The 5th Anniversary of the National Innovation Center and the Vietnam Innovation Day 2024 will take place tomorrow.

(MPI) - According to the planned program, on October 1-2, 2024, at the National Innovation Center (NIC), Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, the 5th Anniversary of NIC and Vietnam Innovation Day 2024 will take place. The program will be attended by leaders of the Party and State; ministries, departments, branches, central and local agencies; research institutes, universities; domestic and foreign corporations and enterprises; banks, investment funds; embassies, international organizations; organizations, experts supporting innovation; students and related organizations and individuals.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh , Minister Nguyen Chi Dung and delegates performed the ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate NIC Hoa Lac Facility on October 28, 2023. Photo: MPI

The 5th anniversary of NIC and Vietnam Innovation Day 2024 is a national event marking a great step forward for Vietnam in its determination and efforts to develop an innovation ecosystem, technology and knowledge economy ; strongly affirming Vietnam's commitment to the international community on the direction of green and sustainable development.

This is an event connecting and gathering the subjects of the Vietnamese innovation ecosystem to recognize the achievements in the past 5 years and honor the contributions of the subjects to the development of the ecosystem, in which NIC plays the leading role. The event will also be a place to connect, meet, and look back on the 5-year journey of formation and development, highlighting the mark of "Aspiration - Pioneer - Breakthrough" with the goal of summarizing the 5-year process of formation and development of NIC and 1 year of inauguration of NIC Hoa Lac; recognizing the achievements; honoring and rewarding the contributions of partners, organizations and individuals in promoting innovation in Vietnam. Affirming the role and position of the Center as the focal point for developing the national innovation ecosystem, contributing to attracting and promoting cooperation and business investment opportunities, especially international investment resources, supporting the fields of science, technology and innovation for Vietnam.

At the same time, strengthen the connection between domestic and international enterprises and technology corporations, organize in the form of a festival to meet, exchange, discuss and introduce the latest innovative technology solutions and products in the fields of artificial intelligence, semiconductors and green transformation. Spread to the domestic community and international partners about the aspiration for innovation, determination and strong commitment of the Government in promoting innovation. Thereby, affirming the potential and advantages of Vietnam to become a regional innovation center; as well as suggesting, developing the vision and orientation for the Center in the coming period to continue to carry out the mission of developing the Vietnamese innovation ecosystem.

Held on the occasion of the 5th Anniversary of the Center, Vietnam Innovation Day 2024 is a place to connect, meet, and look back on the 5-year journey of formation and development, highlighting the mark of "Aspiration - Pioneer - Breakthrough".

Within the framework of the event, there will be main activities such as the Innovative Technology Exhibition and Experience Area: displaying breakthrough products, services, and technologies focusing on the fields of AI, Semiconductors, and green energy (batteries, electricity, electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles). The Exhibition and Experience Area is expected to attract 100 booths.

The conference and forum with the participation of prestigious speakers at home and abroad, sharing the latest technology trends, especially AI and semiconductor technology, thereby drawing valuable lessons, while creating opportunities for startups, businesses and investors to meet, cooperate and connect. Notably, the workshop "Businesses and young generations in the face of the AI, semiconductor wave: Opportunities and Challenges" on the afternoon of October 1 will have the participation and contributions of the Chairman of Global Relations of Meta Group, Nick Clegg and the Leaders of Qualcomm Group, NVIDIA, ...

The Festival programs are aimed at technology enterprises, innovative enterprises and especially Vietnamese youth with rich content on technology, jobs, technology experiences, voting for innovative products and art performances combining technology. This time, the content will focus on the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor Industry and Green Transformation, thereby introducing Vietnam's development potential to partners and the international community, promoting investment and business connections between domestic and international enterprises and corporations.

Honoring ceremony: honoring individuals and organizations with outstanding contributions to the development of the innovation ecosystem, including the Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2024 Award Ceremony.

Performing arts activities: Within the framework of the event, the Better Choice Awards Gala to honor innovative values applied in practice will take place with a scale of nearly 5,000 live attendees with many unique contemporary art performances, combined with a technology stage to bring impressive experiences to the audience.

One of the highlights of Innovate Vietnam 2024 is the Better Choice Awards (BCA). Following the success of last year, BCA has returned with this year's award categories having many changes compared to last year, being more diverse and increasingly "standard" to the needs of consumers. The award began opening the voting portal right after the press conference. This is also an impressive conclusion to the event through the combination of advanced technology in the award ceremonies and music performances, bringing a unique experience.

The 5th anniversary of NIC is also an opportunity to continue to strongly spread the aspiration and determination for innovation to the business community and people, thereby arousing the creative potential, will and aspiration for innovation to help Vietnam make a breakthrough, achieving the goal of rapid and sustainable development in the coming period./.

NIC was established under Decision No. 1269/QD-TTg dated October 2, 2019 of the Prime Minister with the mission of being the driving force for promoting innovation and advanced technology in Vietnam with the goal of creating favorable conditions for businesses, researchers, domestic and international organizations to access opportunities and resources; NIC becomes a platform connecting creative ideas.

The establishment of NIC is the initiative of the Ministry of Planning and Investment to realize the policy of strongly developing an innovation system with enterprises as the center, institutes and schools as research subjects to lead research and development activities, improve labor productivity, national competitiveness and take advantage of opportunities to promote Vietnam's advantages in the era of technology.

After 5 years of operation and development, it can be said that NIC has increasingly affirmed its core role in promoting innovation activities; becoming a place to promote innovation and startups in Vietnam; a focal point to attract international resources to support innovation and startups in Vietnam./.

Tung Linh

Ministry of Planning and Investment

Source: https://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/Pages/2024-9-30/Le-Ky-niem-5-nam-thanh-lap-Trung-tam-Doi-moi-sang-qwy09c.aspx