South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT mentioned it held the 10th Korea-Vietnam Joint Committee on Science and Technology in Hanoi on Wednesday with Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology and mentioned future instructions for science and technology cooperation.
The two international locations signed an inter-governmental settlement on science and technology cooperation in 1995 and have held the joint committee 9 occasions alternately since 2002. This assembly is a follow-up measure to implement an settlement by the 2 international locations’ leaders final August to strengthen cooperation in superior science and technology.
First Vice Minister of Science and ICT Hyeok-chae Koo (구혁채) and Vietnamese Vice Minister of Science and Technology Bu Hai Quan (부 하이 꽌) served as chief delegates. Delegations included about 20 individuals corresponding to authorities officers and folks from analysis institutes from each international locations.
At the assembly, the 2 sides shared their science and technology insurance policies and the standing of cooperation. They mentioned instructions for establishing a mid- to long-term complete plan containing future cooperation instructions and agreed on the long run schedule. The two sides determined to construct a package-style cooperation system to assist the total R&D cycle, together with joint R&D, expertise improvement and exchanges, and technology commercialisation, based mostly on pan-government collaboration, with the aim of joint prosperity by mutually useful R&D cooperation.
The ministry additionally held a gathering with Korean professors in science and engineering in Vietnam and consultants from analysis and specialised establishments to debate the standing of science, technology and digital improvement as felt on the bottom and instructions for selling cooperation between the 2 international locations. It additionally plans to go to the Korea-Vietnam Institute of Science and Technology (VKIST), a hub for science and technology cooperation between the 2 international locations.
Koo mentioned the assembly can be a turning level for constructing a strategic partnership in technological innovation between the 2 international locations by discussing future instructions for science and technology cooperation collectively. He additionally mentioned he would create a mutually useful mannequin for science and technology cooperation by combining Vietnam’s development potential with South Korea’s technological capabilities.