The conclusions are as follows:
(1) Only about 15.5% of innovative enterprises have their own R&D units.
(2) Averagely, only 1% of the total labors of innovative enterprises are R&D
staffs. The number of research staffs with college qualification level up is
even lower than the ones of other countries, such as South Korea forexample (Vietnam has 2 research staffs/10,000 habitants against 60
research staffs/10,000 habitants of South Korea (KISTEP, 2015), which
means 1:30).
(3) Averagely, the expenditure by research staff in enterprises in processingmanufacturing sectors of Vietnam by 2016 is USD7,831 while the one of
South Korea is USD155,000 (KISTEP, 2015) which means 20 times
bigger. It is worth to note that 70% of the total of expenditures for R&D
by 2016 by enterprises in processing-manufacturing sectors come from
FDI enterprises6 and 82.8% of the total expenditures for R&D come to
large enterprises7.
(4) The capitals from enterprises and the foreign capitals are invested mainly
for R&D activities by FDI enterprises8 and the State budget allocated for
R&D activities supports mainly large non-SOEs (small part (18%) being
used for SOEs)9.
(5) Enterprises do not really pay attentions to purchase of external
knowledge/trademarks.
(6) Enterprises face difficulties and hampering barriers in setting up and
using funds for S&T development.
(7) FDI enterprises pay attentions mainly to essential S&T tasks arising from
production-business needs which are mainly S&T tasks of grass-root level
while non-SOEs and SOEs mainly undertake S&T tasks of national,
ministerial and provincial levels (noted as “high ranked”!).
(8) Enterprises underestimate the role of technological and R&D information
supply by public R&D institutes and universities in regards to innovative
activities by enterprises. Few enterprises undertake innovation cooperation.
Enterprises mainly themselves undertake innovative activities (in context of
low number of R&D staffs and low sources of capitals for R&D activities).
(9) Actually, only about 32.08% of enterprises undertake renovation of
products. However, in Vietnam, the renovation of products focuses more
on cutting-down of costs per product and less on research to get fully new
specifications of products)./.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY TO SERVE
INNOVATIONS IN ENTERPRISES OF PROCESSING
AND MANUFACTURING SECTORS IN VIETNAM
Ho Ngoc Luat1
Ministry of Science and Technology
Abstract:
Research and Development activities (R&D) in enterprises are novel for practice in
Vietnam, particularly when they are viewed in the chain of innovative activities by
enterprises. The notions on innovations and R&D activities in enterprises set the theoretical
background for research of R&D activities to serve innovation in enterprises. From
outcomes of statistical surveys of innovations in about 8,000 enterprises in processing and
manufacturing sectors in 44 provinces and central controlled cities, the paper focuses on
analysis and evaluation of R&D activities in those enterprises which undertake innovations
in processing and manufacturing sectors in Vietnam during 2014-2016 period. Concrete
works of analysis and evaluation of R&D activities for innovations in enterprises turn
focused attentions to the status of R&D units of enterprises and the number of staffs directly
involved into these activities as by 31st December 2016, total expenditures for technological
innovation by 2016, implementation of S&T tasks (programs and projects), applications of
technical advances and solutions.
Keywords: Enterprise; Processing, manufacturing; Research-Development, Technological
renovation, Innovation; Human resource; R&D investment.
Code: 19030501
1. Related notions
Innovation and innovative activities by enterprises
According to Oslo Manual 2005, innovation is the realization/completion of
a product (good or service) or a new procedure or their considerable
improvement, a new marketing method, a new method of organization and
management in practical business activities, organization of production
activities or external relations. The common essential feature of innovations
is that the work must be completed and provides a ready-to-use result.
The implementation of a product (good or service) or a new procedure or
their considerable improvement, a new marketing method, a new method of
1 Author’s contact email address: hnluatv@gmail.com
organizational and management in practical business activities, organization
of production activities or external relations are called innovative activities.
Therefore, innovative activities are all scientific, technological, organizational,
financial and commercial steps which actually, or are intended to, lead to the
realization/implementation of innovations (OECD. 2005, p. 47).
A firm (enterprise) considered as to have an innovative activity is the one
who conducts innovative activities during certain period including also
uncompleted or pending activities.
An innovative firm (enterprise) is one that implemented an innovation during
the period under review.
Research-development (R&D) activities by enterprises
According to Frascati Manual (OECD, 2015, p. 44), research and
experimental development (R&D) activities comprise “creative and
systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge -
including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new
applications of available knowledge”. R&D activities include basic research,
applied research and experimental development.
In an enterprise, R&D activities are oriented directly to a concrete target of
objectives while experimental developments are oriented to create a new
product or procedure or improvement of available product or procedure.
Therefore, these activities, in practice, are oriented to innovations. By sides,
in the period under review, even activities of basic research by enterprises
target only to increase the stock of knowledge of enterprises and this
knowledge is not oriented to produce any concrete innovation, this stock of
knowledge, in practice, increases endogenic capacities of enterprises and it is
also considered as innovative activities. According to Frascati Manual, all
R&D activities realized or funded by enterprises (called as R&D activities by
enterprises) are recognized and innovative activities of enterprises.
