TPO - Attending the inauguration ceremony of the 4th Industrial Revolution Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his trust and expectations for the center in 20 words: Pioneering, cooperating, connecting, digitalizing, greening, practical, effective, spreading, for the country, for the people.
On the morning of September 25, within the framework of the 5th Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum - 2024, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the inauguration ceremony of the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in Ho Chi Minh City.
2nd C4IR Center in Southeast Asia
The C4IR Center in Ho Chi Minh City is part of the global network of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the second C4IR center in Southeast Asia (after Malaysia) and the 19th in the world in the WEF network. The center is located in the High-Tech Park (Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City), officially put into operation from September 25.
This is the result of the efforts of the Vietnamese Government and Ho Chi Minh City in promoting increasingly deep cooperation between Vietnam and WEF, especially the attention and promotion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the exchanges between the Prime Minister and Professor Klaus Schwab - Founding Chairman of WEF.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and delegates perform the inauguration ceremony of C4IR in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: VGP. |
Speaking at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed and highly appreciated the center being established on the basis of implementing the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Government of Vietnam and WEF for the 2023-2026 period and as a result of the increasingly developing relationship between Vietnam and WEF, in the spirit of practicality, efficiency, and suitability to the trend of the times and the conditions and circumstances of Vietnam.
The Prime Minister praised the active efforts of Ho Chi Minh City leaders and thanked WEF leaders, founding enterprises, international partners, organizations and individuals who have accompanied Vietnam in building the center.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the ceremony. Photo: VGP. |
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh pointed out 6 important meanings of the establishment of the center. That is to concretize and implement the Party's policies and guidelines on science and technology, innovation, apply achievements of the 4th industrial revolution, promote industrialization and modernization according to the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress and the Resolution of the Central Committee; meet the objective requirements of reality in national development; contribute to deep integration in the field of science and technology, innovation, and participate in the 4th industrial revolution.
In addition, the establishment of C4IR also demonstrates the pioneering role of Ho Chi Minh City - the economic, financial, service, cultural, educational - training, scientific - technological and innovation center of the country and the region; demonstrates the aspiration and pride of the country, affirms the mettle, intelligence, dynamism and creativity of the Vietnamese people; affirms the close relationship between Vietnam and WEF with the spirit of saying what is done, committing to it must be done.
The Prime Minister stated that sustainable and inclusive development based on the application of modern science and technology, strongly promoting startups and innovation is an inevitable trend, an objective requirement, a strategic choice and a top priority of today's world and of countries.
In the coming time, in order for the center to operate practically and effectively and promote its role, the Prime Minister said that the responsibility of the Government, ministries and branches is to orient, build institutions and have appropriate development priority policies. At the same time, Ho Chi Minh City clearly defines the functions, tasks and powers, creates favorable conditions in terms of facilities and operating mechanisms for the center to be quick and convenient, meeting development requirements.
Along with that, businesses and founders support financial resources, infrastructure, human resources, and administration; the center, based on its functions, tasks, and powers, promotes the spirit of self-reliance, self-reliance, autonomy, proactiveness, and activeness to operate effectively.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister expressed his trust and expectations for the center in 20 words: Pioneering, cooperating, connecting, digitalizing, greening, practical, effective, spreading, for the country, for the people.
Center of international standards
According to Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai, C4IR in Ho Chi Minh City will strengthen cooperation with C4IR centers around the world to support the proposal of solutions and policy recommendations, research on priority breakthrough areas of the city and the Southeast region in line with national orientation and international trends, mobilize resources, capital, support the Government and businesses to apply new technologies in line with the trend of the 4th industrial revolution.
Considering this to be a national center located in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Phan Van Mai said that the organization and operation of the center both learns from and refers to the experiences of existing C4IR centers around the world, and creatively applies them to Vietnam's conditions, clearly demonstrating the nature of public-private partnership.
The Center has 10 founding members, including Ho Chi Minh City National University, Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park, Viettel Group, Sovico Group, CMC Group, Saigon Telecommunication Technology Company, etc.
In addition, Ho Chi Minh City will send human resources and contribute a part of the initial financial resources, but the center's activities will strongly promote the role of enterprises with resources and management experience of the private sector.
Source: https://tienphong.vn/thu-tuong-tang-20-chu-cho-trung-tam-c4ir-cua-dien-dan-kinh-te-the-gioi-tai-tphcm-post1676406.tpo
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