A new Vietnam after 30 years of integration

“I live in the “United Nations” apartment complex near Saigon Bridge. The apartment complex has that nickname because it has hundreds of residents with dozens of different nationalities.”

A female reader of Tuoi Tre newspaper shared this with Tuoi Tre. She said that every day she meets many skin colors and hears many languages ​​in the apartment elevator as if she were traveling abroad. People know each other, greet each other “hello”, “good morning”, “how are you?”… regularly.

If Vietnam did not integrate with the world, there would be no “United Nations” apartment building. The integration journey is about to complete 30 years if counting from 1995 when Vietnam joined ASEAN and normalized diplomatic relations with the US.

The 1995 integration turning point became the next important historical milestone, after the success of the 1986 renovation turning point.

If innovation aims to open up and unblock the domestic market, integration aims to open up and unblock the world market. Vietnam shines again on the global economic trade map, after a long night of isolation, harsh embargo, and deadlock.

Foreign tourists in Ho Chi Minh City – Photo: QUANG DINH

30 years of integration have created a new picture of Vietnam: from a poor, backward, and remote country after the war, it has become an open, bright, developing country at the world's upper middle income level and is rising to a higher position in the coming years.

30 years of integration have created new Vietnamese people: from those who have long been stuck in their own backyard, they have gradually boldly stepped into the ASEAN neighborhood and now confidently stepped out into the world.

In particular, young people have become global citizens when studying, communicating, and working with schools, organizations, and multinational corporations just like citizens of developed countries.

Of course, 30 years of integration also created many challenges such as hot growth, rapid urbanization, over-exploitation of resources, and serious environmental pollution in many places...

Meanwhile, management capacity has not kept up with development, the gap between rich and poor is too large, and there are many other cultural and social problems.

30 years is enough time to look back objectively, integration has brought us more joy than worry. Having entered the global playground, Vietnam cannot retreat or stop but must continue to participate deeply so that the country can develop more and more prosperously!

LE XUAN TRUNG

Fireworks in Ho Chi Minh City – Photo: Document

1995 was a turning point in Vietnam's international relations when our country witnessed three historical milestones:

– US President Bill Clinton announced the normalization of diplomatic relations with Vietnam (July 11);

– Vietnam and the European Union (EU) signed a framework agreement on cooperation (July 17);

– Vietnam officially became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (July 28).

If normalizing relations with the US helps Vietnam have diplomatic relations with all five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (China, France, Russia, UK, US), then joining ASEAN marks our country's official integration into the Southeast Asian region, the first step on the path to integration with the world.

Joining quite late, with a low starting point, but with continuous efforts over the past 30 years, Vietnam has strengthened its position in ASEAN by contributing to shaping the bloc's important strategies.

And from the position of a latecomer in integration, Vietnam has risen strongly to become one of the founding members of new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs) including the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and many important bilateral FTAs ​​such as the EVFTA with the EU.

Today, Vietnam is among the top 20 countries in the world in attracting FDI capital and has become a production center in the regional and global supply chain of many large technology corporations such as Samsung, LG, Intel, Apple, GE, Foxconn, etc.

Thanks to deep international integration, there are more than 5.5 million Vietnamese people living, working and studying all over the world. On the other hand, more and more foreigners, including many ASEAN citizens, choose Vietnam as a place to start a business and make a living.

Looking back on the nearly 40-year journey of Renovation, I personally and the diplomatic sector are extremely proud of the country's achievements in all aspects, and of the international community's recognition and appreciation of an innovative, dynamic, and integrated Vietnam.

Among those achievements, international integration, focusing on international economic integration, has made great and important contributions, bringing breakthroughs to the comprehensive and historical development of the country, contributing to building the foundation, potential, position and international prestige of Vietnam as it is today.

International integration, in other words, means putting oneself in the flow of the times, serving the highest interests of the country in harmony with the common goals of the international community.

It can be said that diplomacy has played an important role in paving the way, breaking the siege and embargo, and opening up new development space for the country.

To date, we have diplomatic relations with 193 countries, strategic partnerships and comprehensive partnerships with 30 countries, an economic network with 230 countries and territories, a system of 16 free trade agreements and hundreds of international links in different sectors and fields.

Over the past 20 years, the memories, experiences and lessons learned from the "big battles" since I was a new multilateral diplomat in the industry, such as Vietnam hosting APEC Year 2006 for the first time, Vietnam joining the WTO in 2007, marking our participation in the global trade arena, are still unforgettable experiences for me today.

The past 10 years have been a period of vibrant integration for the country with a series of milestones such as: in 2013, for the first time Vietnam built a comprehensive, long-term strategy on integration until 2030;

Vietnam has negotiated and signed new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs) such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Vietnam-European Union Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA); Vietnam has successfully assumed important multilateral responsibilities as host of APEC Year 2017, along with many other important milestones.

I have a memorable experience filled with excitement, anxiety, determination and persistent effort, followed by overwhelming joy when the mission was successful.

That is the process of promoting the ratification of EVFTA. It took us more than 4 years since the end of negotiations in late 2015, and in early 2020, the European Parliament (EP) ratified EVFTA and the Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

Although just two days before, some party groups and many parliamentarians continuously opposed the ratification, even demanding amendments to the content of the agreement, and at the same time creating pressure for the EP to vote on postponing the ratification of the agreement.

With the successful campaign for the EP to ratify the EVFTA, Vietnam is considered the Southeast Asian country with the most comprehensive agreement with the European Union. To date, the EVFTA is still the agreement with the highest level of commitment that a major partner has given to Vietnam.

Our country is developing rapidly in the context of profound changes in the world economy. If we cannot overcome new and complex challenges, achieving the goals of becoming a developed, high-income country will be very difficult.

In that context, deep and comprehensive international integration, associated with promoting the building of an independent and self-reliant economy, continues to be a strategic orientation, playing a decisive role in taking advantage of favorable factors, establishing a higher position in the global supply chain, and completing the goals set by the 13th Party Congress.

We are witnessing a sharp rise in trade protectionism and a trend of decoupling and shifting supply chains, especially in the technology sector. In addition, the world economy is undergoing fundamental and profound adjustments with the emergence of many new trends associated with green transformation, digital transformation, energy transformation and sustainable, inclusive growth.

This poses many opportunities as well as challenges for countries, including Vietnam.

A section of the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line – Photo: QUANG DINH

Continuing to implement Vietnam's consistent and consistent policy on integration in the direction of "promoting comprehensive, deep, flexible and effective international integration for the benefit of the nation", "maximizing internal resources, taking advantage of external resources, in which internal resources, especially human resources, are the most important", I think that in the new situation we need to continue with three keywords, which are "innovation", "improvement" and "seizing opportunities".

