Minister takes sight at technological innovation in Germany

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung is looking at scientific research, technological innovation and personnel training in leading German corporations during his ongoing Germany visit at the invitation of German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier.
Minister takes sight at technological innovation in Germany ảnh 1Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung meets German corporate executives (Source: VNA)
Berlin (VNA) – Minister of Planning and InvestmentNguyen Chi Dung is looking at scientific research, technological innovation andpersonnel training in leading German corporations during his ongoing Germanyvisit at the invitation of German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs andEnergy Peter Altmaier.

The Vietnamese delegation has visited a Siemens gas turbine factory,the SAP software company and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics andPrecision Engineering.

Minister Dung expressed his wish that Siemens, SAP andFraunhofer would invest more in Vietnam by building solar panels and windturbine plants to meet energy demand in Vietnam and ASEAN, building new researchand lab centres in Hoa Lac Hi-tech park.

Leaders of Siemens, SAP and Fraunhofer expressed theirspecial interest in the Vietnamese market, saying that they have taken specificsteps to boost technological cooperation between the two nations.

They spoke highly of the formation of the Vietnam NationalInnovation Centre, considering it a model to attract capital and brainpowerfrom leading partners, including German companies.

Siemens is Germany’s leading multidisciplinary group,focusing on industry and high technology. After over 70 years of development,Siemens is now present in over 190 countries, employs about 380,000 workers andgenerates over 90.8 billion USD in revenue. It also leads others globally ingas turbine field.

Meanwhile, the 47-year-old SAP has become the biggestsoftware maker in Europe and the fourth largest in the world. In Vietnam, it hasassisted enterprises in finance, banking and aviation.

As one of the top research institutes of applied sciences,Fraunhofer forms close partnership with the State and businesses bycommercialising products after successful research, thus bringing profit tofirms and tax revenue to the State.-VNA
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