The Prime Minister emphasized that female scientists and engineers with their intelligence and acumen are and will continue to contribute to finding creative and effective solutions to overcome challenges.
On the morning of October 4, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with delegates who came to Vietnam to attend the Asia-Pacific Network of Women Scientists and Engineers Conference, and leaders of the Vietnam Association of Women Intellectuals under the Vietnam Women's Union.
Attending the meeting were: Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Doan, former Vice President, President of the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education, Honorary President of the Vietnam Association of Intellectual Women; President of the Vietnam Women's Union Ha Thi Nga; Professor, Dr. Le Thi Hop, President of the Vietnam Association of Intellectual Women; President of the International Network of Women Scientists and Engineers (INWES) Sarah Matilde Catherine Peers.
After 13 years of operation, the Vietnam Association of Intellectual Women has grown in both quantity and quality, fulfilling its assigned political tasks well, contributing to the economic and social development of the country. The Association has gathered and attracted nearly 6,000 members in 12 provinces and cities, 31 research institutes, universities, government agencies, state-owned and private enterprises.
The Association has had many diverse activities, promoting its strengths, actively consulting, criticizing, assessing society, contributing opinions on economic and social policies and protecting the rights of Vietnamese women, including female intellectuals. At the same time, promoting its strengths, enhancing the role of female intellectuals in scientific research, contributing to the socio-economic development of the country; actively participating in social security, charity, humanitarian activities; promoting international relations and cooperation...
In 2018, the Vietnam Association of Women Intellectuals in collaboration with the Vietnam Women's Union successfully hosted and organized the Annual Conference of the Network of Women Scientists and Engineers in the Asia-Pacific region. This year, the Conference with the theme "The role of women in science and technology and international integration for sustainable development" was a great success.
Speaking at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the Asia-Pacific Network of Women Scientists and Engineers Conference, which is held annually on a rotational basis among countries. At the same time, he affirmed the interest of countries and territories in creating a common forum for outstanding female scientists, not only to connect and share knowledge and experience, but also to affirm their important role in solving urgent problems of humanity, the region and each country, contributing to the sustainable development and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region as well as the world.
The Prime Minister stated that the 2024 Regional Network Conference hosted by the Vietnam Association of Intellectual Women is a vivid demonstration of the proactive international cooperation in science and technology of Vietnamese intellectual women, especially when Vietnam has just organized the National Innovation Day 2024.
The Prime Minister emphasized that throughout thousands of years of building and defending the country, Vietnam has always valued intellectuals, considering "Talented people are the vital energy of the nation; when the vital energy is prosperous, the country is strong and growing; when the vital energy is weak, the country is weak and declining"; The Communist Party of Vietnam determined: "Building a strong and comprehensive intellectual team is an investment in building and nurturing the vital energy of the nation."
Over the past decades, Vietnam has consistently pursued the goal of sustainable development, identifying science and technology as a top national policy. At the same time, it has always promoted the role of women, made continuous efforts to promote gender equality, develop a team of female scientists, and create the best conditions for women to develop their talents, surpass themselves, and contribute to the country, the region, and the world.
After nearly 40 years of innovation, under the leadership of the Party and the solidarity and unanimity of the entire nation and international friends, including the important contributions of intellectuals and female intellectuals, Vietnam has achieved many great and historic achievements.
Vietnam has become a middle-income developing country; GDP per capita increased 58 times compared to before the renovation, reaching 4,300 USD in 2023; ranked 34th among major economies and the group of 20 countries with the largest trade scale globally.
Vietnam is recognized by the United Nations as one of the leading countries in implementing the Millennium Goals; and is considered by the international community as a symbol of friendship and healing the wounds of war.
Vietnam's 2024 Global Innovation Index ranking has improved significantly, reaching 44th out of 133 countries. Vietnam has become a trusted destination for many of the world's leading technology corporations such as Samsung, Google, Apple, Meta, Nvidia...
National gender equality goals are always focused on implementation. In 2023, Vietnam achieved and exceeded 11/20 targets of the National Strategy on Gender Equality for 2025. Vietnam's gender equality index in 2023 ranked 72/146 countries, up 11 places compared to 2022.
The Prime Minister assessed that in the context of globalization and increasingly deep international integration, the fourth industrial revolution impacts all aspects of social life, the world is facing many major challenges such as natural disasters, epidemics, climate change, population aging, resource depletion and gender inequality...
