This paper described and assessed the status of STI activities in those universities to understand the present capacity and the role of universities in aligning their research - training - production functions in the STI system. | JSTPM Vol 4, No 4, 2015 61 STI SYSTEM IN UNIVERSITIES OF VIETNAM PhD. Dao Thanh Truong Institute of Policy and Management, University of Social Sciences and Humanities Abstract: Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) has become an important means and goal of countries for national development and international integration. The STI system not only serves as a link of different stakeholders, State - Enterprise - Research Institute University not only to make achievements in socio-economic development, but also to enhance the internal capacity of each element. In the STI system, universities and colleges play an important role because they are not just considered as a provider of high quality scientific and technological (S&T) manpower but also a nursery to incubate scientific ideas, research and development achievements before putting them into production. Through a case study of four universities: Vietnam National University, National University of Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi University of S&T and University of Thai Nguyen, the author of this paper described and assessed the status of STI activities in those universities to understand the present capacity and the role of universities in aligning their research - training - production functions in the STI system. Keywords: Science, technology and innovation system; STI; Universities; Research; Training; Teaching. Code: 15101501 1. Introduction Today, many countries around the world have recognized the important role of innovation as a decisive factor to build up the competitive capacity of all sectors of the economy that are strongly influenced by S&T. Modern S&T revolution is making profound changes in the world economy, international relations and mankind society activities. Development strategy of all the countries is based on S&T, in which the core is to master the highest S&T achievements required for development. Higher education establishment is one of the important components in the STI system with the
