Vietnam Innovation Day 2024 (Innovate Viet Nam 2024) will be held for 2 days, October 1-2, 2024, at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park (Hanoi). This is an event connecting, gathering and honoring the subjects of Vietnam's innovation ecosystem, with the National Innovation Center (NIC, Ministry of Planning and Investment) playing the leading role.

Also on this occasion, the Ministry of Planning and Investment will organize the 5th Anniversary of the National Innovation Center with the participation of Government leaders, central and local ministries, international organizations, domestic and international technology corporations.

Established on October 2, 2019 under Decision 1269/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister, NIC has the function of supporting and developing the Vietnamese innovation ecosystem, contributing to the innovation of the growth model based on science and technology development.

After 5 years of operation, NIC has gradually affirmed its value by helping to form a domestic innovation ecosystem.

National Innovation Center NIC
The National Innovation Center's Hoa Lac facility. Photo: NIC

As expected, Vietnam Innovation Day will welcome 20,000 visitors. On this occasion, Meta Group's President of Global Relations - Mr. Nick Clegg will attend the event and announce Meta's long-term commitments in the Vietnamese market. Leaders of large technology corporations with global influence such as Qualcomm, NVIDIA... are also expected to attend.

Within the framework of the event, participants will visit the exhibition area and experience breakthrough products, services, and technologies focusing on the fields of AI, semiconductor industry, and green energy (batteries, electricity, electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles).

Alongside the festival, there are also many conferences and forums with the participation of prestigious speakers from home and abroad, sharing the latest technology trends, especially AI and semiconductor technology. This is also an opportunity for startups, businesses and investors to meet, cooperate and connect.

According to Mr. Vu Quoc Huy, Director of the National Innovation Center, the event will contribute to spreading to the domestic community and international partners about the aspiration for innovation, determination and strong commitment of the Vietnamese Government in promoting innovation.

Vietnam Innovation Day 2024 will be a place to affirm Vietnam's potential and advantages in becoming a regional innovation center.

Vietnam will attract foreign investment to develop the semiconductor industry . According to the National Innovation Center, to develop the semiconductor industry, Vietnam must continue to attract investment from foreign enterprises, especially US enterprises.