Therefore, in measurement of innovation by enterprises, innovative activities
of enterprises are usually classified into two types: (i) R&D activities; and
(ii) Other remaining innovative activities, namely:
- R&D activities:
According to Oslo Manual 2005 (OECD, 2005, p. 35-36), R&D activities in
enterprises include:
(i) Basic and applied researches undertaken by enterprises or with
participation of enterprises to acquire new knowledge and direct research
towards specific inventions or modifications of existing techniques of
enterprises.
(ii) Activities to develop new product or process concepts or other new
methods to assess whether they are feasible and viable, a stage which may
involve: (a) development and testing; and (b) further research to modify
designs or technical functions, and
(iii) R&D activities directly serving innovation projects.
- Other remaining innovative activities:
Some other innovative activities, being themselves creative activities (such
as R&D ones) even are not R&D activities2 but are necessary for
realization/completion of innovations. These activities can strengthen
capabilities that enable the development of innovations or the ability to
successfully adopt innovations developed by other enterprises or institutions,
namely:
(i) Activities that can identify new concepts for products, processes,
marketing methods or organizational changes: (a) via its marketing side and
relations with users; (b) via the identification of opportunities for
commercialization resulting from its own or others’ basic or strategic
research; (c) via its design and development capabilities of enterprises; (d)
by monitoring competitors; and (e) by using consultants.
(ii) They can buy technical information, paying fees or royalties for patented
inventions (which usually require research and development work to adapt
and modify the invention to its own needs), or buy know-how and skills
through engineering, design or other consultancy services.
(iii) Activities that can develop human skills through internal training
activities inside enterprises or purchase (by hiring); tacit and informal
learning - “learning by doing”.
(iv) They can invest in equipment, software or intermediate inputs that
embody the innovative work of others.
(v) They can reorganise management systems and its overall business
activities.
(vi) They can develop new methods of marketing and selling its goods and
services of enterprises.
2 According to Frascati Manual 2015: R&D activities have to satisfy with 05 criteria: (i) novel, (ii) creative, (iii)
uncertain, (iv) systematic, (v) transferable and/or reproducible.
2. Actual status of R&D activities to serve innovation inside enterprises
in processing-manufacturing sectors in Vietnam
By 2017, for the first time, National Agency for Science and Technology
Information, had conducted the pilot survey on innovation among Vietnam
enterprises for 2014-2016 period (Ho Ngoc Luat, 2018). The pilot survey
was the content of Sub-Component 1(b): “Completion of the system of
statistics, evaluation and measurement of Science-Technology-Innovation”
of Component 1: “Basic supports for planning and testing S&T policies”
which were undertaken within the project “Fostering Innovation through
Research, Science and Technology” (FIRST) under MOST lead and with
WB preferential loan supports.
The survey had been conducted among more than 8,000 enterprises in
processing-manufacturing sectors and here, in total, 7,641 questionnaires
were replied. Among them, there are 1,892 large sized enterprises3 (making
67.84% of the total number of large sized enterprises of the country), 820
medium sized enterprises (making 90.01%) and 4,929 small sized enterprises
(making 26.25%).
Among the 7,641 replied questionnaires, 4,709 enterprises announce to have
created, produced or introduced into markets new or improved products, new
or improved technological procedures, organizational and management
innovations and marketing methods. According to definition of innovation,
these enterprises are considered as innovative enterprises.
According to data from these 7,641 replied questionnaires, 98.6% of the total
expenditures by 2016 for R&D and technological renovation by enterprises
in processing-manufacturing sectors come from innovative enterprises;
95.5% of the total R&D human resources by 31st December 2016 are of
innovative enterprises (Ho Ngoc Luat, 2018). Therefore, the following
analysis and evaluations are focused on the status of activities of R&D and
technological renovation by innovative enterprises and they may be also
extended for enterprises in processing-manufacturing sectors.
The following data are selected and synthesized from the survey results
focused on information of R&D activities by innovative enterprises and
other details on: units specifically in charge of R&D, number of staffs
directly involved into R&D activities of enterprises as by 31st December 2016,
total expenditures of investments for technological renovations and R&D by
3 Enterprises classified into the labor size according to Circular No. 56/2009/ND-CP on 30th June 2009, according
to which small enterprises have 11-200 labors, medium sized enterprises have 201-300 labors and large sized
enterprises have more than 300 labors.
2016; realization of S&T tasks (programs, projects), application of technical
modifications and advances, and etc.
2.1. Units specifically in charge of R&D activities in innovative enterprises
Units specifically in charge of R&D activities (called afterward R&D units)
can be a service, department, center or simply a team which have functions
specifically designated for research, experiment and development of new
products, new technological procedures or research for technical
modification and improvement of existing products, related procedures and
technologies.
Among the 4,709 innovative enterprises, 728 replies confirm to have R&D
units (making 15.5%).
