USING VIETNAM'S CURRENT CONTINGENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INTELLECTUALS - REALITY AND SOLUTIONS

As a province in the Mekong Delta, Vinh Long located in the central location of the delta in the Lower Mekong River Basin. With many name changes, from May 05, 1992, the name Vinh Long has been used up to now. Vinh Long is known as the “Southern land of the talented”, the “sacred land of the talented”. After the liberation of the South and reunification of the country, Vinh Long intellectuals, including scientific and technological intellectuals, were continued to be respected by the revolutionary government, and thrived, making great contributions to the development of the province. In 2022, Vinh Long's population was 1,029,015 people, and labor force was 612,369 people, accounting for 59.5% of the population, of which scientific and technological intellectuals accounted for 5.42% (33,217 people). Number of scientific and technological intellectuals awarded bachelor, master to PhD degrees all increased. In addition, there is not much difference between male and female intellectuals in Vinh Long. Intellectuals aged from 30 years old to under 40 years old accounted for 38.22%, and intellectuals aged from 40 years old to under 50 years old accounted for 28.52%. In addition to the achieved results, Vinh Long's scientific and technological intellectuals also have many limitations such as: the number of scientific projects is not much; the implementation progress is still slow; in addition, intellectuals with PhD degrees are concentrated in universities. From the above facts, it is necessary to have solutions to develop scientific and technological intellectuals in Vinh Long province in the current period to effectively serve the local economic and social development.