Firstly, innovation in thinking to always have updated, profound and comprehensive views and assessments of the new context with many opportunities for integration and growth, while also posing many new and unprecedented issues for Vietnam. This is an important basis for us to identify new directions and new ways of doing integration with sensitivity, flexibility but with principles.

Second, constantly innovate the growth model and restructure the economy with competitive advantages based on science, technology and high-quality human resources, creating breakthroughs in capacity in a number of key economic sectors, aiming to enhance the self-reliance of the economy.

This is a key factor for Vietnam to compete successfully in seizing new opportunities, especially being ready to take the lead in new supply chain shifting trends.

Third, continue to build and perfect the policy and legal system towards transparency, promoting innovation, with the key goal of enhancing the competitiveness of the economy, improving the investment and business environment to be open, attractive and timely to meet new requirements.

Ho Chi Minh City Center – Photo: Document

I always feel proud and confident with the country's growing position, with the affection of international friends for Vietnam and am more certain about the integration steps as well as the achievements of integration for the country's development.

This has given us more motivation and passion, diplomatic officers, including those working in multilateral affairs, to continue to devote ourselves and contribute to promoting the country's deep and comprehensive international integration process as well as promoting economic diplomacy for development.

Mr. TED OSIUS (Chairman of the US-ASEAN Business Council and former US Ambassador to Vietnam)

Since the 1980s, comprehensive economic integration has been the foundation of Vietnam's domestic and foreign economic policies.

Without hesitation, Vietnam has now become an important country in the center of the network of international trade and economic agreements.

From the day I first arrived in Vietnam, I was impressed by the determination and tireless efforts of the country's leaders, as well as its people, to overcome isolation and integrate into the global economy.

This determination has been consistently demonstrated by generations of Vietnamese leaders, even as the country faces crises and challenges in the global economy.

It can be said that the leaders' steadfast policies have brought about many remarkable "sweet fruits" for the Vietnamese economy.

Considering that when I arrived here 30 years ago, Vietnam was a small economy with a GDP of around 16 billion USD, and by 2023, Vietnam's GDP will surpass 430 billion USD, raising the country's economic scale ranking to 5th in Southeast Asia and 34th globally (data from the UK's independent Center for Economic Forecasting and Analysis CEBR).

According to the US Census Bureau, bilateral trade between Vietnam and the US from 1995 to 2023 increased 275 times, from 450 million USD to 124 billion USD.

Vietnam is currently the largest trading partner of the US in ASEAN and the 8th largest trading partner of the US. In turn, the US is Vietnam's largest export market.

Vietnam is becoming a powerful trade partner, as the country is a destination chosen by many foreign investors.

Looking back 30 years ago, Vietnam was still a country with one of the poorest economies in Asia, but you are now on track to become an upper-middle-income country, and a leading trading partner of the United States and many other countries.

Having pursued diplomacy with Vietnam for 30 years, and considering this country my second home, I am really not surprised by the achievements that Vietnam has made.

Every time I have the opportunity to meet Vietnamese leaders, I have witnessed in them a perseverance and a desire to make Vietnam a powerful country with a rich people and a strong country.

In this regard, Vietnam is rapidly moving up the global value chain. From a country that produced low value-added goods such as footwear or textiles, Vietnam is now being touted as a manufacturing hub for semiconductors and complex electronic devices.

I believe that investment in technical human resources and embracing innovation have facilitated this transformation in Vietnam.

Accordingly, I am proud that the United States has played an important role in investing in the education of Vietnam's talented young generation, as well as contributing capital and expertise to strengthen Vietnam's private sector.

Comprehensive economic integration has brought opportunities to escape poverty for millions of Vietnamese, promoting them to join the growing and developing middle class.

In my personal opinion, I feel that young Vietnamese people are increasingly connected to the world and have great aspirations. Vietnam's rapid growth rate is currently admired by the region and the world.

Malaysia will take over the ASEAN chairmanship from Laos later this year. We are aware that one of the important things for ASEAN is to ensure its centrality, to ensure stability and peace. That is how ASEAN can continue to prosper.

Vietnam and Malaysia have always been very self-reliant countries. We have extremely open economies with import-export turnover to GDP ratios both above 100%. In the context of the current trade tensions between China and the US, Malaysia, Vietnam and the entire ASEAN as a whole need to maintain a neutral, friendly political stance and not choose sides.

I think this is important. We have all seen the best benefits of ASEAN maintaining its centrality and being seen as a neutral, friendly region for all. Over the past few years, geopolitical challenges have caused global supply chains to be adjusted, redefined and redesigned towards ASEAN.

We can clearly see the wave of investment pouring into Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and many other ASEAN countries since then. This is the reason why ASEAN should be considered a stable region.

At the same time, ASEAN should also be seen as a region where it is easy to do business. We have the talent, the infrastructure and the energy. When we look at ASEAN, we see a region with a population of 670 million, half of whom are under 30 years old. The total GDP of the region is up to 3,800 billion USD, with a growth rate of 4-5%.

These things show that ASEAN is a very attractive region to do business in and make me believe that we are in a good position. As long as ASEAN continues to be self-reliant, the people of ASEAN will certainly benefit.

In our upcoming ASEAN Chairmanship, we will have to finalize the new ASEAN economic vision, as the current vision only extends to 2025. We want to see ASEAN strong, sustainable, inclusive growth. That means equitable and resilient development.

To do so, ASEAN as a bloc needs to improve. Malaysia is evaluating and considering upgrading the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (ATIGA). This will play a key role in strengthening intra-ASEAN trade relations. There is still a lot of room for growth in intra-ASEAN trade.

In addition, ASEAN has been discussing digital transformation, green transformation and innovation methods.

We also need to talk about artificial intelligence (AI), the development of this technology, how we benefit from it and how we may be threatened by it. We need to ensure that these advances are tied to green energy and how our region can make use of the green resources that are available. ASEAN has great potential for sustainable development.

These are the areas that we want to focus on during Malaysia’s upcoming ASEAN chairmanship. We are finalizing the Priority Economic Engagement (PED) initiatives to be announced to ASEAN members at the start of our tenure.

Personally, I have always been a big believer in ASEAN. I was previously the CEO of CIMB Group. We are proud to be a pan-ASEAN bank, with a presence in all 10 member countries. As CEO here, I have always tried to strengthen CIMB Bank’s presence in Vietnam. That is because I believe in the benefits of ASEAN.

In 10 – 15 years, I hope that traveling between ASEAN countries will be easy.

When I worked at CIMB, I wanted to transfer staff from Vietnam to Singapore, from Singapore to Thailand… That required a lot of procedures and work permits, even if it was just an internal transfer within the group within ASEAN. That is one of the examples that we should find a way to solve.

I also hope that access to markets, exchange of goods, services and people within ASEAN will be easier. Data is also something that needs to be improved. In the context of technology development, data plays an extremely important role.

