text: 51-HDBT of the Council of Ministers on "a number of problems of scientific and technical work In 1983 and the years to come" pointed out: n The State Scientific and Technological Committee should co-operate with the State Plann~ng Committee, the Ministry of Finance. the Central Economic Managing Institute and the branches concerned and should study the ways of building a com­ plete mechanism of management In order to step up the rapid and wide application of the scientific and technical achievements to production and life"; The Resolutions of the Sixth Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam <Fifth Congress) on the improvement of the mechanism of the Industrial management and circulation and distribution attached a special Importance to the Improvement of the mechanism of management for science and technology. Based on these Important documents, the offices concerned have undertaken the Improving the mechanism of management for science and technology throughout the country. Secondly, It Is necessary to set up the Institutions tor the organization and management for science and technology in the form of the Science Pol Icy. Organizationally, these research centres should be affiliated to the State Scientific and Techno­ logical Committee or a corresponding office special lzlng In the scientific and technical management; this creates conditions tor the measures on the Improvement of the organization and manage­ ment mapped out by the Research Institutes to have practical significance. The Research Institute for the Science Management affiliated to the State Committee for Science and Technology of Viet Nam was set up on September 15, 1978 on the basis of a Science Polley Unit. The function of the Institute is to help the State Committee to do research, to suggest and to prepare the decisions on the scientific and technical management on the 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the development of a system for managing science and technology in Vietnam, with a focus on improving the application of scientific and technical achievements to production and life. The text mentions the State Scientific and Technological Committee, research institutes, and the development of a Science Policy. This suggests that the text is related to the field of science and technology.