Hanoi, Oct. 23 -- The organisation of research activities must be overhauled to ensure that they start from practical needs and generate tangible outputs, with findings more widely applied and commercialised, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung has said. He made the call at a nationwide hybrid conference on strengthening links among research institutes, universities and businesses in science and technology research and development (R&D), held in Hanoi on October 23. Strong research capacity but limited commercialisation Reporting at the conference, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Xuan Dinh said that during 2021-2025, businesses led 181 of the 1,451 national-level science and technology tasks, accounting for 12.5% of the total ...