Of course, cybersecurity and data security are still issues to be concerned about. But I think we need to face them and address them, because they are the strength of ASEAN and will have a big impact on ASEAN integration.

Finally, I would like to see ASEAN as a stronger economic bloc, with deeper integration than it is now. Integration must take place not only at the government-to-government level but also at the business-to-business and people-to-people levels. In addition, ASEAN networks must be improved.

In nearly three decades since joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam and ASEAN have made breakthroughs, becoming the most dynamic economic region in the world.

When Vietnam joined ASEAN in 1995, and then the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) a year later, two-way trade between Vietnam and other countries in the bloc was only about $6 billion. By 2023, this figure had reached $73 billion.

According to data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam-ASEAN trade reached 40 billion USD in the first half of 2024, up 11.9% over the same period last year.

As a trade partner of many major economies in the world, Vietnam also contributes significantly to ASEAN's trade turnover with other countries, and is considered by many experts to have played an important role as a bridge between ASEAN and the outside world.

Nikkei cited recent figures showing that in the first quarter of 2024, the US surpassed China to become the largest export market for ASEAN countries with $67.2 billion. Vietnam's export turnover to the US in the first quarter of the year increased by 24% to $25.7 billion, the largest increase among ASEAN members, far surpassing Thailand ($12.6 billion) and Singapore ($12 billion).

For the European Union (EU) market, just four years after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect in August 2020, Vietnam has firmly established itself as the leading ASEAN exporter to the old continent.

According to 2023 data, Vietnam's export turnover to the EU increased by nearly 50%, making Vietnam the bloc's leading trading partner among ASEAN countries.

If counted among economic blocs, ASEAN surpassed the EU to become China's largest trading partner in 2020.

In 2023, China-ASEAN bilateral trade reached US$468.8 billion, and ASEAN countries accounted for 15.9% of China's total trade with partners around the world.

According to statistics from the China Customs Administration, in the first 7 months of this year, ASEAN continued to hold the position of China's largest trading partner.

Meanwhile, taking advantage of the conditions of a number of trade agreements such as the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area Agreement (ACFTA) or the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), Vietnam stands out as China's largest trading partner in the ASEAN bloc.

According to the General Statistics Office, two-way trade between Vietnam and China in the first 7 months of 2024 reached nearly 113 billion USD.

The economic development of Vietnam and ASEAN is expected to be greatly influenced by the global trade picture, with the hot spot being the increasingly fierce competition between two major partners: the US and China.

US-China trade tensions escalated under former US President Donald Trump in 2019 and have now taken on a new form under President Joe Biden. The US has vigorously pursued a strategy of “de-linking supply chains from China”, making it difficult for other economies to find solutions to cooperate with both.

Responding to Tuoi Tre, Ms. Alicia Garcia Herrero, chief economist in charge of Asia-Pacific at Natixis Bank, commented that the normalization of relations with the US and joining ASEAN have played a key role in helping Vietnam benefit from the global economy's efforts to reduce risks.

However, in the context of US-China trade competition, the influence of the Chinese economy risks causing Vietnam to lose its "beneficial" position to countries like India.

For Vietnam, the economic story of 2024 will probably revolve around the “market economy” status. In early August, Vietnam expressed disappointment and asked the US to soon recognize Vietnam as a market economy.

“We are disappointed that the US Department of Commerce continues to designate Vietnam as a non-market economy. Although recognizing many positive changes in the Vietnamese economy in recent times, this decision does not fully reflect Vietnam's great efforts and achievements in building and developing a market economy that have been recognized by the international community,” Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang emphasized.

A section of the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line – Photo: QUANG DINH

Commenting on the US decision to continue ranking Vietnam into the "12 non -market economy" group, Dr. Jonathan Pincus, a senior economist of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), affirmed that there was more and more evidence that Vietnam had less interfering in the domestic market compared to some countries that were recognized as a "market economy" other, including USA.

"This is a political decision, mobilized by the domestic steel and shrimp industry (USA) to the corridor ... Even the American Chamber of Commerce, the agency representing US businesses in Washington, calling this decision is 'ridiculous'," Dr. Pincus told the youth, acknowledging that the US government has approached the problem with narrow vision, despite the positive development of the US - comprehensive relations to the year -to -end partners. 2023.

According to Mr. Pincus, the overall impact on Vietnamese trade from this decision will not be too big, but it makes many economic opportunities missed. Mr. Pincus also warned that Vietnamese businesses after this decision would be easily attacked by business groups that mobilized the US corridor, and were applied sanctions.

The expert said that because the results were completely based on political considerations from the US, Vietnam could not do anything more. However, he recommends that Vietnam continues to raise the issue with the US government, emphasizing the damage between the two parties relations when this unfair ranking lasts.

Meanwhile, Ms. Herrero said that if "not a market economy", the investigation against dumping and anti -subsidy aimed at Vietnam will be more likely to happen. "This is a great disadvantage for Chinese companies that want to be located in Vietnam, compared to other ASEAN countries," she said.

Since its establishment on August 8, 1967, the ASEAN region has merged into a unified and united allocating together.

The connection between countries creates great conditions for people to move, study and work more smoothly, shown clearly through the flow of people from Southeast Asian countries to Vietnam to live and work over the years.

With very private stories, the guests shared with Tuoi Tre experience, perspective on Vietnam and ASEAN as well as the benefits of integration.

Whether early or later, the predestined relationship with Vietnam of the guests from ASEAN countries also left in them many deep and unforgettable impressions.

AQILAH Ishak (33 years old, Brunei) used to have time to live and study in Vietnam because she had a mother who was a diplomat at the Embassy of Brunei in Hanoi.

And Thai reporter Nathaphob Sungkate came to Vietnam through business trips. Although not in Vietnam, both still have special feelings for the S -shaped country.

Meanwhile, many others choose to stick with long -term bonds by business projects or to Vietnam to study and work.

Living in the city of Iloilo (Philippines), Ly-An Luz Jalandoni and Chareese Angela Abat (28 years old) are operating a "pure Vietnamese" coffee shop with an effort to bring the "standard" Vietnamese coffee experience and flavor to the Philippines.

From only to Vietnam to work for a few years, both are cooperating with many F&B units in the Philippines importing, transporting and processing the best Vietnamese coffee cups to serve customers.

With Eden Daus (27 years old, Malaysians) and Ricoh (37 years old, Indonesian), culinary passion has urged them to open restaurants selling typical dishes of these two countries in the center of Ho Chi Minh City. Ricoh operated his Indonesian culinary restaurant in District 1 for three years, and Eden's Malaysian culinary restaurant was only opened earlier this year.

Not stopping at business activities, Vietnam also attracts many international friends to work and study.

