Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday held bilateral talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Dr Vu Hai Quan to debate advancing collaboration in synthetic intelligence, cybersecurity, deep applied sciences, semiconductors, robotics, biotechnology, digital applied sciences and innovation-led analysis. They additionally mentioned strengthening institutional mechanisms between the 2 nations in science and expertise. In an announcement, Singh stated, ”India and Vietnam are civilisational companions linked by almost two thousand years of shared cultural and historic linkages. The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the 2 nations has gained new momentum during the last decade.” The minister highlighted that Vietnam stays an essential associate in India’s Act East Policy and Indo-Pacific imaginative and prescient. ”The rising India-ASEAN engagement in science, expertise and innovation supplies a robust basis for collaborative analysis, innovation and technology-driven progress,” stated Singh. The two sides additionally mentioned the proposed subsequent India-Vietnam joint committee assembly (JCM) and reviewed preparations for advancing bilateral engagement in science, expertise and innovation by structured institutional cooperation. Quan welcomed the rising engagement between the 2 nations in science and expertise and expressed Vietnam’s curiosity in creating structured collaboration in deep applied sciences with sensible functions and societal advantages. He additionally proposed nominating devoted nodal factors from each ministries for normal coordination and getting ready a concrete motion plan to translate bilateral initiatives into implementable outcomes.
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