To solve the issues on the exhaustion and pollution of water resources in Vietnam, it is important to co-ordinate efforts of the whole community. Research institutions are asked to find appropriate scientific and technological solutions for Vietnam.
Vietnam and German experts attended a seminar entitled “Vietnam-German cooperation on scientific and technological research in water resource management in future” which was held in Hanoi on Thursday.
The seminar was held by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MSoT) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
Speaking at the seminar, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thang said to solve issues relating to the exhaustion and pollution of water resources in Vietnam, it is important to co-ordinate efforts of the whole community. He asked research institutions to find appropriate scientific and technological solutions for Vietnam with assistance from foreign scientists and international institutions.
In October 2005, the MSoT and BMBF signed a cooperation agreement on water and environment technology attached with a list of 12 major projects.
Under the framework of the activities in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of scientific cooperation relations between Vietnam and Germany, a Vietnam-Germany seminar on intellectual property rights in scientific and technology was also held in Hanoi on September 28.
Speaking at the seminar, Ass Prof, Dr Le Tran Binh, head of the Bio-technology Institute briefed participants on the implementation of intellectual property rights in Vietnam. Mr Binh said that violations of intellectual property rights keep increasing though many cases have been brought to trial. Mr Binh further said Vietnamese scientists are not used to registering their intellectual property rights at home and abroad.
Participants in the seminar discussed the implementation of copyright in the world and how to help Vietnam in this issue. Dr Peter Ruille spoke of intellectual property rights in Germany and some other European countries, citing different forms of intellectual property such as invention certificates, copyright, trademark and trade secret and intellectual property which he said can be sold, bought and used for free like a normal product.
