Vietnamese and Finnish businesses sign a series of MOUs on cooperation in satellite technology, 5G/6G, and aviation

General Secretary To Lam witnessed Vietnamese and Finnish businesses exchanging a series of cooperation documents in Helsinki on October 21.

General Secretary To Lam meets with representatives of businesses and the Finnish Government - Photo: VNA

During the visit to Finland, on the afternoon of October 21 (local time), General Secretary To Lam and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation met with typical Finnish businesses.

Together we build a model of cooperation

According to VNA, at the meeting, Finnish Minister of Employment Matias Marttinen said bilateral economic and trade relations have developed strongly in recent years. Vietnam has become Finland's most important trade partner in Southeast Asia.

Looking to the future, Finland sees great potential in enhancing cooperation with Vietnam and is ready to cooperate with Vietnam to bring bilateral relations to new heights.

At the meeting, representatives of leading Finnish enterprises in the fields of circular economy, industry - energy, technology - services - infrastructure shared many ideas, experiences and specific cooperation directions between Vietnam and Finland.

Representatives of typical Finnish enterprises also proposed a number of solutions to open up new cooperation spaces, in line with the development trends of the times and the strategic interests of both countries.

General Secretary To Lam at a meeting with typical Finnish businesses - Photo: VNA

Speaking at the meeting, General Secretary To Lam was particularly impressed by the open and substantive spirit of cooperation of Finnish businesses. He welcomed the proposals of Finnish businesses in the field of circular economy, a development model that Vietnam is determined to strongly promote.

According to the General Secretary, Vietnam is continuing to promote a high-quality development strategy, focusing on science and technology, green economy, digital transformation and innovation.

Affirming the commitment to continue to strongly improve the investment and business environment, the General Secretary said that Vietnam identifies enterprises as the center of development and the driving force to realize the goal of becoming a high-income developed country by 2045.

Regarding businesses, the Vietnamese leader encouraged the business communities of the two countries to continue to increase exchanges, connections, investments and cooperation in areas such as renewable energy, clean industry, environmental technology, forest resource management, education, science - technology and innovation.

With the two governments, he suggested that the ministries, branches and localities of both sides continue to coordinate closely and provide more practical support to the business community; at the same time, create an open, stable and transparent investment environment.

The General Secretary believes that the future ahead holds great potential, and that the two sides can together build a model of cooperation between an advanced Nordic economy and a dynamic Southeast Asian country.

Series of cooperation documents between enterprises

General Secretary To Lam witnessed the handover ceremony of cooperation documents between Viettel and Nokia - Photo: VNA

Also at the meeting, General Secretary To Lam and the high-ranking delegations of Vietnam and Finland witnessed the handover ceremony of cooperation documents between businesses of the two countries, including:

- Memorandum of Understanding between the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) and ICEYE Group on research and development of Earth observation satellite technology.

- Memorandum of Understanding between Viettel and Nokia Group on cooperation in digital transformation, developing new generation telecommunications infrastructure in Vietnam; accelerating the application of 5G/6G, Open RAN, AI, Data Center.

- Memorandum of Understanding between Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and Nokia Group on cooperation in developing VNPT's wireless access network in Hanoi, border provinces and the South for the period 2025 - 2026.

- Memorandum of Understanding between VNPT and F-Secure Group (in Finland) on strategic cooperation in protecting people from cyber attacks, fighting online fraud and expanding cooperation opportunities to the Asia-Pacific market.

- Memorandum of Understanding between Vietjet Air and Airways Aviation Group on cooperation in training high-quality human resources for the international aviation industry.

On the same afternoon, General Secretary To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation visited the Experience Center - Nokia Headquarters in Finland.

DUY LINH - VNA

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/doanh-nghiep-viet-nam-phan-lan-ky-loat-mou-hop-tac-cong-nghe-ve-tinh-5g-6g-hang-khong-20251021225524504.htm