Israel supports development of Vietnamese start-ups: Ambassador

The Israeli Government has devised policies and provided consultancy to support the development of Vietnamese start-ups, said Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Nadav Eshcar.
Israel supports development of Vietnamese start-ups: Ambassador ảnh 1At the scientific seminar (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Israeli Government has devised policies and provided consultancy tosupport the development of Vietnamese start-ups, said Israeli Ambassador toVietnam Nadav Eshcar.

Eshcar made thestatement during an international scientific seminar which was co-organised in Hanoi on June25 by the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and the Israeli Embassy inVietnam.

The seminar, entitled“25th years of Vietnam-Israel diplomatic relations: Sharing Innovation Ideasand Experience for Joint Development”, saw the participation of 200 delegatesfrom relevant ministries, universities and research institutes.

Speaking at theevent, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Quoc Ly, Vice President of the HCM National Academyof Politics, affirmed that the seminar aimed to help tighten Vietnam-Israelties and scientific research cooperation between the academy and Israelipartners in particular.

He also voicedhis hope that scholars of the two nations will continue to conduct jointresearch and share experience for development in the future.

For his part,Eshcar stressed that Israel has sent start-up experts to work with businessesand young start-ups in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang to share Israel’s experiencein this field. 

In addition,some delegations of start-ups from Vietnam paid fact-finding visits to Israel,he noted.

At the seminar,participants discussed and shared start-up experience and recent innovationideas, as well as directions for bilateral cooperation in the coming time.-VNA

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