These are both global and national issues, requiring close cooperation and great efforts from countries, communities and especially from the scientific community. "Female scientists and engineers with their intelligence and acumen are and will continue to contribute to finding creative and effective solutions to overcome these challenges," the Prime Minister emphasized.
Pleased to know that in recent times, the Vietnam Association of Women Intellectuals has had many rich, practical, innovative and diversified activities in gathering members. The Prime Minister pointed out that the Association has created scientific forums for female intellectuals to demonstrate their creativity, enthusiasm and passion for scientific research; actively contributing to the development and implementation of socio-economic development policies and strategies. Of which, 264 scientific works, studies and reports were published; over 130 scientific and technological products of 26 female scientists were introduced in the exhibition "Scientific and Technological Achievements of Vietnamese Women Intellectuals"; over 200 products on the Direct and Online Trading Floor on technology, scientific and technological products...
The Association is a gathering place for individuals who are honored domestically and internationally, receiving prestigious scientific awards such as the Ho Chi Minh Prize, the State Prize for Science and Technology, the Vifotex, Kovalevskaia, Loreal-UNESCO and other international awards... for female scientists.
The Prime Minister mentioned scientists such as: Hero of Labor, Associate Professor-Doctor Nguyen Thi Tram, who created dozens of high-yield and high-quality hybrid rice varieties; Hero of Labor, Professor-Doctor Huynh Thi Phuong Lien, who made miracles for the country's medicine such as producing the inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine (a successful first-generation vaccine); the drug product Trinh Nu Hoang Cung by Dr. Pharmacist Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram was exported to the United States and Europe...
At the same time, the Association has effectively supported female intellectuals to start businesses, create valuable products and services; participate in environmental protection, community development, contributing to building a sustainable society; affirming that the Vietnam Association of Women Intellectuals has gradually demonstrated its core role in gathering solidarity, promoting the creativity of female intellectuals, contributing to the socio-economic development of the country, and the activities of the Conference of the Network of Women Scientists and Engineers in the Asia-Pacific region.
Towards a new era of development, Vietnam always pays special attention to science, technology and innovation, considering this an objective requirement, a strategic choice and a top priority for rapid and sustainable development; contributing to solving important issues of climate change, resource depletion, population aging, improving labor productivity...
The Prime Minister emphasized that with the spirit of “innovation to break through, surpass oneself - creativity to reach far, fly high in the sky of the digital era and green development of humanity,” Vietnam strives to catch up, progress together and surpass in the process of human innovation.
The Prime Minister affirmed that the Government highly values and strongly promotes international cooperation in research, transfer and application of modern technology for development; creates all favorable conditions for intellectuals, including female intellectuals, to maximize their capacity and enthusiasm, participate in startups and innovation; through continuing to improve mechanisms and policies; strongly invest in scientific and technological research, infrastructure for green transformation and digital transformation. At the same time, prioritize financial resources, focus on training high-quality human resources, improve modern management capacity for scientific and technological research and development; encourage creativity and application of science and technology in production and life...
On this occasion, the Prime Minister sincerely thanked and hoped that the International Network of Women Scientists and Engineers would continue to pay attention, closely coordinate, and share experiences with Vietnam; connect and create conditions for Vietnamese female intellectuals to access, learn and have opportunities to work, exchange and cooperate with experts, scientists and high-tech enterprises in the world; support technology transfer, human resource training, improve management capacity, build institutions, mechanisms and policies.
The Prime Minister emphasized that women play a very important role in the development of each family, society, country and nation. Women are mothers, wives, workers, entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists, playing a central role and being the main subjects in building and developing a caring economy. They also contribute to promoting the development of science, technology and innovation, sustainable development in each country, region and the world.
The Prime Minister hopes that there will be more and more practical and meaningful achievements from the International Network of Women Scientists and Engineers and the Vietnam Association of Women Intellectuals, making greater contributions to the country's development and building the Asia-Pacific region as well as a world of peace, justice, humanity, compassion, civilization and sustainable development.
Regarding the proposal to establish a Fund to support young female scientists of the Association of Women Intellectuals, the Prime Minister assigned the President of the Vietnam Women's Union to coordinate with the Minister of Finance to study the establishment in accordance with the provisions of law./.
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