Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, and the National Agency for Science and Technology Information (NASATI) of Vietnam, have announced a strategic partnership to advance the initiatives of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in accelerating Vietnam's science and technology (S&T) development.
NASATI is Vietnam's leading S&T information organisation. As a subordinate body under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), NASATI is responsible for the state management and implementation of Vietnam's S&T information, library and statistics for best practices and evaluation metrics, as well as other public services. It is implementing these national initiatives on behalf of MOST.
The partnership will leverage Thomson Reuters capabilities of content, analytics and technologies to support the initiatives of MOST in developing Vietnam's potential in S&T, and the research and development (R&D) ecosystem. The scope covers decision-making tools; conducting workshops for government agencies, research institutions and universities on topics including best practices in research discovery, research evaluation metrics, knowledge commercialisation process, innovation lifecycle management; and supporting working groups on specific R&D areas to inform Vietnam's national R&D strategy and policy.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony held at NASATI was officiated by Dr. Le Xuan Dinh, director general of NASATI; and Dr. Wong Woei Fuh, managing director, Intellectual Property & Science, ASEAN and North Asia (ANA) of Thomson Reuters. This was followed by a half-day seminar on best practices in conducting world-class research attended by 50 researchers from academic and research institutions and government departments. This session is the first of many educational dialogues between Thomson Reuters and NASATI on exchanging new ideas to advance MOST initiatives.
