On the afternoon of November 2, at the Samsung Group's Research and Development Center in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte attended the Vietnam - Netherlands High-Tech Business Forum.

The forum was organized by the Ministry of Planning and Investment in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands in Vietnam. Attending the event were leaders of ministries, sectors and localities of the two countries and nearly 30 leading Dutch high-tech enterprises accompanying Prime Minister Mark Rutte on his official visit to Vietnam, as well as large Vietnamese enterprises and corporations.

The Netherlands wants to share its experience in building a high-tech ecosystem with Vietnam.

The forum focused on discussing the following topics: Vietnam moving up the high-tech value chain - a perspective from global businesses; developing and nurturing Vietnamese high-tech talent - strategies and recommendations.

Speaking at the event, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte expressed his impression of the large number of delegates attending the forum, representing the business community from many countries and economies such as Korea, the United States, Europe, etc.

Calling Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh a "close friend", the Dutch Prime Minister recalled that during his official visit to the Netherlands in December 2022, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited the Brainport Technology Center (BIC) in Eindhoven, where leading Dutch technology companies are concentrated. After only 11 months, during this visit, he witnessed Vietnam having a National Innovation Center, along with research and development centers like Samsung's.

The Dutch Prime Minister said that implementing this proposal of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Dutch high-tech enterprises have started to come to Vietnam. He believes that there will be more and more such enterprises coming to Vietnam because Vietnam has great potential and favorable conditions to move up to a higher position in the global supply chain.

Assessing the forum as an opportunity to connect leading units in the high-tech ecosystem of both countries, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that the Netherlands not only wants to learn and grasp new business opportunities but also wishes to share experiences in building a high-tech ecosystem with Vietnam.

Appreciating the vision and plans of the Vietnamese side in building high-tech zones and innovation centers, the Dutch Prime Minister believes that this is the first step in an era of cooperation between the two countries. The two countries not only cooperate in traditional fields but also in the high-tech field with the active participation of all entities, such as enterprises, universities, research institutes and state agencies...

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For his part, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that Vietnam has become a middle-income country and an economy with deep international integration; Vietnam aims to be a developing country with modern industry and high middle income by 2030 and a developed country with high income by 2045.

To achieve this goal, in addition to three strategic breakthroughs in institutions, infrastructure and human resources, Vietnam has identified promoting innovation and strongly applying science and technology as a strategic breakthrough choice, an objective requirement, and a new driving force for development, based on three pillars: building a socialist democracy, a socialist rule-of-law state, and a socialist-oriented market economy...

With the motto of "taking internal strength as fundamental, strategic, long-term, and decisive; external strength as important and breakthrough", Vietnam's consistent policy is to call for investment and open the market to all partners and businesses around the world. In particular, economic, scientific, technological, investment and innovation cooperation with leading European businesses such as the Netherlands is a priority.

Regarding the Netherlands, the Prime Minister suggested that Dutch high-tech corporations learn from Samsung's experience, continue to actively coordinate with Vietnam to expand cooperation and investment activities, actively contribute ideas to perfect policies, research and transfer technology, train high-quality human resources, improve modern management capacity, etc.; together carry out effective and successful business cooperation activities, bringing practical benefits to the two countries.

The Prime Minister suggested that Dutch enterprises soon have specific plans to invest and connect with Vietnamese enterprises in the fields of high-tech agriculture, new energy, renewable energy, semiconductor chips, climate change adaptation, etc. through modern technology projects with high added value and competitiveness, capable of participating in the global value chain; and promote cooperation with the National Innovation Center and high-tech parks of Vietnam.

"We are committed that your investment in Vietnam will be successful, especially in the fields of high technology, circular economy, green economy, sharing economy, digital transformation... Vietnam will protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors in any circumstances," the Prime Minister emphasized once again.