That is the case of Edward Lim - a 30 -year -old Singaporean is a strategic partner head of a medical technology company located in Hanoi, or Thon Bunheng (34 years old, Cambodian), Bouavone PhanThaboauasy - Intimate name: Maysaa (23 years old, Lao people) and Moe Pwint Phyu (22 years old, Myanmar) - Vietnamese students who choose Vietnam to study, develop themselves.

Maysaa first arrived in Vietnam in 2019 in the Government scholarship. At that time, the Lao girl ignored scholarships from universities in the US, Singapore, China ... because of special affection for Vietnam.

At first, Maysaa faced many difficulties. Although the weather has similarity, Vietnamese cuisine is too different from Laos. For three months, female students could not adapt, could only eat instant noodles throughout the day. Language barriers also forced MaysaA to need to guide and translate.

But over time, not only more familiar with Vietnamese food, the love that Maysaa has for this country is growing - stemming from unforgettable memories with people here.

"When I learned that I was from Laos, both teachers and friends helped and supported me a lot. Once I wanted to go from Hanoi to Dien Bien Phu but there was no means. People not only helped me, but also took care of me. Those experiences made me see Vietnam as my second homeland. So far, I even speak Vietnamese better and more confident than English," Maysaa. "

Those intimate emotions have urged Maysaa to become creative content on social networks, with many interesting videos introducing the characteristics of Vietnamese people and the Laotian experience in the S -shaped strip of land. So far, Maysaa's Tiktok channel has nearly 1 million followers.

As for Moe, the predestined relationship to Vietnam started in 2019, when she won a full scholarship of a university in Ho Chi Minh City. At that time, Moe once wondered because she did not know anything about Vietnam before.

“However, due to the translation of Covid-19, I did not have to go right away but stayed in Myanmar and learned Vietnamese. It was the teachers who were the motivation to urge me to come to Vietnam. They were the first Vietnamese people that I contacted.

I am deeply impressed with the attention, hospitality and affection for me. Those experiences made me believe that Vietnamese people were very kind, ”she said.

Also call Vietnam "the second homeland", Moe not only tries to connect but also shows the community responsibility, actively participating in activities organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union, typically two years as a soldier of the Green Summer Volunteer Campaign.

Among the representatives from 10 ASEAN countries, Bunheng is the one who has the longest time to stick with Vietnam, from 2009.

Like Maysaa, when he first arrived in Vietnam, Bunheng could not help but be surprised and worried because he could not speak Vietnamese.

"Fortunately, before going to college, we participated in the Vietnamese class.

Currently, in addition to studying, Bunheng also worked at the Cambodian deal office in Ho Chi Minh City with the desire to create more connection activities between the two countries.

11 faces are 11 backgrounds and stories, but these young people have the same mind to see ASEAN as the common roof of the region.

For Binh Nhi, ASEAN is a united and covered roof, where cultures, economy and community are prosperous and prosperous. Maysaa thinks that the ASEAN common house honors the diversity and consolidates the unity through the common target values.

Lim also had the same thought: "The ASEAN common roof is the place where the people there introduce to people outside the region that they are ASEAN, instead of saying that Singaporeans and Thailand ...".

As a expatriate son, with Ricoh, the opportunity to be connected to the compatriot community in Vietnam is very valuable. However, although very close, the Indonesian community in Vietnam has not really grown in quantity.

He shared that disadvantage was somewhat compensated when the Malaysian, Singapore and Thailand community in Vietnam was very open, supporting their ASEAN friends.

Source: DFA Philippines, IMF. Data: Ngoc Duc

Young people also agree at that common roof, integration offers a lot of opportunities. Thanks to integration, Eden can easily choose materials from many different countries. That not only helps reduce input costs, but also creates conditions for him to bring the most realistic Malaysian cuisine experience with the ingredients from his hometown.

If Eden is a story that brought home culture to Vietnam, the young couple Ly-An and Chareese are the journey to love the beauty of your country and want to bring it back home.

The two shared: “ASEAN integration helps member countries to connect more together, such as reducing the import tax of goods. With us, it has a huge impact in promoting Vietnamese coffee in the Philippines.

More and more Filipinos are fascinated with Vietnamese coffee. Through telling our own stories during the S -shaped country, we want to bring full Vietnam experience through coffee filters and famous dishes. ”

As for Lim, he said that his current job was clearly influenced by ASEAN's integration. The products of the British company when they want to go abroad need to meet many regulations.

Lim said that thanks to ASEAN countries, agreed to recognize common standards for some types of licenses and certificates, procedures and papers becomes easier: "For example, when using a certain document to apply for a license in Singapore, I can also use the same document to apply for a license in Malaysia." According to Lim, the issues related to the procedure or regulations are the motivation to encourage ASEAN to integrate more.

In addition, in the context of goods between the countries smoothly circulating, AQILAH suggested that the upcoming ASEAN needs to pay attention to developing policies for the digital economy. The Brunei girl said she was looking forward to a common framework for the organization's digital integration.

"I guess that this will further enhance transnational e -commerce activities, improve digital infrastructure as well as support innovation in business development," Aqilah said.

Not only economics, ASEAN integration is also an opportunity for young people to expand their relationships, expand their eyes and cultural exchanges.

As one of the 15 Vietnamese delegates chosen to attend the 48th Southeast Asia - SSEAYP youth ship (SSEAYP) in 2024, Binh Nhi promised to take advantage of all time to connect and exchange culture with young people from Japan and ASEAN countries.

"I believe that the opportunities for exchange between young Vietnamese and other countries in the ASEAN region will contribute to tightening the friendship, cohesion, opening more opportunities for cooperation and development in the future," Nhi shared.

Binh Nhi said: “I like to be exposed to different cultures, diverse communities, meet, make new friends and learn strange knowledge. When I was in school, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in many foreign exchange programs.

Here, I learned how to introduce Vietnamese culture to ASEAN friends so close and dear. As when I called my friend "Ryan", she would respond "Oh!" In a affectionate voice. Starting from the poor village in the Central region, I feel that these opportunities have helped me more confident. ”

In Maysaa's feelings, ASEAN integrated open up a great opportunity for the tourism industry, when all countries in the "open" airspace welcome citizens of neighboring countries. Currently, the majority of ASEAN citizens can enter and reside in internal countries from 14-30 days without visa.

The Lao girl also emphasized that travel costs among countries when ASEAN integrate are also more affordable.

Not only agree, Ricoh also pointed out straight routes to facilitate the exchange and exchange between countries.

"The fact that Vietnam has opened a direct flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Jakarta is very good, but not enough for (Vietnamese people - PV) to deeply feel Indonesia culture.

As international students and students studying in Vietnam, both Maysaa, Moe and Bunheng respect the aspect of education integration. Moe said that she was very grateful because it was scholarships to study in Vietnam, provided by the school in the dormitory, and could even participate in community activities.

