The innovative start-up conference and technology expo held in HCM City is expected to create new opportunities for Vietnamese and Finnish businesses, investors and universities in education and training, smart and innovative city and start-up innovation ecosystem building, said an official.
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said the southern hub of Vietnam and Finland boast huge cooperation potential while meeting with Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam Kari Kahiluoto on October 26.
Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has expressed her hope for stronger cooperation in all spheres with Finland while meeting Finnish officials and entrepreneurs during her official visit to this European country from October 16-19.
The 2017 HCM City Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship Week (WHISE 2017), the city’s biggest startup event of the year, will take place from October 23-28.
Prime Minister of Finland Juha Sipila affirmed that Finland wants to step up multi-dimensional ties with Vietnam while meeting with Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh in Helsinki on October 17.
President Tran Dai Quang hosted separate receptions on September 26 for the Ambassadors of Israel, Bangladesh, Finland, Austria and Cuba, after the ambassadors presented their credentials before taking office in Vietnam.
The Abilis Foundation of Finland will fund the building of a tourism portal serving people with disabilities, which will take four months starting from September.
Former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho delivered a presentation in Hanoi on September 18 about Finland’s experience in economic development based on innovation.
Vietnam is deeply concerned about and strongly condemns continuous terror attacks in Europe with the most recent being a knife attack against some civilians in the Finnish city of Turku on August 18, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.
The Vietnam – Finland Innovation Partnership Programme Phase 2 (IPP) held the IPP Harvest Day in Hanoi last week to review its activities and orchestrate its exit phase.
The third phase of a project on upgrading Vietnam’s capability to measure rain and detect storms and lightning has been launched at the Pha Din Radar Station in northern Dien Bien province, reported the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.
Finland’s education and the best-selling book “Finnish Lesson 2.0” were main topics of a talk held on January 13 in Hanoi as part of activities to celebrate the 100th independence day of Finland.
The Vietnam – Finland Friendship Association and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on December 7 to mark the 10th founding anniversary of the Association.
Finnish firms specialising in water supply and solid waste treatment shared their experience in providing safe water at a forum in Ho Chi Minh City on November 8.
Finland is willing to share experience and environmentally-friendly technologies to help the southern province of Binh Duong continue developing its waste treatment programmes.
Le Van Khoa, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, suggested Finland cooperate with the city in such areas as education, information-technology.
The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting began a project on enhancing the quality of rainfall calculation and storm forecasts on March 8.
The Ministry of Science and Technology and the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovations on March 8 signed a MoU on boosting the two countries’ cooperation in science and technology.
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