Professor, Dr. Do Trung Ta, Chairman of the National Scientific and Technological Policy Council.

The council is the advisory agency for the Prime Minister in terms of scientific and technological development. The council is responsible to give advice to the Prime Minister about policies, mechanisms, strategies, and programs to develop science and technology.

At the first session, the council’s members contributed their opinions to the draft regulations of the council and its operation program in 2009, the new strategy on sci-tech to 2020, the policy to turn Vietnam into a strong country in information technology, the policies for promoting sci-tech development.

Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan asked the council to send periodical reports to the Government about sci-tech and suggest ideas to promote the development of science and technology.

Mai Loan