The meeting between Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung and Alex Rogers, President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing and Global Affairs. (Photo: vietnamnet.vn) The meeting with Alex Rogers,President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing and Global Affairs, took place as Hung was accompanying Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in his ongoing working visit to the US.
Hung appreciated the group’seffective cooperation with Vietnam’s technology businesses, noting thatVietnamese telecoms and digital technology companies are placing great trust in Qualcomm.
He thanked Qualcomm forjoining the advisory group for the Vietnamese ministry’s steering committee on6G development and said he hopes his ministry and Vietnamese digital technologycompanies’ cooperation with Qualcomm will reach a new height.
Vietnam is working to establishlaboratories to test 5G devices made by Vietnam and other countries, so theministry hopes Qualcomm will assist in setting standards and conducting testsfor not only 5G but also 6G devices, he added.
The minister also suggested Qualcommhelp Vietnamese universities open training courses for telecoms engineers.
For his part, Rogers voicedhis delight that partnerships have helped Vietnam’s telecoms industry develop.
He highly valued Vietnam’sacceleration of and vision on 6G technology development, and pledged to deliverthe minister’s recommendation on this issue to the head of his group’s technologicaldevelopment division.
At the event, the two sidesdiscussed the possibility of enhancing joint projects so as to capitalise onthe advantages and technological strength of Vietnamese companies. They alsoagreed to speed up the research, development, and commercialisation of devices,especially 5G ones, so as to meet local demand and supply for global markets./.
VNA
