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The Law on High Technology (amended) is expected to create new impetus for the development of core industries such as chips, semiconductors, new materials, biotechnology, and smart automation. The National Assembly voted to pass the Law on High Technology (amended) - Photo: VGP/Thu Giang On the afternoon of December 10, continuing the 10th session program, with 437/441 delegates present in approval (accounting for 92.39%), the National Assembly passed the Law on High Technology (amended). The Law on High Technology (amended) includes 6 chapters, 27 articles, regulations on high-tech activities, policies, and measures to encourage Encourage and promote high-tech activities and activities related to strategic technology development. The Law affirms that the State determines high-tech and strategic technology development as a strategic breakthrough for rapid, sustainable socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security and enhancing national technological autonomy; Apply the highest incentive levels according to the provisions of law on investment, tax, land and related policies for high-tech and strategic technology activities. The State implements focused and key investment policies; Prioritize the allocation of state budget for science, technology and innovation to spend on research, development, testing, application and commercialization of high technology and strategic technology; Investing in developing technical infrastructure, digital infrastructure, and technology infrastructure to meet the requirements of digital transformation, green transformation, improving productivity, quality, added value and competitiveness of goods and services. At the same time, implementing policies to support strengthening links between research institutes, higher education institutions and businesses to create a solid scientific, technological and innovation foundation; apply specific mechanisms and policies to develop, localize, master and apply technology; forming and developing high-tech enterprises, strategic technology enterprises and high-tech and strategic technology start-up enterprises. The law stipulates preferential policies and specific mechanisms to attract and develop high-tech and strategic technology human resources; ensuring the most favorable living and working conditions for high-tech and strategic technology human resources working in Vietnam. The State promulgates and adjusts policies promptly, transparently and stably to meet development requirements, promote public-private cooperation, innovation and develop high-tech and strategic technology ecosystems; Apply a controlled testing mechanism to promote innovation and deploy high-tech products and services and strategic technologies; Promote propaganda and dissemination of policies and laws on high technology and strategic technology. Regarding prohibited acts, the Law stipulates: These are acts of taking advantage of high technology and strategic technology activities to infringe upon national interests, legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals; causing negative consequences for national defense, security, social ethics, public health and the environment. Using high technology, strategic technology or products and services formed from such technology to commit acts that violate the law. Infringement of intellectual property rights on high technology, strategic technology, related products and services. Forgery and deception in meeting criteria and conditions to enjoy support and preferential policies on high technology and strategic technology. Illegally disclosing, trading, or transferring technology secrets, data, and information related to high technology and strategic technology. Illegally obstructing and interfering in high-tech and strategic technology activities. Regarding high-tech human resources, the Law stipulates that high-tech human resources include: Vietnamese people, Vietnamese residing abroad, foreigners with professional qualifications, high skills, and the ability to research and develop, master, transfer or commercialize high technology and strategic technologies. General engineers, experts, and scientists with practical experience in developing high technology and products high technology, strategic technology and strategic technology products. The State has special preferential policies to attract, develop and effectively use high-tech human resources in accordance with the law on science, technology and innovation and other relevant laws as well as policies to support organizations and individuals to invest in training, attracting and developing high-tech human resources to serve the development of high technology and strategic technology. The law takes effect from the date of implementation. July 1, 2026.Thu GiangSee moreSee moreSee moreSee moreSee more
