Program, there are 352 female learners, accounting for 30.1%.

494/1,169 learners at youth age, accounting for 42.25%; 521 others at middle age, accounting for 44.5%; and those at the age of over 40, accounting for 13.17% have been sent to postgraduate education programs.

          The age structure for graduate learners:

 • 77 learners over 40 (25.85%).

• 171 learners between 30 and 40 (57.38%).

• 50 learners under 30 (16.77%).

 Gender structure:

 

There are 159 male learners and 139 female learners.

Every year, before the Lunar New Year DOST holds the “Science and Technology Festival”, the get-together for the program’s learners is one of the events of the festival with the aim of assessing and reviewing the program throughout the year, thereby having exchanges and sharing experience as well as honoring and rewarding the learners with great achievements in their learning process.

 

A ceremony was held to award B-level computer certificates to key officials

 Implementing the program of “Nurture talents” within the talent fostering and training project for Dong Nai’s socio-economic development in the period of 2010-2015-2020, every year DOST, the provincial Children's House, and Department of Education and Training jointly organize robot contests for teenagers. The program has created a useful playground to arouse students’ passion of creativity and sought for teenagers’ robot-related talents and skills.

​III.  DONG NAI DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PERIOD OF INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION PROMOTION (2003 UP TO DATE)

As a result, 9 robot contests have been held including “Catch and put the crabs into a basket” in 2009; “Kick balls” in 2010, “Robots build a wall” in 2011, and “Robot creativity” in 2012; “Robot family” in 2013; and “Robot creativity” in 2014. After each contest, the two best robots will be chosen to compete in the annual national robot contest for teenagers. In 2011, a special prize was won at the national robot contest. Especially, in 2014 the robot team of Lac Hong University won the championship title at the ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest.

 

With the targets in 2011-2015 period, the Program will focus on training and developing high-quality human resources, forming a force of the leading specialists in the spearhead fields which the province has a shortage of human resources such as biotechnology, informatics, telecommunications, health and new materials, and so on. It is expected that by 2015 the province will educate about 500 masters and doctors in various fields to meet the demand for human resources for the province’s socio-economic development and to contribute transforming Dong Nai into a basically industrialized and modernized province the same as what is set in the Resolution of the 9th Congress of the Party Committee of Dong Nai province in 2010-2015 term.

Dong Nai is a province with a developed industry. Therefore, as DOST was still the Department of Science, Technology, and Environment, it focused investment resources on the environmental management in the context of the industrial development facing a lot of weaknesses in environmental protection. This was a major impact on the ideology of the civil servants when the new Department of Science and Technology was established on the basis of separating its State management function of environment, a strong point with a great potential that had to be transferred according to the Joint Circular no.​​15/2005/TTLT-BKHCN-BNV of the Ministries of Science and Technology and Internal Affairs dated July 15, 2003. The total number of civil servants was cut down from 64 to 34 people with an average age over 45.

Despite facing backward potentials and pessimistic thoughts in this period, thanks to the direction and encouragement of the provincial Party Committee and People's Committee, the deep interest of the Ministry of Science and Technology, especially the determination of all its officials in the strategy, tactics, and selection of the right direction, breakthroughs have been made in the development and promotion of the science and technology potentials that meet the requirements in a new era.

The representative office of DOST in Ho Chi Minh city was built and officially put into operation on May 20, 2009 at 277 – 279, Nguyen Thien Thuat street, ward 1, district 3, Ho Chi Minh city.

 

Simultaneously, I-Office (N-E-M-I) was constructed. It was an advanced tool applying information technology to management and administration, satisfying the requirements for ISO 9001:2000 standard for the online-based quality management method in 2005 and DOST became the only unit in the country to be certified then.

Construction of the Center for Biotechnology Application in Cam My district: A key breakthrough in high-tech application

3. Developing scientific grounds for socio-economic development and administrative procedure reform; promoting research into on renewal of science and technology policies and mechanisms for development in both width and depth and socialization to attract investment resources into scientific and technological development.