After 14 years of studying and living in Vietnam, Bunheng said that the Vietnamese government is taking better care of students, Cambodian students in particular and international learners in general. Not only studying, Cambodian students and students can participate in extracurricular activities and contribute stronger in the indigenous community.

In order to move further further forward, the guests thought that a common education in ASEAN is very important. One of the important elements that create this is the common language. Lim commented that Vietnam's talented source has very high competitiveness in areas such as artificial intelligence research (AI), applied science, computer programming ...

However, many people have a great opportunity due to lack of foreign language capital. Therefore, the common dissemination of one language, maybe English or other language, can help ASEAN countries easily learn from each other and promote the process of exchanging human resources across the border of member countries.

Bunheng himself has more or less experienced this issue. Most of Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar students ... He used to know in Vietnam more or less English. But after a period of studying here, they no longer use English but choose to communicate with each other in Vietnamese.

In addition to the common language, Maysaa also expects that the ASEAN education must be standardized in terms of content and subjects. The curriculum of countries should ensure a number of common standards of the region and have all the core subjects such as regional history. This education also needs to take advantage of technology so that learners can access resources from anywhere.

In addition to attractive opportunities, Nathaphob reporter did not forget to note that ASEAN countries need to create more conditions for the younger generation to study and work through simplifying immigration procedures.

He gave an example for a Myanmar to go to Thailand to study, they will have to complete a lot of procedures. Therefore, governments of ASEAN countries need to increase the openness in policies to enhance opportunities for cultural, educational and regional economy.

Looking at ASEAN in the next 10-20 years, the guests sketched the bright, vibrant picture with the important contributions of the younger generation.

They point out the great advantages of young ASEAN people today. For Ricoh, it is a good educational foundation, access to technology and social networks. For Maysaa, it is a high sense of responsibility and aspiration.

As for Nathaphob, ASEAN young people also have the ability to adapt to difficult situations. Meanwhile, Bunheng thinks that the advantage of young people is, foreign language and rich knowledge.

With all these advantages, according to AQilah, the ASEAN young generation will play an important role in promoting the development and integration of the region, promoting technological progress, enhancing connectivity and economic growth. The active participation of young people in regional and global platforms will enhance the voice and influence of ASEAN, contributing to the identity of the regional and more dynamic area.

Maysaa said that young people will play a leading role in promoting economic, cultural and political cooperation among countries. At the same time, the creativity and digital skills of young people will find new solutions to help promote economic integration and sustainable development. According to Ricoh, with their existing strengths, young people can promote ASEAN to reach the level of integration as a unified whole.

Binh Nhi believes in the power of young people and their knowledge will contribute to the implementation of ASEAN's policies and strategies. At the same time, young people can become really potential leaders when participating in the United Nations models to create impacts on promoting policies for young people in the ASEAN region.

Representatives of the ASEAN young generation not only dream of an integration and development area but also wish to contribute to building the future.

"In ASEAN's future picture, we support the young people. At this point, we can cheer them by providing them with the right knowledge and voice," Chareese and Ly-An expressed.

Reporter Nathaphob expects to be stronger handshakes, especially in the field of journalism. He thinks that cooperation and information exchange can bring people closer to each other and develop in many topics of concern.

Lim promotes the importance of youth connection organizations. “Many of my friends are working in Youth organizations related to ASEAN. It is important to persuade competent people to support these initiatives and efforts.

For example, today's discussion is an opportunity to share views, help spread the voice and attract support from strategic planners for the efforts we pursue, ”he emphasized.

In the same opinion, Bunheng said that the sharing sessions are good foundations for young people to cultivate experience for the future, understand more about the rich culture of ASEAN countries and especially build a great friendship between representatives of member countries.

Eden's perspective comes from his Malaysian culinary restaurant: "As a chef, I see myself as a food ambassador. I think we all agree that the cuisine is a powerful tool to connect people with people."

Moe hopes her contributions in the next 10-20 years not only for Myanmar's hometown but also for Vietnam - where she is considered as her second home, along with all ASEAN countries as a unified whole.

Binh Nhi expressed his attention and desire to support stronger with the mental health issue of ASEAN young people, so that young people in the future are really a "happiness" generation.

Edward Lim, founder of the Singapore - Vietnam young leadership network, said: “If we look at the present time, how many of us have really set foot more than half of ASEAN countries or all 10 countries?

How many people can speak at least three languages ​​in ASEAN countries? I think if we can achieve these levels, we will see more integration and cohesion in ASEAN. ”

Closing the round table after more than 150 minutes of exciting discussion, we remember the sentence of ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn in the dialogue with the younger generation of the region held in Hanoi in late April.

He affirmed: "The future lies in young people, ASEAN belongs to all of you." More than 220 million young people, accounting for 1/3 of the ASEAN population, has been and will be "property" and "future" of ASEAN.

With the trend of globalization, more and more citizens of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chose Vietnam as a place to live and develop their careers with a variety of industries, including F&B - Food Services.

Choosing a career in Ho Chi Minh City, each person has a reason to come and stay, but all are contributing to the same color of Southeast Asia to the F&B market is developing extremely exciting in Vietnam.

A lunch in mid -July, Malaysian chef Eden Das invited the writer of a Nasi Lemak plate - a famous traditional rice dish of Malaysia - made by his own hands. The dish is displayed on a metal plate, lined with banana leaves, on which white rice, dried anchovies, roasted peanuts, fried chicken, cucumber and sambal chili sauce.

“This is rice cooked with coconut milk. The dishes in Nasi Lemak are" genuine "will have eggs, cucumbers, nuts, anchovies and sambal sauce, but here I add a little fried chicken.

Traditionally, there is no chicken but today in Malaysia you go anywhere, there is always a choice of chicken or shrimp to eat. Some people also add rendang beef (beef with spicy taste), ”Eden Daus carefully explained the food.

Then the 27 -year -old chef sat down and started telling his story, about the Lesung Restaurant 'Authentic Malaysian Cuisine Restaurant' specializing in selling the standard Malaysia that he just opened with his friends in March this year.

Before coming to Vietnam, Eden traded food services in Malaysia, and one day Eden's best friend Tommy Tran invited him to Vietnam to work. After a year and a half to work in Ho Chi Minh City, Eden began to think whether he should return to Malaysia or continue to stay.

“But at that time I had loved this country, loved people, culture and cuisine here. In addition, I saw Vietnam really developing. I saw many opportunities here, people motivated each other, I like to be in this competitive environment - Eden recalled - Eight years ago I came to Vietnam for the first time, three years later I came to visit Tommy and the last time I had to change it. big ”.

Then the idea of ​​Lesung rekindled when Eden was suggested by you to open a Malaysian restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. Six months later, Lesung was born.

