The Ministry of Science and Technology has simply issued a Guidance on scientific integrity {and professional} ethics in scientific analysis and know-how improvement to function a foundation for businesses and organizations to develop inner guidelines and implement them in observe.
The Ministry of Science and Technology has simply issued Guidance on scientific integrity {and professional} ethics in scientific analysis and know-how improvement hooked up to Decision No. 2557/QD-BKHCN dated May 25, 2026.
According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, within the context of implementing Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, the Party and State are excited by investing in science, know-how, innovation and digital transformation. Along with that’s the requirement to improve the accountability of organizations and people in making certain scientific integrity {and professional} ethics in scientific analysis and know-how improvement actions.
The steering is constructed on the idea of the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation in 2025 and Decree No. 262/2025/ND-CP. The doc additionally refers to the worldwide expertise of many OECD nations, Europe, Singapore and China.
Accordingly, the steering is a framework doc, together with primary contents which are orienting for funding businesses for scientific analysis and know-how improvement actions, and scientific and technological organizations to concretize into inner guidelines and implement them inside their administration scope.
The doc is issued to contribute to defending mental values, analysis high quality, constructing a tradition of scientific integrity {and professional} ethics, social accountability and sustainability in analysis. At the identical time, stop violations of scientific integrity {and professional} ethics.
The pointers deal with the foundations of making certain scientific integrity {and professional} ethics in scientific analysis and know-how improvement; measures to stop violations; duties of entities collaborating in scientific analysis actions.
This contains the duties of scientific analysis people; presiding organizations, process leaders, analysis group leaders; science and know-how administration departments; council members, consultants, critics, and evaluators; heads of funding businesses and science and know-how organizations in making certain scientific integrity {and professional} ethics.
A noteworthy level is that the steering has added content material associated to the usage of synthetic intelligence (AI) in scientific analysis. Accordingly, AI should not be used to create fake information, fake pictures or unreal reference supplies; don’t use content material created by AI however not verified as scientific reference supplies.
The steering additionally mentions violations resembling falsifying analysis information, falsifying information, plagiarism in any kind, writing creator names that aren’t true to actuality or eradicating folks with actual contributions from analysis works.
According to the doc, relying on the character and severity of the violation, the funding company or science and know-how group may apply measures resembling warnings, requesting correction, withdrawing scientific articles, recovering funds or not permitting participation in science and know-how duties for a sure interval or indefinitely.
The appendix hooked up to the steering additionally promulgates a pattern Decision on the Rules of Scientific Integrity and Professional Ethics for businesses and organizations to refer to when creating inner rules.