Science, technology and innovation: Promoting labor productivity

Science, technology and innovation are levers contributing to increasing labor productivity in enterprises (DN). Many incentive and supportive policies for enterprises to invest in scientific research, development and technological innovation have been issued and implemented and have achieved encouraging results.

According to the report of the Ministry of Science and Technology, through the National Product Development Program, the National High-Tech Development Program, the National Technology Innovation Program has contributed to the growth of enterprises. After the above programs ended, participating enterprises had an average annual growth rate of 18.8%; especially, some small-scale enterprises have growth rates of over 50%.

Business results of the above tasks are estimated at nearly 3,424 billion VND in the next 5 years (2020 – 2025), accounting for an average of 33.6% of the enterprise’s revenue. Enterprises have increased the localization rate in the production of products to 67%; including products using 100% domestic raw materials, the market share of enterprises will increase to 10% in 2016 and 20% in 2018, expected to 34.7% in the next 5 years. At the same time, the manufacturing of quests has created more than 3,000 jobs over the years and this impact will continue to spread far and wide across society in the coming years as the big scale tasks, bringing the product to market.

Mr. Tran Viet Hoa – Director of Department of Science and Technology (Ministry of Industry and Trade) – said: Approve the implementation of the project on development and application of biotechnology in the field of processing technology by 2020; The national key scientific-technological research program for the development of the pharmaceutical industry to 2020, the results of all topics and projects in 2017-2018 are associated with the reality of production and business. In addition, the Industry and Trade sector productivity project has been supporting to build 175 pilot models for the application of productivity improvement tools; standards and regulations such as: ISO / TS 16949, 5 Core Tool, ISO 50001, ISO 22000, TPM, Lean, etc, in the enterprise industry.

Currently, Vietnamese enterprises are aware of the importance of building quality management systems, ensuring the quality of products and services, meeting customer requirements, and enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises through ensuring the quality of products and services, meeting customer requirements, enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises through continuously improving productivity, quality and management efficiency.

 Meanwhile, through the project “Supporting the national innovation start-up ecosystem to 2025” (Project 844) continues to be deployed in 2018 – 2019, up to now, the country has more than 3,000 enterprises. start-ups, nearly 70 co-working spaces, 50 incubators and business promotion organizations, etc. Innovation has changed the thinking of enterprises and created a nudge for enterprises to improve their scientific content. – technology in products.

Mr. Pham Hong Quat – Director of Market Development Department and Science and Technology Enterprises (Ministry of Science and Technology):

Innovating products, processes, management organization and business models in enterprises are important factors that directly contribute to increase productivity. Only when enterprises are fully aware of this issue, will innovation activities in enterprises bring about practical effects.

Productivity and Quality Office