RoK helps VN develop auxiliary, atomic industries
Since May 2011, the two
countries have been co-operating in industry development and energy
resources, including atomic energy, auxilliary industries, a 17 million
USD industrial technology incubator park in Can Tho and human resources
development.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the park on November 23.
This year, the RoK Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MoTIE) and
Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) signed a memorandum
of understanding on co-operation in the auxiliary sector.
The
technologies focus on electrical and electronics, automotive, machinery
and textiles. The Korean counterparts surveyed 100 Vietnamese companies
to discover which technologies were most in demand.
Kim Sun
Min, director of MoTIE's Materials and Components Policy Division, said
the RoK would help Vietnam train 280 people on short-term (two-week)
and long term (five-year) courses.
The long-term courses are
set for mechanical and electronic engineering training, while the
short-term ones aim at industrial technology policies for officials from
MoIT.
In addition, both ministries have agreed to host joint
research and development programmes for materials and components with an
annual budget of 942,400 USD.
"This event will open up more
co-operation opportunities in the auxiliary industry for both sides,"
Kim said. "I hope it will contribute to the development of the sector in
your country."
Vietnam had the resources and potential to develop the auxiliary industry, he added.
Nguyen Huy Hoan, deputy director of MoIT's Department of Science and
Technology, said: "The transfer of the RoK technologies will help
Vietnamese enterprises to enhance competitiveness, which in turn will
attract more foreign direct investment and boost the economy”.-VNA