The structure of enterprises having or not having R&D units is presented in
Fig. 1, according to classification of their economic status categories and
labor size. In these classifications, the category of State-owned enterprises
(SOE) has the highest rate of the R&D unit having status. This rate is lower
in the category of non-SOEs and is the lowest in the category of foreign
direct investment (FDI) enterprises. Also the SOEs hold the highest rate of
the R&D unit having status, in classification by labor size, namely: 22.6% in
the group of small enterprises, 30.8% in the group of medium enterprises and
44% in the group of large enterprises. The second position is of non-SOEs
with 12.1%, 17.3% and 27.1% respectively and the last position is of FDI
enterprises with 10.1%, 10.6% and 22.7% respectively.
Figure 1. Rate of innovative enterprises with or without R&D units, being
classified according to economic status category and labor size
So, in terms of presence of R&D units, the larger the enterprises are (in terms
of labor size) the greater they pay attentions for R&D activities. And the order
by economic status category is the SOEs, non-SOEs and FDI enterprises.
22.6415
30.7692
44.8718
12.0518
17.3145
27.1154
10.1167
10.6481
22.7273
77.3585
69.2308
55.1282
87.9482
82.6855
72.8846
89.8833
89.3519
77.2727
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
DN nhỏ
DN vừa
DN lớn
DN nhỏ
DN vừa
DN lớn
DN nhỏ
DN vừa
DN lớn
Có bộ phận
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phận NC&TK
Large
Medium
Small
Large
Medium
Small
Large
Medium
Small
Having
R&D unit
Having no
R&D unit
2.2. R&D human resources
The number of labors directly involved into R&D activities as by 31
December 2016 include the staffs with college level and up which are under
administrative management of enterprises, in payroll by enterprises and
specifically in charge of scientific research, applied research, technological
development, S&T services, application of technical advances and other
works for S&T development. They may be permanent staffs of R&D units (if
any) or participants for implementation of innovation projects and S&T tasks
of enterprises (Ho Ngoc Luat, 2017).
In all the aspects, S&T human resources are the top important factor for
innovative activities by enterprises. The great number of R&D staffs is the
necessary condition for promotion of innovative activities.
In practice, the collected data show the surveyed innovative enterprises have
19,814 R&D staffs in total which makes 1% of the total number of labors.
The greater the enterprises have the labor size, the lower they have the rate
of R&D staffs to the total number of labors (the rates are 2,3%, 1,7% and
0,8% in the groups of small, medium and large enterprises respectively, as
seen in Figure 2). So, this is the trend of proportionality of the total number
of labors and the number of R&D staffs observed in practice.
Figure 2. Average percentage rate of R&D staffs in the total number of
labors in innovative enterprises
However, the average number of R&D staffs of every group of innovative
enterprises is proportional to the size of the total labors. Fig. 3 shows that
averagely every small innovative enterprise has 1.4 R&D staff, every
medium innovative enterprise has 4.0 R&D staff and every large innovative
enterprise has 10.5 R&D staffs. It means that averagely the number of R&D
staffs in innovative enterprises is proportional to their labor size (small,
medium and large).
2.3%
1.7%
0.8%
0%
1%
2%
3%
DN nhỏ DN vừa DN lớnSmall enterprises Medium enterprises Large enterprises
Figure 3. Average number of R&D staffs in an innovative enterprises
As seen in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, enterprises do not assign their staffs for R&D
activities proportionally to the total number of labors they have. But it is
clear that averagely the large enterprises arrange their R&D staffs 7.5 times
bigger (10.5 to 1.4) than the small enterprises do, and 2.6 times bigger (10.5
to 3.98) than the medium enterprises do. We also know that the importance
of innovative activities of large enterprises is much greater than the one of
small and medium enterprises (Ho Ngoc Luat, 2018). So, it is possible to say
that innovative enterprises assign their R&D staffs on basis of importance of
innovative activities but not of the total number of labors. In practice, the
survey data also show the difference in the rate of R&D staffs in innovative
enterprises and non-innovative enterprises: in innovative enterprises the rate
of R&D staffs to the total number of labors is 11 times higher than the one in
non-innovative enterprises (0.97% to 0.088%). Therefore, it is possible to
state that the presence of R&D staffs is nearly the necessary and sufficient
condition for enterprises to undertake innovations.
Figure 4. Rate of categories of R&D staffs in the total number of labors of
innovative enterprises being classified by labor size
Fig. 4 describes the rate of R&D staffs in the total number of labors in
innovative enterprises according to classification of qualification levels.
1.4
3.98
10.5
5
10
15
DN nhỏ DN vừa DN lớn
0.652%
1.556%
0.082%
0.004%
0.304%
1.262%
0.087%
0.010%
0.254%
0.460%
0.069%
0.002%
0,0% 0,2% 0,4% 0,6% 0,8% 1,0% 1,2% 1,4% 1,6% 1,8%
Cao đẳng
Đại học
Thạc sỹ
Tiến sỹ
DN lớn
DN vừa
DN nhỏ
Small enterprises Medium enterprises Large enterprises
Doctors
Masters
University
grade
Colle e
grade
Large
Medium
Small
0 0.2% 0.4% 0.6% 0.8% 1.0% 1.2% 1.4% 1.6% 1.8%
Accordingly, the rate of R&D staffs with doctor grade is highest in the group
of medium enterprises (10/100,000 = 0.01%) and then the group of small
enterprises (4/100,000 = 0.04%) and then the group of large enterprises
(2/100,000 = 0.02%). The same picture is observed for the master grade:
0.087%, 0.082% and then 0.069% for the groups of medium, small and large
enterprises respectively. The rate of R&D staffs with university and college
grades reduces against the increase of labor size.
