Addressing the discussion board, the Vietnamese chief described its theme on cooperation in human sources improvement, science, know-how, innovation and digital transformation as each well timed and well-targeted, reflecting international improvement developments and the more and more deepening cooperation wants between the 2 international locations.
He highlighted that speedy breakthroughs in synthetic intelligence, semiconductors, large knowledge, biotechnology, quantum know-how and clear vitality are essentially reworking manufacturing strategies, development fashions and the worldwide financial construction. Emerging developments such because the digital financial system, inexperienced financial system and round financial system, alongside necessities for technological safety, knowledge safety and provide chain stability are shaping a brand new period of improvement – the period of innovation. In this context, nations able to mastering data, science, know-how and innovation will likely be greatest positioned to realize breakthroughs and strengthen their improvement capability.
General Secretary and President Lam famous that recognising these developments, Vietnam has issued Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on science, know-how, innovation and digital transformation, alongside its nationwide technique on revolutionary start-ups. These insurance policies establish science, know-how, innovation and digital transformation as central drivers for creating trendy productive forces, renewing development fashions and enhancing strategic autonomy.
The high chief of Vietnam additionally expressed admiration for India’s important achievements in info know-how, software program improvement, engineering coaching, public digital infrastructure, digital funds, prescription drugs, area know-how, synthetic intelligence and semiconductors. He famous that India is just not solely a fantastic civilisation however has additionally emerged as a world hub of data, know-how and innovation, successfully “Asia’s Silicon Valley”.
Vietnam and India, he stated, share a long-standing conventional friendship cast by way of deep historic and cultural ties, in addition to a shared spirit of independence, self-reliance and improvement aspirations. Their sturdy basis of political belief supplies an important foundation for increasing cooperation, significantly in high-tech and strategic know-how sectors.
The Vietnamese chief underscored that each international locations share comparable long-term improvement visions. Vietnam goals to develop into a high-income developed nation by 2045, whereas India is pursuing its Viksit Bharat 2047 objective of changing into a developed nation. These orientations create highly effective momentum for enhanced cooperation in the interval to come back.
The two economies are additionally extremely complementary. India is without doubt one of the world’s main economies, with sturdy benefits in know-how, software program, synthetic intelligence and digital providers. Vietnam, in the meantime, is a dynamic financial system with a strategic geopolitical place, speedy digital transformation and a fast-growing start-up ecosystem.
Bilateral relations are coming into a brand new part, in which data, knowledge, know-how and high-quality human sources are anticipated to develop into the brand new constructing blocks of strategic cooperation. The Vietnamese leaders known as on contributors to outline precedence areas for cooperation, with an emphasis on strategic applied sciences shaping the twenty first century, together with synthetic intelligence, semiconductor chips, digital know-how, biotechnology, clear vitality and sensible manufacturing.
He prompt creating cooperation areas in science and know-how by way of large-scale initiatives and long-term mechanisms, advancing a Vietnam–India Digital Partnership, and selling a ‘co-research, co-development, co-production’ mannequin to generate collectively branded know-how merchandise able to deeper integration into international worth chains.
The chief additionally harassed the necessity to consolidate coordination mechanisms amongst stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem, significantly the mannequin linking the state, scientists and companies, whereas selling public–non-public partnerships, establishing risk-sharing frameworks and inspiring firms to pour extra funding into analysis and improvement, with a view to setting up bilateral innovation co-investment funds.
Businesses in each international locations ought to take the lead, boldly investing in rising applied sciences, stepping up joint analysis and improvement and taking part in flagship cooperative initiatives, thereby deepening Vietnam–India ties by way of manufacturing linkages, know-how switch and integration into international worth chains, he stated.
The convergence of India’s sturdy technological capabilities and Vietnam’s younger, tech-driven workforce is anticipated to type a strong expertise pool, he harassed.
General Secretary and President Lam known as for stronger, sensible linkages amongst analysis institutes, universities and companies of the 2 international locations, with a view to forming a Vietnam–India know-how expertise hall. The focus, he stated, ought to be on establishing joint R&D centres and laboratories, in addition to rolling out high-quality workforce coaching programmes in areas resembling synthetic intelligence, semiconductors, knowledge science and cybersecurity.
Science and know-how cooperation ought to be aligned with sustainable, inclusive and people-centred improvement, guaranteeing that the positive aspects from innovation are extensively shared, serving to enhance residing requirements, slender improvement gaps and strengthen resilience to international challenges.
He stated that underpinned by political belief, the complementarity of the 2 economies and robust human capital potential, collaboration in science, know-how, innovation and digital transformation will type a key pillar, contributing on to financial development, competitiveness and strategic autonomy of every nation.
On the event, General Secretary and President Lam, along with Vietnam’s Minister of Science and Technology and India’s Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, witnessed the change of cooperation paperwork amongst analysis institutes, universities, associations and companies, protecting human useful resource improvement, science and know-how, innovation and digital transformation./.