OVs in UK called to support Vietnam’s scientific research
Addressing the workshop, Vietnamese Ambassador to
the UK Nguyen Van Thao stressed that the embassy will act as a bridge
connecting FIRST’s management board and Vietnamese intellectuals in the
UK, in a bid to make the project successful.
Participants at
the function expressed their hope for more concrete support for
Vietnamese experts living aboard when they join the project.
FIRST
was launched in October 2013, using a soft loan from the World Bank.
Its long-term objectives are to help improve the productivity,
competitiveness and growth quality of Vietnam ’s economy through
increasing the efficiency of scientific research activities and the
technological application.
It also targets technological innovations in businesses in order to increase added value to the economy.-VNA