越南科技聯合會

Address: 53 Nguyen Du - Hanoi - Vietnam.

Tel.: 04.39438108

Fax: 04.38227593

Email: vanphong@vusta.vn.

VUSTA (Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association) was established according to Decision N0 121/HDBT on July 29th 1983 by the Minister’s Council (now the Government) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

On the date of establishment, VUSTA had only 15 member associations, now it comprises 114 associations of which 64 from the center and 50 in provincial level. The organizational system of VUSTA has having a very high speed of development. Besides, the structure of VUSTA comprises also more than 400 units for scientific research, development of technology and training as well as 150 magazines, reviews, journals, newsletters, special issues.

The member associations of VUSTA are functioning/operating as per their own statutes/regulations, with broadly autonomous rights for various activities, but having to abide by VUSTA’s main directives, under the guidance and control of VUSTA’s central Council.

The National Congress of Representatives is a supreme leading organ of VUSTA, with a term of office in 5 years. Up to now, VUSTA had recorded 5 national congresses.

The late Professor Academician, Hero of Labor, General Tran Dai Nghia was the first chairman of VUSTA (1983-1988). Prof. Dr. Ha Hoc Trac had been VUSTA chairman during the second and third term (1988-1999). The present chairman is Prof. Academician Vu Tuyen Hoang.

Members of the Central Council comprise representatives of all member associations and a number of scientists, managers having been introduced by the preceding Presidium of the Central Council and agreed upon by the congress. For running activities of VUSTA in between two meetings, the Central Council elect a Presidium. The Presidium of the Central Council in the forth term comprises 17 members with Prof. Academician Vu Tuyen Hoang as chairman.

VUSTA is endowed with functions as follows:

· Grouping, uniting individuals of domestic scientific and technological intelligentsia as well as overseas Vietnamese intellects

· Acting as a clue/liaison base between member associations and with the various organs of the Party, the Government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and other organizations for dealing with issues arisen in VUSTA’s activities

· Representing, protecting legitimate rights and interests of member associations of Vietnamese scientific and technological intelligentsia.

VUSTA is to implement the main following tasks:

· Consolidating, developing organization, boosting activities of member association

· Contributing to the socialization of science, technology, education and training activities as well as of people’s health care.

· Promoting the mobilization of science-technology intelligentsia

· Playing the role of a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front

· Enhancing the co-operation with foreign associations, NGO and member associations, participating to regional and international scientific-technological organizations.

For efficiently implementing the a.m tasks, VUSTA and its member associations frequently organized meetings, national and international scientific seminars, set up the Fund for supporting technical creativities (VIFOTECH) and hundreds of units specialized in scientific research, technological development and training. For organizing and boosting consultancy activities, the Presidium of VUSTA Central Council had decided to set up 19 specialized consulting councils.

For many years recently, in order to encourage scientific and technological activities, technical improvement, VUSTA jointly with the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Trade Union League and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Central Association had annually organized the Prize for Creativity in science and technology as well as the biannual Competition Fair for nationwide technical creativity. Along with the above-mentioned activities, VUSTA also paid a particular attention to activities for community development and for famine eradication, poverty reduction, etc.

The Party and the Government pay much attention and highly appreciate VUSTA activities. That is materialised in the Instruction N045-CT/TU by the Party Politburo on “Strongly boosting VUSTA activities”. The Instruction N014/2000/CT/TTg by the Prime Minister” on the deployment for implementing measures in view of promoting and improving the efficiency of VUSTA activities”. The Decision No 22/2002/QD-TTg on consulting activities, on society’s opponent commentary of VUSTA and recently the Conclusions by the Party Secretariat N0145-TB/TW on “Further enhancing the implementation of Instructions N0 45/CT/TWW regarding VUSTA in the period up to 2010.

The contribution of VUSTA and its member associations to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland is also highly appreciated by the Government through the much distinguished First class Independence Order that the State “President award to VUSTA”. VUSTA and its member associations shall further endeavor for renovating organization and improving the efficiently to the cause of industrialization and modernization of the country.