Globally, the rate of R&D staffs with qualification grades from
college/university and up remains low in enterprises, particularly for post-
graduate grades (Fig. 4). This low number of R&D staffs is difficult to meet
requirements of enterprises for innovative activities. The matter gets more
difficult when talking about “endogenic” and “internal” sources of staffs
with high qualification and quality for promotion of development of
innovative enterprises. The data from this survey and the S&T white page of
Vietnam (MOST, 2017) show that in the total of 131,045 research staffs4 of
the country, only 15% of them are working in sector of enterprises (by 2015)
(MOST, 2016) while the rate of South Korea is 70% in the total of 437,447
research staffs (by 2014 (KISTEP, 2015) (Fig. 5). Averagely, Vietnam has 2
research staffs/10,000 habitants to work in sector of enterprises while the
rate of South Korea is 60/10,000 (30 times greater than Vietnam has).
Figure 5. Structure of research staffs in activity sectors of Vietnam and
South Korea
2.3. Expenditures for research-development and technological renovation
The total expenditures (Ho Ngoc Luat, 2018) for R&D and technological
renovation during the year include the total expenditures for scientific
research, applied research and technological development for higher quality
of products, lower costs of production, substitution by new materials, new
products and etc. (including costs for tests before introduction into
application) and the total costs for renovation of outdated technologies
4 Research staff are high qualified staffs that have college, university, master and doctor grades, take part in process
to create knowledge, new products and procedures, new methods and systems and spare at least 10% of working
time for R&D activities. This group includes also managers directly involved into R&D activities (data from 2016
R&D Survey, National Agency for Science and Technology Information, MOST).
15%
70%
35%
23%
50%
8%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Việt Nam (2015)
Hàn Quốc (2014)
Khu vực SXKD Khu vực NC công Khu vực ĐH
South Korea
(2014)
Vietnam
(2015)
Business sector Public resear h
sector
University sector
including costs of equipment, costs of capital construction, costs for
commissioning and etc. Here the breakdown includes:
(i) Expenditures for R&D (investments for R&D) including expenditures for
activities of scientific research, applied research and technological
development (undertaken within enterprises and purchased from other
enterprises and organizations);
(ii) Expenditures for technological renovation (expenditures for purchase of
machines, equipment and technologies; expenditures for purchase and
exploitation of inventions and etc.), namely:
- Purchase of advanced technologies, machines, equipment, computer
software and hardware (from investments for capital construction,
including finance lease, investments for upgrading/adjusting of existing
equipments and etc.) for production of new products and technological
procedures or for improvement of old products and outdated technologies;
- Purchase of external knowledge: enterprises purchase rights to
publication, copyrights, patents, trademarks, licenses, know-hows and
other forms of information/knowledge for development of new products
and technological procedures or improvement of old products and
outdated technologies;
- Training for innovative activities: enterprises hold training activities
inside or outside enterprises for their labors for enhancing skills and
experiences of labors or additional recruitment of new labors with skills
and experiences necessary for enterprises.
2.3.1. Expenditures for R&D by innovative enterprises
Survey data show that expenditures for R&D by innovative enterprises in
processing-manufacturing sectors are VND3,382,732 million, mainly from
large enterprises (82.8%); expenditures by small enterprises make 8.6% and
the ones by medium enterprises make 8.6%. FDI enterprises make 70% of
the total expenditures for R&D while the ones of non-SOEs make 26.7% and
the SOEs make only 3.4% (Fig. 6 and Fig. 7).
Figure 6. Structure of the total expenditures for R&D by 2016 by innovative
enterprises being classified by labor size
8.6% 8.6% 82.8%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Chi NC&TK
DN nhỏ
DN vừa
DN lớn
Expenditures
for R&D
Small
Medium
Large
Figure 7. Structure of the total expenditures for R&D by 2016 by innovative
enterprises being classified by economic status categories
So, as survey data show, the major part of the total investment for R&D by
enterprises by 2016 comes from enterprises with FDI and once they do
investments for R&D the latter would be always for large scale. Investments
for R&D by large enterprises make only minor part. Averagely, every
enterprise with FDI spends VND 1,651 million for R&D (the figure for SOEs
is VND722 million and the one of non-SOEs is VND289 million). The total
investment for R&D by 2016 is VND3,382,732 million making about 0.15%
of the total turnover of enterprises in processing-manufacturing sectors.
These figures are not big if compared to the national objectives of the budget
of 2% of GDP for S&T by 2020. In addition to that, we need to take into
account huge needs for R&D and technological renovation in processing-
manufacturing sectors, almost the biggets one among industrial sectors. In this
optics, the rate of 0.15% of the total turnover by 2016 for investment for R&D
by enterprises is very small. This rate of enterprises in processing-
manufacturing sectors of South Korea is 3.63% (2014).
