On the afternoon of February 11, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a conference on developing science, technology, innovation and high-quality human resources to promote economic growth.
The Head of Government noted that it is necessary to make a frank and objective assessment using specific evidence of current reality: Where are we standing, what is our position? From there, we can clearly identify the difficulties and challenges.
The Prime Minister asked the question: Where are we standing, what is our position? in the development of science and technology?
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Currently, the Government is preparing to submit to the National Assembly a resolution to remove obstacles in science and technology; continue to complete the law on science and technology to submit to the National Assembly at the session next May. In the proposal to remove obstacles in institutions and allocate resources, it is especially bold in proposing that scientists be allowed to trade their products.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung reported that the semiconductor industry in Vietnam has made great strides, cooperating with the US, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and large technology corporations such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Apple, Marvell, Samsung...
Vietnam was also selected as one of six countries to participate in the Chips Act - an important US policy to develop the global semiconductor supply chain. Currently, the country has more than 50 enterprises participating in the chip design stage, more than 15 enterprises participating in the packaging, testing of chips and manufacturing of semiconductor materials and equipment operating in Vietnam. FPT has launched chip products in the medical industry, Viettel has produced chips for 5G equipment.
The field of artificial intelligence has great potential to develop into a leading country in the region in AI. Many AI products created by Vietnamese people are highly appreciated in the world technology community. Large technology corporations are forming research centers and expanding cooperation on artificial intelligence in Vietnam such as NVIDIA, Microsoft, Meta, Google.
According to Mr. Dung, activities to attract "eagle" businesses and incubate "technology unicorns" are continuously being implemented by innovation centers. Especially in the fields of semiconductors, artificial intelligence, new energy, smart factories, smart cities, cyber security... with the appearance and business expansion of Lam Research, NVIDIA, Marvell, Cadence, ARM, Meta, Google, Synopsys, AMD, Qorvo, Qualcomm....
There are currently about 210 foreign venture capital funds present in Vietnam. Compared to other countries in the region, Vietnam ranks third in the number of venture capital deals, after Indonesia and Singapore.
In order for science and technology to truly bring about major, revolutionary changes, the leaders of the Ministry of Planning and Investment proposed focusing on promoting the review and elimination of institutional "bottlenecks" in the first quarter of 2025.
Besides, replicating the FDI attraction model such as attracting NVIDIA Corporation, focusing on investment projects requiring high-quality human resources, leading Vietnamese enterprises to participate in the global value chain...
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