Vietnam and Iran are set to step up cooperation in info and communications expertise (ICT), synthetic intelligence (AI) and nanotechnology.
During a gathering with Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Sattar Hashemi, the 2 sides mentioned measures to strengthen cooperation in science, expertise, and ICT in line with the digital transformation and knowledge-based financial system growth methods of their nations.
Iranian Minister Sattar Hashemi highlighted Iran’s vital function in the Gulf area’s digital ecosystem and expressed the nation’s readiness to implement AI cooperation programmes with regional companions.
According to the minister, main telecommunications operators and digital service platforms equivalent to Snapp! and Digikala, every serving greater than 30 million customers, generate wealthy knowledge sources which can be essential for the event of AI functions.
He additionally mentioned that regardless of dealing with worldwide sanctions, Iran has constructed a extremely adaptive monetary expertise ecosystem and continues to keep up its momentum in innovation.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Iran Nguyen Luong Ngoc additionally met with leaders of Iran’s ICT Research Institute, one of many nation’s main centres for digital expertise analysis.
Discussions targeted on potential cooperation in AI, cybersecurity, info expertise, quantum expertise, and telecommunications.
At the assembly with the institute’s president, Mohammad-Hossein Sheikhi, each side burdened the necessity for a memorandum of understanding to facilitate knowledgeable exchanges, information sharing, and stronger hyperlinks between analysis centres in the 2 nations.
The Vietnamese Ambassador to Iran mentioned better understanding of every aspect’s strengths and potential, significantly in AI and data expertise, will present a strong basis for increasing future cooperation.
He affirmed that the Vietnamese Embassy in Iran stands prepared to assist join Vietnamese analysis institutes, universities, and expertise enterprises with Iranian companions.
Mohammad-Hossein Sheikhi launched the institute’s analysis capabilities and expressed his hope to strengthen scientific and analysis cooperation with Vietnamese counterparts.
As a part of efforts to advertise science and expertise partnerships, Vietnamese Ambassador to Iran Nguyen Luong Ngoc additionally met with M. Haji Zeinolabedini, Director General for International Cooperation and Export Development at Iran’s ICT Ministry, to debate alternatives in excessive expertise and innovation.
The ambassador’s conferences are anticipated to open up new prospects for cooperation in science, expertise, and digital transformation whereas enhancing connectivity between authorities businesses, analysis institutes and expertise enterprises of each nations.
VNA