Hanoi should be developed as a hub of innovation, finance, technology, and culture, imbued with Vietnam’s unique identity while deeply integrated into the global urban network, thus shaping the image of a green, smart, livable, and internationally attractive capital, said Party chief To Lam.

Breakthroughs in science-technology or innovation and creativity should be added to the initial draft on socio-economic development strategies to be summited to the 13th National Party Congress, laying the foundation for the economic restructuring and renovation of growth model, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

Expatriate experts gathered together with their counterparts and managers in the homeland at a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on February 17 to discuss their role in the country’s innovation.