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The legal corridor for science and technology has been designed in the direction of accepting risks, empowering and encouraging innovation. However, for those regulations to really come to life, not only do they need laws, but they also need the trust and initiative of a team of scientists in stepping out of the safe zone. Download Although there have been many attractive policies, no domestic scientist has proactively accepted the role of general engineer or chief architect of science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation. In recent times, the Ministry of Science and Technology has developed and advised competent authorities to promulgate a large number of new legal documents, laws and decrees related to science and technology, innovation and digital transformation, in order to concretize and effectively implement Resolution No. 57. However, reality shows that the psychology of procrastination, hesitation, and fear of being wrong is still a big barrier that prevents many scientists from daring to step out of the familiar safe zone, even though many institutional bottlenecks have been and are being removed. Safe zone - the psychological bottleneck of innovation. Mr. Hoang Anh Tu, Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Technology (Ministry of Science and Technology), said that the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation and its decrees Implementation guidelines, especially decrees related to risk management such as Decree 267, have detailed and complete regulations on how to approach, classify and manage risks in science and technology activities. In particular, risks are clearly classified: Risks that cause damage to the State but are accepted in scientific research; risks leading to results not reaching the initially set goals; as well as a risk management mechanism throughout from the stage of proposing tasks, implementing them to evaluating results. Notably, according to current regulations, failure of a science and technology task to achieve its set goals does not mean that funds must be returned, if the implementation complies with the correct procedures and regulations. Even though the results were not as expected, they were still evaluated and recorded, because in science, every result, including failure, is a valuable lesson. In addition, the regulations also mention the exemption of civil liability and even criminal liability for organizations and individuals presiding over scientific and technological tasks when properly implementing regulations and procedures. These are important safety nets to protect scientists from objective risks. However, according to Mr. Hoang Anh Tu, besides the institutional bottlenecks that have been removed, the biggest bottleneck today lies in the psychology of the scientists themselves. Although the legal corridor has been opened, the fear of mistakes and responsibility is still quite heavy. Transparency to create trust To remove this bottleneck, the Ministry of Science and Technology has identified a series of solutions that will be implemented in the near future, especially in 2026. The first and fundamental solution is to increase transparency. Accordingly, the Ministry of Science and Technology has built and put into operation a digital platform for managing science and technology tasks. All stages, from task registration, approval, implementation, monitoring to mid-term and final evaluation are carried out on a digital platform. This is considered an important step, helping to increase openness, transparency, and reduce risks in management and implementation of scientific and technological tasks. When everything is transparent, we have nothing to be afraid of, Mr. Hoang Anh Tu emphasized. Transparency not only protects regulators but, more importantly, creates trust for scientists. The second solution is continuous risk management, instead of just evaluating at the final stage. Right from the time the task was proposed, the host organizations and scientists had to identify risks, predict possible situations and propose solutions. During the implementation process, the management agency will continuously monitor, accompany and support to orient and limit risks to the lowest level. The third breakthrough solution is to score high-risk tasks. In strategic technology programs, national science and technology programs (KC), and social sciences and humanities programs (KX), the Ministry of Science and Technology will select a number of tasks with high levels of risk to pilot the new mechanism. Through that, we not only create an experimental space for scientists, but also learn from experience to improve policies. Along with that, the Ministry will continue to organize training classes, explain laws, explain regulations on a regular and continuous basis, helping intellectuals and scientists to understand more accurately and fully about new mechanisms and policies. Actively pull scientists out of the safe zone From a management perspective, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui Hoang Phuong also said that it is time to Recently, the Ministry has built many new legal corridors, with a focus on empowering and increasing autonomy for scientists: academic autonomy, participating in exploiting, transferring, commercializing research results and legitimately benefiting from the fruits of creative labor. However, the Deputy Minister frankly admitted: The mechanisms and policies have been promulgated but many people still do not dare to do it. According to him, the problem lies not only in policy, but also in creating trust and making moneyideology and social orientation for intellectuals. Scientists themselves also need to believe in policy and proactively go beyond their comfort zone. A clear demonstration is that mechanisms to attract general engineers and chief architects in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation have been issued, not only at the Ministry of Science and Te