Eden devoted a lot to bring home food to diners. In Lesung, diners can find famous dishes such as Roti Jala with chicken curry, Otak Otak shrimp, Rendang ribs, Sambal eggplant ... Some ingredients such as Petai, Asam Keping, Belacan ... are also imported from Malaysia to ensure the right root flavor.

Eden always said his restaurant is a way for him to thank Vietnam because Vietnamese people are friendly and always welcome him, showing him many things so he wants to share something he has. According to Eden, the current guests of the restaurant are Singaporeans, Malaysia and other countries living in Vietnam. Vietnamese diners account for about 20% and he wants to raise this number to 50%.

"One of the reasons I opened this restaurant is to share my cuisine with Vietnamese people, so I am trying to attract more Vietnamese guests so that they know what Malaysian cuisine is good.

Arnold Cadag is 45 years old, a Filipino living in Ho Chi Minh City for six years. He appoints a writer at a Specialty cafe in District 1, where the drinker is carefully introduced about coffee beans, origin, coffee flavor notes ... Arnold knows a lot and has also taken many people to such shops in the city.

Arnold Cadag is the co -founder of Kembaq Digital Solutions - a technology company specializing in loyal customers. He is also a consultant at Bridge - a business development consulting company and marketing service specializing in instant coffee and sustainable products.

Thế nhưng Arnold Cadag được cộng đồng người Philippines ở Việt Nam và ở Philippines biết đến nhiều hơn với vai trò là nhà môi giới cà phê và người sáng lập Pinoy Coffee Club VN – cộng đồng dành cho những người Philippines mê cà phê ở TP.HCM.

Arnold đang kết nối với khoảng 10 nông trại ở Lâm Đồng và Kon Tum để cung cấp cà phê cho khách hàng ở Philippines.

Thời gian đầu, ông bỏ nhiều thời gian tham dự các hội chợ, đi nhiều quán cà phê, tìm kiếm trên mạng rồi đến tận trang trại để làm quen và tìm kiếm loại cà phê mà khách hàng của mình muốn.

Những năm gần đây, cà phê Việt Nam rất được ưa chuộng ở Philippines. Nhiều quán đưa cà phê Việt Nam vào menu của mình, đặc biệt là cà phê sữa đá. Để khách hàng có được hương vị và trải nghiệm “Việt Nam đích thực”, nhiều tiệm muốn đặt mua hạt cà phê từ Việt Nam và còn pha chế cà phê Việt Nam bằng phin cho “chuẩn Việt”.

Arnold's Pinoy Coffee Club VN also supports organizing coffee farms in Vietnam for group members or Philippine delegations to learn from experience ...

Last May, he coordinated with partners to bring a delegation of about 10 farmers from Bukidnon, Sultan Kudarat, General Santos City and IFugao to Pleiku and Gia Lai to learn how to manage nurseries, use fertilizer, organic coffee cultivation, pest control, harvesting, production, production, processing, coffee business ...

“People want to know how coffee they drink. To get to the hands of people to enjoy, coffee beans must go through many stages, from growers to pickers, weighing people, washing people, roasters and bartender.

Once a month, the group also organizes multi -themed activities for those who love coffee, from discovering quality cafes in Ho Chi Minh City, to coffee classes, mainly about Specialty coffee (specialty), providing basic to in -depth knowledge so that participants can understand the origin of coffee, classification of coffee, which is grown at any height, distinguishing the aroma of coffee ...

"We are foreigners living in Vietnam and we need our community. With this community, we connect with each other through coffee," Arnold said.

Arnold từng làm việc cho hai công ty cà phê ở Manila, rồi có công ty chuyên kinh doanh cà phê, máy pha cà phê và đào tạo barista (nhân viên pha chế cà phê) ở Malaysia trong bảy năm trước khi đến Việt Nam.

Cuộc sống tại đất nước có sản lượng cà phê lớn thứ hai trên thế giới tiếp tục cho ông cơ hội được mê cà phê. “Việt Nam rất gần Philippines nên việc cung cấp cà phê Việt sang Philippines rất thuận tiện. Chất lượng cà phê Việt Nam ngày nay cũng tốt hơn rất nhiều so với trước kia”, Arnold nói.

Theo Arnold Cadag, ngoài nổi tiếng về sản lượng và chất lượng cà phê thương mại, Việt Nam cũng có cà phê đặc sản ở Kon Tum, Bảo Lộc, Sơn La, Quảng Trị…

Thị trường cà phê ở Việt Nam ngày nay cũng rất đa dạng với nhiều loại hạt cà phê nhập từ nước ngoài cùng nhiều cách pha chế khác nhau, tạo điều kiện cho du khách trải nghiệm nhiều hương vị cà phê mà họ muốn.

Thêm vào đó, khả năng giao tiếp bằng tiếng Anh của đội ngũ barista Việt Nam cũng được cải thiện hơn rất nhiều so với ngày trước, giúp du khách hiểu rõ hơn nguồn gốc xuất xứ và câu chuyện đằng sau tách cà phê mà họ uống.

Meanwhile, Jovel Chan - a Singaporean girl - moved to Ho Chi Minh City at a time when it was not very "favorable".

The preparation from Singapore finished, Jovel flew to Ho Chi Minh City in December 2020, isolated for two weeks to prepare for the opening, the city had to stretch socially, so her plan failed. However, Jovel Chan saw a positive point in difficulties.

"I was lucky because I was here, that time helped me understand what the locals were, helping me to connect with many people. If in Vietnam at another time, how could I witness the whole community relying on each other and helping each other.

During the epidemic period, Jovel Chan also joined the volunteer group to help distribute food to people with Covid-19 to be isolated indoors.

One day Jovel with friends handled thousands of kilograms of cabbage to bring to the people. Then as people said when one door closed, the other door opened.

After a break, he spotted his home, Jovel discovered that on online forums, many Vietnamese and foreigners wondered which restaurants were opened and the restaurant was located in Ho Chi Minh City.

So she summarized a list of shops that were still open at that time to answer for those who were interested, posted on the website that she bought to promote the gym, then shared on the forums. Whoever doubts this article quickly spread, reaching more than 10,000 views.

Blogger Jovel Chan also gradually known from there, especially in the foreign community living in Ho Chi Minh City.

During the Tet holiday that year, Jovel was constantly being contacted by many restaurants and restaurants to ask her to update her activity information. From not knowing anyone when coming to Ho Chi Minh City, Jovel started to have more relationships with F&B businesses in Vietnam.

The 31 -year -old blogger shares her main income for her marketing and advising restaurants, coordinating tours, organizing events for brands and making SupperClub (the dinner model is organized in a fairly prosperous topic overseas) through her Saigon Social Company.

