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NA Chairman expects to tap RoK’s innovation experience

Chairman Man pointed to the RoK’s four-decade transformation into a developed economy fueled by sci-tech, innovation and digitalisation, saying that he expects the two nations to expand cooperation and further accelerate Vietnam’s own innovation drive.

NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man (R) and Director of the Kimhakmin E-roun Institute for Economic Research Prof. Kim Hak-min (Photo: VNA)
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man (R) and Director of the Kimhakmin E-roun Institute for Economic Research Prof. Kim Hak-min (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam always considers the Republic of Korea (RoK) one of its most important strategic partners across trade, investment, tourism, culture, national defence-security, and sci-tech, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man told Director of the Kimhakmin E-roun Institute for Economic Research Prof. Kim Hak-min during a reception in Hanoi on June 29.

Chairman Man pointed to the RoK’s four-decade transformation into a developed economy fueled by sci-tech, innovation and digitalisation, saying that he expects the two nations to expand cooperation and further accelerate Vietnam’s own innovation drive.

According to him, the RoK now operates around 9,000 projects worth over 80 billion USD in Vietnam. Since the two countries upgraded their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2022, bilateral ties have thrived. In particular, Party General Secretary To Lam's state visit to the RoK in August 2025 and RoK President Lee Jae Myung's state visit to Vietnam in April 2026 marked important milestones, underscoring the deepening bond.

He welcomed the delegation’s visit, which includes a working session with the Vietnam National University - Hanoi, and stops in Can Tho and Ho Chi Minh City to discuss cooperation in innovation, workforce exchanges, smart city development, renewable energy, artificial intelligence and eco-friendly industries.

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Delegates at the reception (Photo: VNA)

Those fields sit at the core of Vietnam’s strategic development targets for 2030 and 2045, he said.

Kim, for his part, shared the RoK’s development experience and laid out orientations to expanding bilateral collaboration in innovation.

Drawing on more than three decades of experience, he voiced hope to contribute expertise to support Vietnam’s development in the sector. He proposed piloting an innovation linkage model across three regions and setting up six innovation ecosystems, with the goal of establishing Vietnam as a leading innovation hub regionally and globally./.

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