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SINGAPORE — Overseas Vietnamese (OV) intellectuals in Singapore have expressed expectations that the state go to to Singapore and his anticipated keynote speech on the Shangri-La Dialogue by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam and President of Việt Nam Tô Lâm will assist open up new cooperation mechanisms between the 2 international locations in strategic technology sectors.
They imagine stronger hyperlinks between the 2 international locations’ mental and innovation assets might assist drive breakthroughs in technology improvement and nationwide competitiveness.
Building a world “brain circulation” community
Lê Anh Đức, an AI skilled at Google Asia-Pacific and head of the science, technology and innovation division of the Vietnamese neighborhood’s liaison board in Singapore, mentioned Việt Nam should proceed reforming governance considering and growing high-quality human assets to realize its improvement targets for 2030 and 2045.
He held that Politburo Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW has created beneficial circumstances for addressing workforce challenges in science, technology and innovation. In the context of globalisation, Việt Nam ought to transfer past the standard idea of “brain drain” and as a substitute construct a world “brain circulation” community to attach OV experience with home improvement wants.
He mentioned the Vietnamese neighborhood in Singapore is working to function a bridge for this move of information. The current upgrading of bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, along with the highest Vietnamese chief’s ongoing go to, is predicted to encourage abroad intellectuals to maneuver from networking in direction of motion and co-creation.
The OV neighborhood additionally expects the go to to put the groundwork for breakthrough cooperation mechanisms, firstly in semiconductors and synthetic intelligence. While Singapore is growing funding in semiconductors, synthetic intelligence and strategic technology centres, Việt Nam is pushing forward with semiconductor trade improvement and digital transformation.
Given this, the expatriates hope the 2 international locations can set up an interconnected cooperation mechanism within the technology provide chain, from sharing analysis, testing, and improvement infrastructure to coaching human assets, thereby forming a technology alliance in a position to compete with others within the ASEAN area and the world, the skilled went on.
Đức additionally highlighted many OVs’ curiosity in cross-border digital identification and information connectivity. He mentioned linking Singapore’s Singpass platform with Việt Nam’s VNeID system might facilitate tourism, e-commerce and bilateral monetary transactions whereas serving to set up superior regional requirements for digital governance.
Some specialists perceived that there stays important room for Việt Nam–Singapore cooperation in science, technology and innovation. Potential breakthrough areas embrace the VNexus international digital information platform connecting OV specialists with home demand; joint analysis programmes between Việt Nam’s National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) and Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF); shared semiconductor R&D infrastructure; and cooperation in technology and information governance.
Assoc. Prof. Dr Dương Minh Hải from the Department of Mechanical Engineering on the National University of Singapore mentioned Việt Nam possesses key benefits, together with a younger inhabitants, robust adaptability to technology, a dynamic entrepreneurial spirit and deeper integration into international provide chains.
If the nation can capitalise on the present wave of technological shift, it might make important advances in a number of strategic sectors, he mentioned.
Hả istressed that Việt Nam ought to view funding in science and technology as an funding in its future. He additionally known as for constructing a stronger innovation ecosystem linking the State, universities, analysis institutes, companies and startups, whereas creating extra alternatives for younger expertise and breakthrough concepts.
With robust political dedication and help from scientists, companies and youthful generations, Việt Nam might step by step transition from a processing-based financial system to at least one pushed by innovation and excessive technology, Hải famous.
Supporting younger scientists
OV intellectuals additionally voiced help for the Programme for Excellent Basic Research for 2026–35 (PEBR), which goals by 2030 to help and join at the very least 500 PhD holders, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers and younger scientists, together with 100 able to main international-level impartial analysis groups.
According to Đức, the goal is achievable if Việt Nam successfully mobilises mental assets each at dwelling and overseas. He mentioned the nation wants specialists who not solely possess deep tutorial experience however are additionally able to making use of technology to unravel sensible challenges.
Đức proposed increasing science and technology programmes for younger individuals, introducing versatile mechanisms to ask OV specialists to take part in main nationwide tasks, and strengthening partnerships between universities and companies. He additionally prompt creating beneficial circumstances for Vietnamese college students and researchers overseas to return for internships, analysis and startup actions within the homeland.
Regarding expertise attraction insurance policies, he mentioned Việt Nam ought to empower specialists to play a larger function in shaping nationwide science and technology methods, set up versatile advisory mechanisms for OV intellectuals, and selectively put money into main analysis establishments. He additionally proposed introducing data-sharing frameworks and regulatory sandboxes to help innovation and technology experimentation.
Hải described these orientations as strategically essential amid intensifying international technology competitors. He mentioned Việt Nam ought to create alternatives for younger scientists early of their careers by means of seed funding programmes, clear tutorial environments and merit-based analysis techniques.
Hải mentioned Việt Nam–Singapore cooperation in science, technology, innovation and digital transformation holds huge potential as a result of the 2 economies complement one another effectively. Promising areas for collaboration embrace AI, digital transformation, inexperienced technology, semiconductors and startup ecosystems.
He careworn that future cooperation ought to transfer past merely buying technology in direction of collectively researching, testing and commercialising new applied sciences, serving to create a stronger and extra sustainable basis for strategic innovation cooperation inside ASEAN. — VNA/VNS