Workshop highlights Vietnam-RoK technology transfer
Fifty enterprises from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) discussed opportunities to transfer technologies during a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 14.
Fifty enterprises from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) discussed opportunities to transfer technologies during a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 14.
Co-organised by the State Agency for Technology Innovation (SATI) and Korea Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Association (INNOBIZ), the event aims to directly connect Vietnamese business having demand for technologies with their RoK suppliers.
Hong Chang Woo, deputy head of the 17,000-member INNOBIZ, said the workshop offers a good chance for both sides to set up partnerships that will generate substantial mutual benefit.
According to Tran Vu Hai, head of SATI’s representative office in Ho Chi Minh City, over the past time, many programmes have been deployed to promote bilateral collaboration in technological transfer as a large number of the RoK’s technologies are applicable in Vietnam.
He added that his agency will continue to support Vietnamese enterprises in applying technologies from the RoK in a quick and effective way.-VNA
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