Science, technology and innovation play an increasingly important role in agricultural growth, according to Phung Duc Tien, Deputy Mminister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The ASEAN-Russia Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation (ARMMSTI) was held virtually on February 14 under the chair of Brunei’s Minister of Transport and Infocommunications Pengiran Dato Seri Setia Shamhary Mustapha and Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov.
Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat, who has been accompanying President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on his official visit to Switzerland, on November 26 had a working session with Martina Hirayama, Head of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) at the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.
Vietnam expects annual growth of labour productivity to exceed 7.5 percent by 2030, according to a master plan on enhancing productivity based on science, technology and innovation for the 2021 – 2030 period recently issued by the Prime Minister.
The Thai Ministry of Commerce, together with the ASEAN Secretariat, will organise a seminar to prepare the bloc for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
A Workshop on APEC Research and Technology took place in Hanoi on May 15, with the main themes focusing on climate innovation, entrepreneurship and human resources development.
The Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI) Group hosted a Workshop on APEC Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Hanoi on May 14.
The second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 2) and related meetings entered the sixth working day in Hanoi on May 14 with meetings and workshops focusing on urbanisation, science-technology and the internet economy, among others.
