On July 15, 2026, in Hanoi, Minister of Science and Technology Vu Hai Quan held a working session with H.E. Rajpal Singh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to Vietnam, representatives of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and Becamex IDC to debate the proposed establishment of the Viet Nam Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (VAMRC).
During the assembly, the members mentioned the event of VAMRC as a shared analysis centre that connects enterprises, universities, analysis institutes, and expertise resolution suppliers.
The Centre is anticipated to obtain challenges from enterprises for analysis, testing, and expertise validation previous to industrial deployment, thereby serving to scale back prices, minimise dangers, and speed up the adoption of new applied sciences.
VAMRC will concentrate on key areas together with automation, robotics, synthetic intelligence (AI) for manufacturing, manufacturing unit digital transformation, inexperienced manufacturing, and provide chain resilience.
At the assembly, Minister Vu Hai Quan urged the partners to expedite the preparation of the Centre’s establishment proposal, with explicit consideration to defining its capabilities, operational mannequin, financing mechanism, and approaches to participating enterprises.
According to the Minister, VAMRC ought to be pushed by the sensible wants of the manufacturing sector and concentrate on producing analysis outcomes that may be quickly examined, transferred, and deployed in factories.
Sharing Singapore’s expertise, representatives of A*STAR famous that the Centre ought to initially be supported by way of funding in amenities, analysis gear, a core analysis staff, and pilot analysis programmes. In addition, enterprises ought to be concerned from the outset by collectively figuring out industrial challenges and contributing assets to make sure that analysis outcomes successfully deal with market calls for.
Concluding the assembly, Minister Vu Hai Quan welcomed the VAMRC initiative and reaffirmed that the Ministry of Science and Technology would work intently with Becamex and A*STAR all through the Centre’s establishment and growth in Vietnam.
The Ministry will contemplate supporting VAMRC as a nationwide shared analysis centre whereas coordinating with related stakeholders to develop applicable assist mechanisms and strengthen human useful resource growth for analysis, expertise testing, and expertise switch actions.
VAMRC is anticipated to change into a flagship mannequin of collaboration among the many Government, analysis institutes, universities, and enterprises in superior manufacturing, whereas additional advancing science and expertise cooperation between Vietnam and Singapore.
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