Sources of capitals for R&D in categories of innovative enterprises
Sources of capitals for R&D by innovative enterprises are mainly the capitals
of enterprises (84.6%), FDI capitals (10.6%) (mainly coming as supports
from mother companies for R&D investment for their Vietnam branches
through supply of equipment, machines, technological lines and etc.
Supports from State budget for R&D activities by enterprises are very low
making only 1.3%. The remaining 3.5% comes from other sources of
capitals (Figure 8).
Figure 8. Structure of sources of capitals for R&D activities by innovative
enterprises
3.4% 26.7% 70.0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
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1.3% 84.6% 10.6% 3,5%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Chi NC&TK
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Vốn nước ngoài
Khác
Expenditures
for R&D
SOEs
Non-SOEs
FDI Enterprises
Expenditures
for R&D
State budget
Enterprises
FDI
Other
A deeper insight of statistical data such as, for example, the review of
investment structure of sources of capitals (State budget, capitals of
enterprises and FDI capitals) for R&D activities in various categories of
enterprises (labor size, economic status) can help us identify the categories
of enterprises for which the policies for sources of capitals focused for
priority supports for R&D are. In terms of the size of enterprises, Fig. 9 shows
that the three sources of capitals (State budget, capitals of enterprises and FDI
capitals) offer supports mainly for R&D by large enterprises (from 72.8% to
84.8%). R&D activities by small and medium enterprises receive only small
part from the three sources of capitals, namely: 15.7% (= 13.4% + 2.3%) of
capitals from State budget; 15.3% (= 8.9% + 6.4%) of capitals from
enterprises and 27.1% (2% + 25.1%) from FDI sources of capitals.
Figure 9. Structure of the total expenditures for R&D by 2016 by innovative
enterprises being classified by labor size
Being classified by economic status categories, as shown by Fig. 10, the
capitals from State budgets mainly support R&D activities of non-SOEs
(81.9%). Capitals of enterprises mainly support investments for R&D by
SOEs (69.8%). Capitals from foreign sources support almost wholly R&D
activities of FDI enterprises (99%).
Figure 10. Structure of expenditures for R&D by 2016 by innovative
enterprises being classified by economic status categories
So, as shown by Fig. 9 and Fig. 10, the capitals from State budgets for R&D
by enterprises mainly support large non-SOEs (with minor part for SOEs -
13.4%
8.9%
2.0%
2.3%
6.4%
25.1%
84.4%
84.8%
72.8%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
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18.0%
2.5%
0.1%
81.9%
27.7%
0.9%
0.1%
69.8%
99.0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
NSNN
Vốn của DN
Vốn nước ngoài
NSNN Vốn của DN Vốn nước ngoài
DN Nhà nước 18,0% 2,5% 0,1%
DN ngoài nhà nước 81,9% 27,7% 0,9%
DN có vốn ĐTNN 0,1% 69,8% 99,0%
DN Nhà nước
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FDI
Enterprises
State budget
Small
Medium
Large
Foreign capitals
Enterprises’
State budget
SOEs
Non-SOEs
FDI
Enterprises
State budget Enterprises’ capitals FDI capitals
SOEs 18.0% 2.5% 0.1%
on-SOEs 81.9% 27. % 0.9%
FDI Es 0.1% 69.8% 9 .0%
18%), the sources of capitals from enterprises mainly support large FDI
enterprises and the foreign capitals support R&D activities by large FDI
enterprises. Therefore, the remaining part including non-SOEs of small and
medium size and FDI SMEs get very low supports or even do not get them for
R&D activities from State budget, sources of capitals by enterprises or foreign
capitals.
2.3.2. Expenditures for technological renovations by innovative enterprises
From survey data as shown by Fig. 11, the expenditures for technological
innovation in processing-manufacturing sectors are VND 24,320,193 million
which come mainly from large enterprises (80.11%) the shares of small
enterprises make 11.2% and medium enterprises make only 8.7%.
Figure 11. Structure of expenditures for technological renovation by 2016 as
replied by innovative enterprises being classified by labor size
As shown by Fig. 11 and Fig. 12, majority parts of the total expenditures for
technological renovation by 2016 of enterprises come from FDI large
enterprises, small part of 19.3% comes from non-SOEs and a minor part
comes from SOEs.
Figure 12. Structure of expenditures for technological renovation by 2016
by innovative enterprises being classified by economic status categories
In terms of sources of capitals for technological renovation (Fig. 13), major
part of the total expenditures comes from enterprises (63.2%) and foreign
sources (23.2%). Foreign capitals come mainly from other companies as
supports for technological renovation by their Vietnam branches through
supply of equipment, machines and technological lines. Supports from State
budget for technological renovation for enterprises remain too low making
only about 0.1%.