Once the team has taken care of other jobs, Jovel Chan continues to be passionate about: Discover Vietnamese cuisine. In addition to the blog with more than 20,000 monthly visits, Jovel also wrote articles for some English and foreign English publications to introduce Vietnam's rapidly developing cuisine.

In the next few months, JoVel Chan plans to organize more food tours to share about modern Vietnamese cuisine and cocktails, as well as events for visitors to taste and buy more Gin, Rum, Sake and Chocolate products made in Vietnam.

According to Jovel, currently the time when Vietnam's cuisine is developing extremely exciting, when international media simultaneously "exploded" information about Vietnamese cuisine, from Michelin Guide to the New York Times reported, and many international brands also poured in.

This Singaporean blogger wants to stay in Vietnam for another 5 or 10 years to witness all changes. "

I want to see more things happen, want to see the broader coverage of Vietnamese chefs in the country and the region, want Vietnamese chefs to cooperate with chefs in the region in a major campaign, ”Jovel said.

In my reporter's notebook, the four words "International integration" appeared since the 1990s. However, to reach that phrase or strange, Vietnam had to kick the innovation and open path since 1986.

In that period, perhaps our journalist wings were the lucky people who were lucky to witness and experience the first moment the moment the world door opened gradually with a country being surrounded and heavy embargo ...

The humming chorus "We are the world - We are the children ..." also went to Vietnam at the same time. In Saigon, along with We Are The World, quite a lot of Western songs, including Lambada, from the other side of the "bamboo curtain", with the "folk roads", sneaked up and was warmly received.

I went to school to film in the country of "the green river" according to a scholarship of the Oij International Press School, right at the time when Hungary had just switched to the new institution.

For me, the first interesting thing is the TV and the small "pan of pan", sprouting throughout the capital Budapest, the TV all day can bring the audience into four heavenly directions, from news to entertainment through many French, Germany, England and American channels. Meanwhile, Vietnamese people have only occasionally viewed photos and international football selected from the Soviet Television.

In addition, when I visited the Budapest Times English newspaper, I was surprised to see many colleagues working on computers, fax machines and international phones with direct dials (IDD) began to popularize in many offices. Oh, sad for five minutes, in my Tuoi Tre newspaper, the fax machine is still out of reach. The reporter has a typewriter and camera is very "oh".

Những bài báo được thực hiện trong niềm hưng phấn: cửa đã mở… – Ảnh: Tư liệu

Very open, the school let students freely bring the video camera out to film, prepare for the graduation.

On the streets of your country, I see in addition to the familiar car brands of "our side" such as Lada, Moscovich, Trabant, Kamaz, and a lot of European - American and Japanese cars. Imported consumer goods at stores and supermarkets are flooded, US "fast food" stores have landed in central streets and train stations.

On weekends, I meet Western European, Japanese and Korean tourists bustling. English appears on the signs. Some people were surprised to learn that I was from Vietnam and exchanged in English.

For many foreigners, Vietnam still means persistent wars. My lens also had the opportunity to record many rally, flags, banners, pictures "thousands of purple" in the streets when the election season took place.

On the newspaper and on many forums, this word sometimes "anonymous" in the term "commodity economy", and the words "businessman" are hard to "hide their own" in the word "enterprise", the word "private enterprise" has been called to go away as "outside the state" ...

Two short months in Hungary in late 1990 were not enough for me to learn the above strange words and activities, but he dazzled the hope of a bright similarity for Vietnam.

It is a refreshing feeling that it will be and must be part of We Are The World, not a different country, closed with the outside!

Three consecutive years created a turning point marking Vietnam's successful removal of besieged and embargoed fences.

It was so happy that I was a journalist and was directly reported on these "unique" events: the international community re -aid to Vietnam, the US erased embargo and normalization of relations, Vietnam joined ASEAN ...

I personally were even more fortunate thanks to those open doors. In October 1993, by the scholarship of Reuters News Agency, I set out to study at Oxford University-UK. Before going, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thuan - Head of UNDP Representative Office in Ho Chi Minh City - reported that there would be an international conference to sponsor Vietnam in Paris next month.

He said: "Try to go, this is a very important conference, I will earn an invitation for the journalist." Hearing him encourage, bloody blood emerged. Although I applied for a visa from England, I was very much, but then I also had a way to "cross the bridge". On that day, the time of great changes: The Soviet Union collapsed, Vietnam withdrew from Cambodia, relations with China to reduce tensions.

Here, for the first time after the war, Vietnam was committed to lending US $ 1.8 billion by industrial countries with promising to increase in the following years, with requirements such as promoting economic reform, state -owned and private support development.

Những bài báo được thực hiện trong niềm hưng phấn: cửa đã mở… – Ảnh: Tư liệu

Before the conference announced the results, I interviewed the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vu Khoan and Japanese Ambassador Hiroyuki Yushita - the most aid. As soon as the press conference ended, about 4pm-ie 9pm in Vietnam, Wednesday 10-11, I rushed out to find a way to fax an article about Tuoi Tre editor.

I reported it and was Khac Khac Xuyen, General Secretary of the Editorial Office, the "level of training" order: Although in the UK, there must be some way to "hunt news" in the US; Must interview a competent character about the extremely hot event being expected ...

Blood "Red - Young - Saigon" surged, I temporarily stop writing the essay for the school to consider finding acquaintances. I called the Vietnamese delegation in the United Nations (UN) in New York and some American professors and Vietnamese graduate students at universities. Everyone is impatiently expected to believe and do not know whether or not to decide to quit the real embargo or not, if any will happen?

Phuc Tien correspondent interviewed the Japanese Ambassador at the International Conference to sponsor Vietnam in Paris 1993 (Youth Newspaper Spring 1994)

Someone "told" Ambassador Le Van Bang - Head of the Vietnamese delegation at UN - has just been invited to attend a holiday with ambassadors of Southeast Asian countries in Washington and revealed the phone number of a hotel that Vietnamese diplomats often stay.

I immediately speculated: On the days the world is "waiting" for the White House that the American side invited Mr. Bang to attend the ceremony in Washington, just a "suspect" movement? After an hour of calling, I found the right hotel, the right room and connected to Mr. Bang.

Hearing me call the young reporter and used to interview Deputy Minister Vu Khoan, he happily agreed to answer. He announced that he was going to meet with the US Department of State, making me excited and curious.

He told me about the ceremony yesterday, not by chance that he was ranked next to the Congressman Pete Peterson, the former American pilot was shot down and used to be a prisoner in Hanoi but he was a person with many politicians - veterans who voiced conciliation with Vietnam.

I asked about giving up the embargo, Mr. Bang said he could not confirm but the exchange between the two sides on this issue has been conducted in recent years.

The US State Department has long gathered dozens of experts who speak Vietnamese to prepare for the two countries. The US side will hold a press conference at the White House and invite the Vietnamese Ambassador to announce the decision of the US President.

