Specific policies, mechanisms needed to connect intellectuals

Specific policies, competition mechanisms needed to connect intellectuals

Devising specific policies and competition mechanisms is needed to bring together intellectuals so as to capitalize on opportunities from the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), scientists and entrepreneurs said at a discussion of the launching ceremony of the Vietnam Innovation Network 2018 in Hanoi on August 19.
Specific policies, competition mechanisms needed to connect intellectuals ảnh 1At the launching ceremony of the Vietnam Innovation Network 2018 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) –
Devising specificpolicies and competition mechanisms is needed to bring together intellectualsso as to capitalize on opportunities from the fourth industrial revolution(Industry 4.0), scientists and entrepreneurs said at a discussion of thelaunching ceremony of the Vietnam Innovation Network 2018 in Hanoi on August19.

Deputy General Director of the telecom group ViettelNguyen Hoang Son said his group needs connectivity to increase competitivenesswhile expanding business to countries in the region and the globe.

“We are deeply aware of the fierce competitionin the market from resources and technology to management”, he said.
[Vietnam innovation network programme launched]

Meanwhile, Deputy Director General of VingroupVo Quang Hue said about 80,000 foreign experts are working in Vietnam in variousfields, which indicates the country’s big demand for high-qualityintellectuals.

Doctor Bui Hai Hung, researcher of the US GoogleDeepmind, said the number of Vietnamese people active in the field ofartificial intelligence (AI) is by no means small, suggesting the building anAI research centre in Vietnam to make it known worldwide as well as focusinginvestment on cloud computing.

Associate Professor, Doctor Ho Anh Van from theJapan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology said the success of theinnovation network lies in the capacity, enthusiasm and way of thinking.

Scientific researcher at Google Brain Le VietQuoc held that Vietnam needs to take action quicker to optimise opportunitiesfrom the Industry 4.0.

Doctor Trinh Toan, who works in the US, hoped topromote links between domestic and foreign scientists to solve the country’sdevelopment problem.

Doctor Pham Quang Cuong, a lecturer fromSingapore’s Nanyang Technological University, showed his interest in carryingout projects at industrial parks in Vietnam to develop locally-made robots. He proposed the Government createfavourable conditions for overseas Vietnamese scientists to contribute to thecountry.

The Vietnam Innovation Network is expected togather hundreds of overseas and domestic scientists who will meet to exchangeand share visions as well as strategies for scientific and technologicaldevelopment in the sectors that Vietnam needs to accelerate in the comingtime.-VNA

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