11.2% 8.7% 80.1%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Chi ĐMCN
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3.5% 19.3% 77.2%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Chi ĐMCN
DN Nhà nước
DN ngoài nhà nước
DN có vốn ĐTNN
Expenditures for
technological
renovation
Small
Medium
Large
Expenditures for
technological
renovation
SOEs
Non-SOEs
FDI Es
Figure 13. Structure of sources of capitals for technological renovation by
innovative enterprises
A study of policies related to sources of capitals as supports for
technological renovation, as shown by Fig. 14 and Fig. 15, indicates:
- Capitals from State budget for technological renovation by enterprises
mainly support SOEs (52.8%) and FDI enterprises (46.9%), a very minor
part of 0.3% is for FDI enterprises. If being classified by labor size, the
capitals from State budget for technological renovation support mainly
large enterprises (52.8%) and the remaining part of 47.2% is for SMEs
(small enterprises get 32,2% and medium enterprises get 17%);
- The sources of capitals from enterprises for technological renovation
support mainly FDI enterprises (75.3%), non-SOEs make a small part and
SOEs make only a minor part (3.4%). Of being classified by labor size,
majority of the capitals from enterprises support large enterprises (81.2%)
and the remaining part of 18.8% is supports for SMEs (small enterprises
get 11.1% and medium enterprises get 7.7%);
- Absolute majority of foreign capitals are used to support technological
renovation by FDI enterprises (95.2), and the supports for non-SOEs
make only 4.7% and the supports for SOEs are extremely low, only 0.1%.
If being classified by labor size, absolute majority of foreign capitals
support large enterprises (80.6%) and the remaining part of 19.4% are
supports for SMEs (small enterprises get 8.9% and medium enterprises
get 10.4%).
Figure 14. Structure of expenditures by 2016 for R&D by innovative
enterprises being classified by economic status categories and types of
sources of capitals
0.1% 63.2% 23.2% 13.5%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Ngân sách Nhà nước
Vốn của DN
Vốn nước ngoài
Khác
52.%
3.4%
0.1%
46.9%
21.2%
4.7%
0.3%
75.3%
95.2%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
NSNN
Vốn của DN
Vốn nước ngoài
DN Nhà nước
DN ngoài nhà nước
DN có vốn ĐTNN
State budget
Enterprises’
Foreign
Others
Foreign capitals
Enterprise capitals
State budget
SOEs
Non-SOEs
FDI Enterprises
Figure 15. Structure of expenditures by 2016 for technological renovation
by innovative enterprises being classified by labor size and types of sources
of capitals
2.4. Scale of R&D activities by innovative enterprises
Fig. 16 shows the structure of average expenditures by 2016 for innovative
activities by enterprises in processing-manufacturing sectors on basis of
replies. According to them, in the total expenditures for innovative activities,
the enterprises use major part of about 65.5% for purchase of technological,
machines, equipments and software. The remaining part was used for
internal R&D activities (14.1%), for purchase of external R&D results
(0.8%), innovation training activities (9.9%), introduction of new and
improved products (4.4%), purchase of knowledge (patents, know-hows and
etc.) (3.4%) and other activities for innovation (1.9%).
Figure 16. Structure of average expenditures by 2016 for R&D by enterprises
Therefore, the actual survey data show that 2/3 of the total expenditures for
innovation was mainly used for purchase of new technologies and attached
machines, equipments or for upgrading/modification of existing technologies
and equipments. Only a small part was used for R&D activities and purchase
of knowledge and trademarks. So, in the present stage, innovative enterprises
do not really pay attentions and focus investment efforts for development of
32.2%
11.1%
8.9%
15.0%
7.7%
10.4%
52.8%
81.2%
80.7%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
NSNN
Vốn của DN
Vốn nước ngoài
DN nhỏ
DN vừa
DN lớn
14.1%
0.8%
65.5%
3.4%
9.9%
4.4%
1.9%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
1. Nghiên cứu và phát triển thực hiện trong nội bộ DN
2. Doanh nghiệp mua lại kết quả NC&PT của DN, tổ chức
khác
3. Mua sắm công nghệ, máy móc, thiết bị và phần mềm
4. Mua tri thức/thương hiệu từ bên ngoài (Mua quyền phát
hành, bản quyền, bằng sáng chế, nhãn hiệu hàng hóa,
5. Đào tạo, bồi dưỡng, tập huấn nhân lực về hoạt động
ĐMST
6. Giới thiệu sản phẩm được đổi mới (bao gồm cả việc
nghiên cứu thị trường và khởi động quảng cáo)
7. Hoạt động ĐMCN khác
Foreign capitals
Enterprise c pitals
State budget
Small
Medium
Large
7. Other innovative activities
6. Introduction of new or improved products
including market studies and advertisements
5. Training of innovation for staffs
4. Purchase of external knowledge, trademarks
(righ s to publication, rights, patents, trademarks
3. Purchase of technologies, machines,
equipments and software
2. Purchase of R&D results from other
enterprises and organizations
1. Internally undertaken innovative activities
their own knowledge assets as well as for new products and technological
procedures to develop their own specific products.
2.5. Funds for development of science-technology
Only 198 enterprises among 4,709 innovative enterprises have their own funds
for S&T development making 4.21%5. This figure reflects a reality inversely
to policies issued to encourage the establishment of funds for S&T
development by enterprises (2013 Law on Science-Technology, 2008 Law on
Enterprise Income Tax, Circulation No. 95/2014/ND-CP and others). In fact,
enterprises “hesitate” to develop funds for S&T development due to possible
impediments in procedures of administrative controls and finance releases
related to the use of funds of S&T development for technological renovation.
