According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the reception, delegates all assessed that Vietnam has the potential to maintain a high-growth economy based on growth drivers such as high-tech industries, innovation and improving the investment environment.
Vietnam needs to prioritize 2-3 new technology fields to focus resources on, including key investment policies for research and development (R&D) to form leading high-tech industries.
Mr. Thomas Vallely - Senior Advisor on Vietnam at the Weatherhead East Asia Institute - said that Vietnam needs to quickly invest in and develop a digital strategic foundation, especially in cloud computing and green energy.
In the semiconductor field, experts highly appreciated the development orientation of Vietnam's semiconductor industry, affirming that high-quality human resources are a prerequisite to ensure a country's solid position in the global supply chain and a good semiconductor ecosystem needs to be developed on the basis of cooperation between businesses and training and higher education institutions.
Mr. Scott Fritzen - President of Fulbright University Vietnam - proposed to improve traditional education programs in the direction of supporting students to develop the necessary skills to adapt to the rapid development of technology.
US Deputy National Security Advisor Anne Neuberger highly appreciated the Vietnam - US comprehensive strategic partnership and said that the two sides still have much fiscal space to promote bilateral cooperation, especially in ensuring cyber security and preventing cybercrime.
Speaking at the reception, General Secretary and President To Lam welcomed the comments, sharing of enthusiasm and especially the feelings of experts and scholars for Vietnam.
With a new position and strength, the General Secretary and President affirmed that Vietnam is ready for a new historical starting point, a new era, an era of the Vietnamese people's rise.
General Secretary and President To Lam emphasized four major orientations in socio-economic development in the coming period, namely focusing on building, perfecting and synchronously innovating the country's development institutions; strongly developing science, technology, innovation and digital transformation to create breakthroughs in productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the economy; continuing to fundamentally, comprehensively, effectively and substantially innovate education and training, focusing on developing high-quality human resources for priority and emerging industries and fields.
The General Secretary and President asked experts and scholars to continue to pay attention to and strengthen cooperation with Vietnam, especially in research cooperation, policy exchange and support for Vietnam in developing science and technology.
In the presence of General Secretary and President To Lam, President of Columbia University Angela Olinto and delegates attending the reception, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet and Executive Vice President of Columbia University Wafaa El-Sadr presented a Framework Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between Columbia University and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
VinUni University and Fulbright University Vietnam have announced two memorandums of understanding with Columbia University to promote cooperation in the field of training.
