Within the framework of the program to attend the 19th Francophone Summit and pay an official visit to the French Republic, on the morning of October 4, in Paris, General Secretary and President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation attended and spoke at the Francophone Business Forum on Innovation and Creativity (FrancoTech).
According to VNA, speaking at the forum, General Secretary and President To Lam welcomed the initiative to organize a forum on innovation and creativity, in line with the theme of the 19th Francophone Summit.
The General Secretary and President highly appreciated the key topics of the FrancoTech Forum and believed that the forum would create opportunities to connect Francophone businesses.
General Secretary and President To Lam highly appreciated the Franco Tech Forum 2024 focusing on five key topics, demonstrating the responsibility of businesses in the face of urgent issues such as: Artificial Intelligence, energy transition, human capital, food security and innovation.
The key topics of the Franco Tech Forum 2024 are also issues that the Vietnamese government and businesses are interested in. Vietnam, with its young, dynamic population and the rapid development of the digital economy, is becoming a market full of potential.
Vietnam wishes to cooperate more closely with partners, including France and Francophone countries, to develop key, potential industries such as information technology, artificial intelligence, semiconductor industry, green hydrogen energy and promote the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.
At this forum, General Secretary and President To Lam called on businesses and investors in the Francophone community to continue to pay attention to and invest in Vietnam.
Vietnam is creating an increasingly favorable investment and business environment, with many attractive incentive policies and a very favorable position and location to help Francophone businesses continue to grow into large corporations and enterprises of international stature. Vietnam is ready to participate in supporting African countries in the spirit of "if you want to go far, go together".
General Secretary and President To Lam affirmed that the great potential and close cooperation between Vietnam, France and the Francophone community will together open new chapters in cooperative relations, contributing positively to the development of businesses and each country.
Also within the framework of the Franco Tech Forum, General Secretary and President To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation visited exhibition booths of enterprises, especially those of Vietnamese enterprises.
The FrancoTech Business Forum on Innovation and Creativity is an initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, organized within the framework of the 19th Francophone Summit in France with the aim of promoting business connections and cooperation in the Francophone economic space.
The FrancoTech Forum focuses on five main areas, including digital technology and artificial intelligence, energy transition, human resources, logistics and food security, and finance for innovation.
