Encourage technology entrepreneurs in the US to come back to Vietnam to develop

Attending the program were the Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi DungMinister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, and representatives of Innovation Networks in Japan, Korea, Europe and Australia.

Minister Nguyen Chi Dung and members at the Vietnam Innovation Network event in the US ctv

The Vietnam Innovation Network in the US will coordinate with the National Innovation Center (NIC) to promote the following 5 areas: STEM education, support enterprisesemiconductor technology, biotechnology and blockchain technology (blockchain).

Members of the US Innovation Network include more than 50 doctors and masters who are working in different universities University and large technology corporations such as Facebook, Google, NASA, Cisco and many other names.

Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said at the meeting: “There are many friends who have to frequently travel between the US and Vietnam to carry out cherished projects in Silicon Valley. Recently, due to translation Covid-19 So many projects may have been interrupted, but I hope that, in the near future, there will be many more of you sitting here as well as in the United States who will bring those dreams back to Vietnam to develop with the land. country”.

Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Dung, the main coordinator in the advocacy process, connecting NIC with experts and intellectuals Vietnamese people in San Francisco joined the Network, and is now a NIC expert, said: “NIC will continue to be the sponsor, coordinate, and bridge activities and component networks to bring together and grow mobilize the great intellectual resources of Vietnamese people around the world, contributing to promoting Vietnam’s innovation in the coming time”.

Especially for blockchain technologyGenetica, Asia’s leading genetic engineering company, and Oasis Labs (a blockchain network) officially signed a cooperation agreement under the witness and support of the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s delegation.

Dr. Cao Anh Tuan, a member of the Network since 2018 shared that his meeting with Minister Nguyen Chi Dung in 2018 helped him confidently locate Genetica’s headquarters in Vietnam, instead of Singapore according to the original plan. Currently, the NIC-Genetica gene encoding center has been put into operation at NIC, becoming one of the largest capacity gene sequencing centers in Southeast Asia, complying with CLIA international standards.

Minister of Planning and Investment, Nguyen Chi Dung (far right) discussed with Professor Dawn Song – Founder of a blockchain application unicorn Oasis Labs (third from left), technology billionaire David Strohm (second from left) and Dr. Cao Anh Tuan, co-founder of Genetica (far left). ctv

It is known that the Vietnam Innovation Network was announced to be established in 2018 in Hanoi to promote the building of an innovation ecosystem to best support startups as well as breakthrough innovation ideas. high growth industry to economic development nation.

NIC is a unit under the Ministry of Planning and Investment Prime Minister signed the establishment decision in 2019. The Minister of Planning and Investment assigned NIC to act as the focal point for exchange among network members. At the same time, the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Innovation Network in the US also acts as an introducer for Vietnamese scientists, startups, and inventors to know about the Vietnam Innovation Network and participate extensively in the network. this grid.