President highlights role of overseas Vietnamese scientists
President Tran Dai Quang has urged Vietnamese scientists and experts worldwide to take an active part in transferring technologies, training high-quality personnel and other activities serving scientific-technological and socio-economic development at home.
President Tran Dai Quang (R) presents gifts to overseas scientists and experts at the meeting on August 18 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang has urgedVietnamese scientists and experts worldwide to take an active part intransferring technologies, training high-quality personnel and other activitiesserving scientific-technological and socio-economic development at home.
He made the appeal at a meeting in Hanoi on August 18 with100 outstanding overseas Vietnamese in science and technology who came home toattend an innovative network connection programme from August 18-24.
Turning Vietnam into a developed and prosperous nationdriven by high technology is the responsibility and aspiration of Vietnamese fromall over the world, the leader said, stressing that to that end, it requiresjoint efforts of Vietnamese people.
President Quang affirmed that the Party and State alwaysattach importance to policies on attracting Vietnamese talents worldwide tonational development, especially in the context that the Fourth IndustrialRevolution is developing robustly and science-technology have played a decisiverole for developing nations to catch up with advanced ones.
Many policies have also been rolled out in Vietnam, aimingto encourage scientific-technological development, he said, citing theinnovative and creative network as an example.
Valuable contributions by overseas Vietnamese scientists andexperts have helped Vietnam keep pace with the world in terms of technology,the President noted.
He asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to joinhands with the Ministry of Science and Technology, and other relevantministries and agencies to cooperate with Vietnamese scientists, experts andbusinesspeople abroad, thus improving the efficiency of the innovative networks.
Many delegates said they want to return to Vietnam tosupport ministries and agencies through specific projects.
With its existing potential, Vietnam can develop strongly inthe time ahead, they said, suggesting their homeland promote research studiesand applications, and create conditions for startups.
To access the Fourth Industrial Revolution more rapidly andspecifically, Vietnam needs to have a clear legal framework for artificialintelligence (AI), data mining and blockchain, they said. -VNA
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In Vietnam’s case, she said, President Ho Chi Minh demonstrated his strategic vision by founding the revolutionary press a century ago. The late leader understood the press's role not only as a means to reflect the country’s realities but also as a powerful tool to strengthen national unity and inspire the resistance wars and national construction process.
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Today, the press for foreign service has evolved into a distinct, irreplaceable force, bridging Vietnam with the world and portraying a nation that is stable, peace-loving, and fully integrated into the international community.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
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President Tran Dai Quang (R) presents gifts to overseas scientists and experts at the meeting on August 18 (Photo: VNA) 
