General Secretary and President To Lam meets with representatives of Vietnamese experts and intellectuals in Japan

Within the framework of his official visit to Japan, on November 8, General Secretary and President To Lam and the high-level Vietnamese delegation met with representatives of Vietnamese experts and intellectuals in Japan in strategic fields.

At the meeting, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham Quang Hieu stated that within the Vietnamese community in Japan, the number and quality of experts and intellectuals are growing steadily. Many came to Japan 15-20 years ago, initially as students with the aspiration to study in an advanced scientific and technological environment. Through years of hard work, they have become professors, associate professors, research group leaders, and experts at major universities, research institutes, and leading corporations in Japan.

From acquiring knowledge, many experts have directly led research, trained the next generation, affirmed their competence and professional prestige, and worked on par with their leading Japanese colleagues in their respective fields. Currently, Vietnam has more than 260 scientists holding positions as professors, associate professors, and doctors, and nearly 1,000 experts are ranked by Japan as highly qualified scientists in various professional, technical, and management fields.

Many experts from the 70s and 80s generations, including associate professors from the 90s generation, have accumulated sufficient expertise, experience, and collaborative relationships; they understand how to organize research, develop technology, and bring research results into production in Japan.

Speaking at the meeting, General Secretary and President To Lam expressed his pleasure at having the opportunity to meet outstanding individuals during his official visit to Japan. This was also an opportunity to review the achievements made and exchange views on future directions and goals in connecting knowledge, experience, and resources between Vietnam and the Vietnamese expert community in Japan.

The General Secretary and President emphasized that in the context of the world entering a profound transformation based on science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation , the role of the Vietnamese intellectual community abroad is becoming increasingly important, especially in one of the world's leading countries in science like Japan. The comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan is in a good, substantive, and effective stage of development with high political trust in all fields, including science, technology, and innovation, which are becoming one of the new pillars of cooperation between the two countries.

The General Secretary and President stated that Vietnam has issued several resolutions and decrees identifying the attraction and utilization of Vietnamese intellectual resources and experts abroad as an important task; at the recent 4th Plenum of the 14th Central Committee, a conclusion was issued on attracting and utilizing talent in key sectors and fields to serve the country's rapid and sustainable development; and expressed confidence that the network of Vietnamese experts and intellectuals in Japan will continue to grow stronger, becoming an important bridge to bring Vietnam into an era of knowledge- and technology-based development.

The General Secretary and President expressed his desire to hear the opinions of Vietnamese experts and intellectuals in Japan to contribute policy recommendations on strengthening the connection between the three stakeholders (State-enterprises-schools) to attract more high-tech and high-value-added projects from Japanese businesses; promote research and development, technology transfer and high-quality human resource training in Vietnam; and strengthen business connections between the two countries.

The General Secretary and President proposed promoting the expansion of the network connecting Vietnamese and Japanese experts to become a bridge for cooperation between the two countries in areas where Japan has strengths and Vietnam has needs, such as innovation, space technology, artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, quantum technology, marine science (maritime economy), digital technology, rare earth mining and development, advanced medical and biological technology, high-tech agriculture using hydrogen, etc.; sharing research results that Vietnam can apply to increase labor productivity; and providing opinions on current bottlenecks in Vietnam such as institutions, investment environment, infrastructure, quality of human resources, technological capacity, etc.

At the meeting, experts and intellectuals in Japan working in fields such as semiconductors, AI and quantum computing, robotics, and biomedicine shared and proposed directions for promoting the development of strategic technologies in the coming period.

Vietnamese experts and scientists in Japan presented specific products and projects that directly contribute to Vietnam, while also serving as an important bridge to promote scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries; demonstrating the dedication of scientists always directed towards their homeland and their aspiration to contribute to the development of the nation.

Vietnamese experts and intellectuals in Japan are eager and ready to contribute to the country's development in the spirit of Resolution 57: jointly training a strong research team; jointly building a laboratory; connecting a cooperation program between universities and businesses; and jointly researching and developing a technology or product that the country needs.