Fig. 17 shows the relations between the size of turnovers and S&T funds,
enterprises being classified by labor size. According to it, the rate of
enterprises having funds for S&T development is proportional to the size of
turnovers. Among small enterprises with turnovers less than VND10,000
million, only 1.25% of them set up funds for S&T development while other
small enterprises with turnovers higher than VND 20,000 million have a
higher rate of 2.51% (almost twice higher). Only 1.0% of medium
enterprises with turnovers of VND 200,000 million set up their funds for
S&T development while the same rate of medium enterprises with turnovers
higher than VND300,000 million is 3.30% (three times higher). 2.49% of
large enterprises with turnovers lower than VND300,000 million set up their
funds for S&T development while the same rate of large enterprises with
turnovers higher than VND500,000 million is 6.23% (2.5 times higher).
Figure 17. Rate of small, medium and large enterprises having funds for
S&T development being classified by the size of turnovers
5 The same rate among non-innovative enterprises is 0.69%.
1.3%
2.6% 2.5%
1.0%
3.5% 3.3%
2.5%
5.7%
6.2%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
Thấp Vừa Cao
DN nhỏ: Thấp: =20.000
DN vừa: Thấp: =300.000
DN nhỏ DN vừa DN lớnSmall Medium Large
Low Medium High
Small Enterprises: Low = 20,000
Medium Enterprises: Low: = 300,000
2.6. Realization of S&T tasks by 2016
S&T tasks are organized in forms of programs, projects and tasks of S&T
research in conformity to assigned functions of S&T organizations and other
forms (Item 1, Article 15, Law on Science-Technology). S&T tasks
undertaken within 2016 include: (i) Programs and projects of scientific
research realized or involved for implementation by 2016; (ii) Technical
utilities and advances applied by 2016 (whenever they were studied).
Realization of research programs and projects
In 2016, the surveyed innovative enterprises in processing-manufacturing
sectors undertake 22,271 S&T tasks (31 tasks of national level (0.1%), 62
tasks of ministerial and provincial level (0.3%) and 22,178 tasks of grass-
root level (99.6%)).
The number of undertaken S&T tasks does not depend fully on if enterprises
have R&D units. The realization of many S&T tasks maybe depends on
needs and capacities of investment for R&D activities and the labor size with
univesity qualification and up of the enterprises.
Survey data show that large enterprises undertake the absolute majority of
S&T tasks (97.4%). In that, non-SOEs undertake the main part of tasks of
national level (83.9%), ministerial and provincial levels (72.6%) while FDI
enterprises undertake majority of S&T tasks of grass-root level (95.2%).
Averagely, every SOE undertakes 3.2 S&T tasks of grass-root level and the
figure of one FDI enterprise is 0.2 and the figure of one non-SOE is 14.6 (4.6
times bigger than the one of SOEs and 73 times bigger than then one of non-
SOEs).
Application of technical utilities and advances
By 2016, enterprises in processing-manufacturing sectors undertake 8,515
technical utilities and advances (11 of national level, 127 of ministerial and
provincial level and 8,378 of grass-root level).
The level of application of technical utilities and advances does not depend
on the availability of R&D units in enterprises. The application of many
technical utilities and advances maybe depends on needs and capacities of
investment for application of technical utilities and advances and capacities
for technological renovation by enterprises.
Survey data show that large enterprises undertake majority (76.4%) of
technical utilities and advances. Non-SOEs undertake 75% of technical
utilities and advances of national level, 79.5% of ministerial and provincial
level and 46.9% of grass-root level. In the mean time, SOEs focus on
technical utilities and advances of grass-root level (28.7%), ministerial and
provincial level (5.1%) and have no technical utilities and advances of
national level. FDI enterprises undertake technical utilities and advances of
all the levels (25% of national level, 15.4% of ministerial and provincial
level and 24.3 of grass-root level).
Roles of R&D activities
Innovative enterprises have a very clear awareness of and appreciate highly
the role of R&D for their production-business activities. In practice, the
important roles of R&D activities are most clearly reflected through direct
service for innovative activities. For the class of innovative enterprises, the
bigger the enterprises have the labor size, the bigger they pay attentions to
innovative activities. Then they appreciate higher the role of R&D activities
for production-businee activities of their enterprises (85.2 of small
enterprises, 87.2% of medium enterprises and 88.3% of large enterprises).
The rate of high appreciation of the role of R&D activities for innovative
activities increases strongly from the group of FDI enterprises (81.2%), the
group of non-SOEs (88.4%) to the group of SOEs (95.9%).
2.7. Modes of realization of renovation of products and technological
procedures by enterprises
For realization of innovations, enterprises may “undertake themselves” or
“cooperate” with other partners. Averagely, only 17.2% of enterprises
“cooperate” for undertaking innovations. Innovative enterprises almost
“close themselves” in their activities for renovation of products and
technological procedures. The figures show well the trends: 86% of
enterprises undertake mainly themselves renovation of products and 78% of
enterprises undertake mainly themselves renovation of technological
procedures; about 13% of enterprises coordinate with other partners for
realization of renovation of products and technological procedures. A very
low rate of outsourcing by enterprises is for renovation of products (1%) and
renovation of technological procedures (9%).
