Signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding between Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT) with Australian partners. (Photo: Van Linh/VNA)

According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Sydney, on August 4, in Sydney (Australia), the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam (MIC), the Australian Government's Trade and Investment Agency (Austrade) and the Australian Trade and Investment Agency (VNA). New South Wales state trade and investment in charge of the Vietnamese market co-organized the Vietnam-Australia Digital Forum 8.

The purpose of the forum is to promote cooperation in the field of information and communication technology as well as the digital field between Vietnam and Australia.

Attending the forum, on the Vietnamese side, there were Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, Consul General of Vietnam in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia Nguyen Dang Thang, some leaders of the units. under the Ministry of Information and Communications, representatives from Military Industry-Telecommunications Group (Viettel), Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), Mobifone Telecommunications Corporation (MOBIFONE), Vietnam Post Corporation (VNPost), Dien Quang Group Joint Stock Company, FPT Software Joint Stock Company (FPT Software), MISA Joint Stock Company, Company Luvina software stock.

On the Australian side, there were Ms. Karla Lampe - Executive Director of the New South Wales State Trade and Investment Authority under the New South Wales Ministry of Business, Investment and Trade (EIT), representatives of the University of Western Sydney. , the University of Canberra, a number of educational institutions and businesses operating in the field of technology and digital transformation.

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Sydney, Mr. Trieu Minh Long - Director of the International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Information and Communications - said that in 2023 one of the key tasks that the Ministry of Information and Communications has identified Need to focus on implementation is to support Vietnam's digital business community to reach out to the world.

Besides activities in Australia, the Ministry of Information and Communications also implements many programs in other countries and regions around the world such as the US, Japan, and Europe.

According to Mr. Trieu Minh Long, in 2023, Vietnam and Australia celebrate the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations, trade and economic relations between the two countries are developing well. However, the field of cooperation in digital and information technology between the two countries has not achieved as many results as expected.

Therefore, on the occasion of the visit of Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung to Australia, the Vietnamese side coordinated with Australian partners to organize this program, with the aim of connecting and supporting businesses. enterprises directly exchange and establish cooperation relationships to develop and provide products and solutions of Vietnamese enterprises for the Australian market.

He assessed that the Australian market is a very potential market for Vietnamese digital technology enterprises.

Mr. Trieu Minh Long said that Vietnamese digital technology enterprises currently have many strengths in both technology and finance, some Vietnamese enterprises have been very successful in foreign markets, even in foreign markets. fastidious like the US and Japan.

One of the advantages of Vietnamese businesses when accessing the Australian market is that the two countries have good diplomatic and economic relations, the Vietnamese community in Australia is quite large, many Vietnamese businesses have been and are doing so. successful business in this country.

Mr. Nguyen Dang Thang, Consul General of Vietnam in News South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, spoke at the forum. (Photo: Le Dat/VNA)

Speaking at the forum, Mr. Nguyen Dang Thang - Consul General of Vietnam in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia - said that developing a digital platform is a breakthrough solution to promote faster digital transformation. reduce costs and increase economic efficiency.

At the same time, international cooperation is an important solution to carry out digital transformation, especially promoting digital transformation in society, thereby creating momentum for the digital transformation process in government agencies.

The Consul General also assessed that Vietnam and Australia are facing new and two-way cooperation opportunities. Vietnam and Australia have a strong cooperative relationship, high political trust - this is an important point for cooperation in the field of cybersecurity.

Sharing the same view with Consul General Nguyen Dang Thang, Ms. Karla Lampe - Executive Director of the New South Wales State Agency for International and Trade and Investment, under the Department of Enterprises, Investment and Trade (DEIT) of the state. New South Wales – emphasizes that Vietnam and Australia maintain a stronger partnership than ever before, both from an economic perspective and from a relationship between the two governments.

Both New South Wales and Vietnam have large technology companies and influential individuals in the media sector. Ms. Karla expressed her hope that the two countries can further promote economic and trade ties in the future, and outline ambitious digital transformation goals.

She commented that the state of New South Wales is very suitable to cooperate with Vietnam in these goals. She hopes that the digital forum will help Australian businesses gain a deeper understanding of the digital space and cooperation opportunities with Vietnam.

In an interview with a VNA reporter in Sydney, Mr. Scott W Minehane - Managing Director of Windsor Place Consulting - said that Vietnam has strengths in a number of areas, such as production facilities and infrastructure. and handsets, fiber optics… those strengths really benefit Australia.

Meanwhile, Australia has strengths in spectrum management. Therefore, the two countries can cooperate and support each other. In the context of the shift of manufacturing and service industries into Vietnam, Mr. Scott believes that Vietnam will indeed have a strong growth journey and Australian companies will also actively cooperate. further with Vietnamese partners in the process.

Meanwhile, Mr. Ben Seymour - Business Director of ModicaGroup (USA) specializing in computer software intelligence based in Sydney - said that his company is now looking to expand further. software field and find solutions for network operators in Asia, especially the Southeast Asian market.

According to Mr. Ben, ModicaGroup considers Vietnam a new strategic market and wants to invest more to establish a strong partnership in this Southeast Asian country because the company believes that its smart software platform will add value to both the Vietnamese government and businesses.

At the forum, representatives of agencies, organizations, research institutions and businesses of the two countries presented, exchanged and discussed issues related to the field of information and communication technology. , the digital field to promote and promote the potential of cooperation in the field of technology, explore strengths, potential for cooperation as well as policy incentives, characteristics of the investment environment in Vietnam and Australia .

At the end of the forum, participants witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Institute of Posts and Telecommunications Technology and Australian partners, including Western Sydney University, the University of Canberra, and Organization of SET Education, Association of Vietnamese Australian Scholars & Professionals (VASEA).

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