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- Higher education institutions organized as defined by Higher Education
Law comprise: universities and academies. College is organized under the Law
on Vocational Education.

- Science and technology service organizations are organized in the form
of centers, offices, laboratories and other forms prescribed by the Minister of
Science and Technology.

Spending on scientific, technological research and development means
expenditures including expenditure on development investment, expenditure on
scientific, technological research and development and others.

Allocated funding sources consist of 3 types:

- State budget sources (including sources in the form of state budget),
comprise the central budget and the local budget. The central budget composes
of budget allocated by the Ministry of Science and Technology and line
ministries. The local budget is a source directly allocated from the budget of
the centrally-managed provinces or cities.

- Non-state sources are sources from the budget of businesses and

universities.
- Foreign sources.

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