Only 60% of innovative enterprises use sources of information for
undertaking of innovations. The supply and supports of information mostly
appreciated by enterprises come from internal sources, clients or
competitors. Public research organizations and universities are evaluated by
enterprises as partners having the lowest roles in supply and supports of
information for activities of renovation of products and technological
procedures by enterprises.
Survey data show that about 29.0% of small enterprises, 38.2% of medium
enterprises and 37.6% of large enterprises undertake renovation of products
(Ho Ngoc Luat, 2018). These figures meet well with the remarks observed in
a previous WB study: “Vietnam - Enhancing enterprise competitiveness and
SME linkages: lessons from international and national experience”. As it
was shown by this study, in Vietnam by 2015, 12% of small enterprises,
40% of medium enterprises and 45% of large enterprises have renovation of
products (World Bank, 2017). In reality, enterprises of Vietnam focus their
top priority for “Improvement of quality of products”. The second group of
priority is “Enhancement of capacities for production of products and
services”, “Replacement of old products and outdated procedures” and
“Reduction of production costs per product”. The last group of their
attentions is “Involvement into new markets” and “Growth of market
shares”. This reality meets also the remarks noted in another WB study
(World Bank, 2017), where the most important feature of new products
introduced by Vietnam SMEs is given to a higher quality of products which
is similar to other countries in the region (Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia,
Philippines and Thailand). However, the renovation of products by Vietnam
concepts focuses more on cutting-down of production costs and less on
studies to get fully new specifications of products.
3. Conclusions
The survey results for innovation by enterprises in processing-manufacturing
sectors, 2014-2016 period help make some conclusions on the status of R&D
activities by innovative enterprises. These conclusions derive from the above
analysis which helps to make some hints on the status of implementation of
R&D policies and national policies for technological renovation in the sector
of enterprises as well as policies to foster linkages between the sector of
public research and universities and the sector of production-business
activities. They are only initial conclusions and further works are needed to
get full backgrounds for amendment, revision and issuance of policies on
R&D and technological renovation. In addition to the conclusions related to
R&D activities by enterprises as noted under here, some recommendations
can be referred to the document “Statistic survey of innovation by enterprises
in processing-manufacturing sectors in Vietnam” (Ho Ngoc Luat, 2018).
The conclusions are as follows:
(1) Only about 15.5% of innovative enterprises have their own R&D units.
(2) Averagely, only 1% of the total labors of innovative enterprises are R&D
staffs. The number of research staffs with college qualification level up is
even lower than the ones of other countries, such as South Korea for
example (Vietnam has 2 research staffs/10,000 habitants against 60
research staffs/10,000 habitants of South Korea (KISTEP, 2015), which
means 1:30).
(3) Averagely, the expenditure by research staff in enterprises in processing-
manufacturing sectors of Vietnam by 2016 is USD7,831 while the one of
South Korea is USD155,000 (KISTEP, 2015) which means 20 times
bigger. It is worth to note that 70% of the total of expenditures for R&D
by 2016 by enterprises in processing-manufacturing sectors come from
FDI enterprises6 and 82.8% of the total expenditures for R&D come to
large enterprises7.
(4) The capitals from enterprises and the foreign capitals are invested mainly
for R&D activities by FDI enterprises8 and the State budget allocated for
R&D activities supports mainly large non-SOEs (small part (18%) being
used for SOEs)9.
(5) Enterprises do not really pay attentions to purchase of external
knowledge/trademarks.
(6) Enterprises face difficulties and hampering barriers in setting up and
using funds for S&T development.
(7) FDI enterprises pay attentions mainly to essential S&T tasks arising from
production-business needs which are mainly S&T tasks of grass-root level
while non-SOEs and SOEs mainly undertake S&T tasks of national,
ministerial and provincial levels (noted as “high ranked”!).
(8) Enterprises underestimate the role of technological and R&D information
supply by public R&D institutes and universities in regards to innovative
activities by enterprises. Few enterprises undertake innovation cooperation.
Enterprises mainly themselves undertake innovative activities (in context of
low number of R&D staffs and low sources of capitals for R&D activities).
(9) Actually, only about 32.08% of enterprises undertake renovation of
products. However, in Vietnam, the renovation of products focuses more
on cutting-down of costs per product and less on research to get fully new
specifications of products)./.
6 77.2% of the total expenditures by 2016 by enterprises in processing-manufacturing sectors come also from FDI
enterprises.
7 80.1% of the total expenditures for technological renovation by 2016 by enterprises in processing-manufacturing
come from large enterprises.
8 Capitals of enterprises and FDI capitals are mainly invested for technological renovation of large enterprises with
FDI.
9 More than half of State budgets are supports for technological renovation by SOEs with large labor size, small
enterprises get 32.2% and medium enterprises get 15% of State budgeted supports.
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