Connecting overseas Vietnamese to promote innovation

The networking program, conducted by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, promotes the role of Vietnam’s innovation network.

On the afternoon of July 16, the Executive Board of the Project to Support the National Innovation Startup Ecosystem to 2025 (Project 844) Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (Project 844) Ministry of Foreign Affairs) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on strengthening connectivity, gathering overseas Vietnamese resources, forming a support network, and developing an innovative start-up ecosystem in the country. The signing ceremony was carried out within the framework of the seminar “Connecting and promoting the resources of overseas Vietnamese to support Vietnam’s innovative start-ups”.

According to Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung, this cooperation is the basis for the Ministry to understand the difficult situation and come up with solutions to support the overseas Vietnamese community in innovation projects.