O La La, suddenly I emotionally the meeting that he was about to come to the US Department of State today is that event. The reality happens like that! On Thursday, February 3, 1994, not only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited Mr. Bang to announce the abandonment of the embargo of Vietnam, but the same time President Clinton immediately after receiving the US Veterans Associations opened a press conference to announce the historic decision right at the White House.

Unfortunately, Tuoi Tre Newspaper in 1993 was only published on Tuesday-Fifth-Seven days, so my interview was published a day late-Saturday newspaper 5-2. However, I was still very happy, my colleagues in the class were happy to have the news when I learned that the United States gave up the embargo and understood why I cling to the phone, sleep in the office for a few days.

A year later, from the first "enlightenment" through the first phone, I had the opportunity to continue interviewing by phone with Ambassador Le Van Bang on normalization of Vietnam - US relations. This time, on July 10, 1995 from a private apartment in New York, he revealed that the government of the two countries-used to be a former enemy in the war-will have a statement of establishing diplomatic relations at the ambassador tomorrow.

The next morning, the news appeared solemnly on the first page of Tuoi Tre newspaper in the form of its own source. Our newspaper is the only media unit that reported before the great event will take place a few hours later!

It was also the time I practiced "clinging" to many press conferences, meeting inside and outside an international event. My greatest joy on this trip was to participate and reported on the "Aerial Press conference" of Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet right on the flight from Thailand to Hanoi.

He broadcasted a frank message to the press: "Vietnam's participation in ASEAN will not hurt relations with other countries!". The Prime Minister's statement is a strong message that Vietnam resolutely implemented a multilateral intersection after a long time of isolated. In those years, the policy of multilateral delivery is not not encountered in suspicion, questions back and forth in the country ...

The billion -dollar projects of global FDI "giants" such as Samsung, Apple, LG, Amkor, Nvidia, Apple, Foxconn, Luxshare ... appear more and more, showing that Vietnam is becoming the focus of FDI investment capital in the region.

The figure of more than 40,200 FDI projects are investing in Vietnam with a total registered capital of over 481 billion USD, slightly better than the GDP of the economy, contributing 73.1% of export value, contributing budget of 18.3 billion USD in 2023 partly affirming the important role of FDI investment in the economy.

Among the tens of thousands of FDI investors investing in Vietnam, Samsung Group (Korea) made a strong impression with the finishing investment ecosystem from the complex of phones, tablets, electronic devices tens of billions of dollars in Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen to the R&D Center (research and development) in Hanoi.

Tháng 3-2008, Samsung lần đầu tiên xuất hiện tại Việt Nam thông qua dự án xây dựng nhà máy sản xuất điện thoại di động quy mô vốn đầu tư khoảng 670 triệu USD tại Bắc Ninh.

Up to now, after 16 years of attachment, Samsung's total investment in Vietnam has reached US $ 22.4 billion. Including complexes of production and assembly of mobile phones, tablets, electronic devices with tens of billions of dollars in Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

Compared to the "big" FDI investors in Vietnam, Samsung has affirmed its long -term attachment when deciding to invest $ 220 million to build R&D center in Hanoi.

In recent years, Samsung has gradually created an ecosystem of production in Vietnam, the number of Vendor (suppliers) level 1 and secondary schools in Vietnam of this group has increased rapidly, from 25 enterprises in 2014 to 257 enterprises by the end of 2022.

Ngoài việc đào tạo cho hàng chục ngàn lao động, kỹ sư đang làm việc tại các nhà máy trong nước, những năm gần đây Samsung cũng phối hợp với Trung tâm Đổi mới sáng tạo quốc gia (NIC) để mở các lớp đào tạo kỹ sư AI người Việt.

Đánh giá về vai trò của Samsung, TS Trần Đình Thiên (nguyên viện trưởng Viện Kinh tế Việt Nam) từng khẳng định nên đặt họ ở vị trí như một đối tác chiến lược quốc gia, với hàm ý rằng sự xuất hiện của Samsung sẽ không chỉ giúp tăng năng lực sản xuất mà quan trọng hơn còn tạo ra các trục ngành kinh tế và “kéo” Việt Nam lên một bước phát triển cao hơn.

Samsung production complexes in Yen Phong Industrial Zones (Bac Ninh) and Yen Binh (Thai Nguyen) have made Vietnam one of the global electronic phone and electronic equipment production centers.

And not only Samsung, another global technology "big", Apple is also promoting investment in Vietnam through manufacturers, assembling input products.

In 2019, Apple announced an investment plan of about 400,000 billion VND (about 16 billion USD) into Vietnam, thereby creating about 200,000 jobs.

If Samsung directly poured tens of billions of dollars to build production and assembly complexes and R&D centers, Apple chose to invest through level 1 suppliers.

These are the suppliers Goertek, Luxshare, Foxconn with many factories, assembling up to many billion dollars in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces.

In addition to the two "big" technology, recently a series of major technology corporations of the world such as LG, Pegatron, Nike, Synopsys, Qualcomm, Infineon, Amkor, Nvidia have also been planning to place a billion -dollar factory in Vietnam.

Commenting on Vietnam's FDI investment activities over the years, Dr. Pham Hung Tien - an economist - emphasized that we are on the right track, which is to attract selective FDI investment, quality, efficiency, technology and environmental protection are criteria for evaluation and investment selection.

Priority is given to FDI projects with advanced technology, new technology, high technology, clean technology, modern management, high added value, has a spreading effect, connecting the production chain and supplying global supply.

Mr. Tien said: "In attracting FDI investment in industry and field instead of approaching from the perspective of each locality will be more effective. This is a way that Taiwan, South Korea and China have succeeded. Since 2010, most countries have approached and attracted FDI investment by industry and field to determine the development of key industries through FDI investment activities."

For example, attracting Samsung and Sumitomo into Vietnam should be determined in the strategy of attracting investment in the electronics industry, and they put the factory in Hanoi, Thai Nguyen or Bac Ninh as a destination. Samsung places a factory in Bac Ninh, Thai Nguyen, labor from all provinces and cities to work, promoting the economic service economy of these localities.

Write the successful experience of Korea in attracting FDI investment to develop the shipbuilding industry, car industry, semiconductor industry, Mr. Tien said that attracting FDI investment needs to go with "two legs" of internal force and external force. In particular, internal resources are the basic scientific development in the industry, the field of priority to attract investment.

"Only when there is a basic scientific foundation strong enough in the field of priority to attract FDI investment, countries can participate deeply into the playground of the" big "FDI.

For example, Vietnam wants to develop electric car industry to invest heavily in the field of electronics and optics, because more than 70% of the value of electric cars lies in the control software. At the same time, the high quality material industry also needs to prioritize development.

"If we do not invest in developing basic science in the industry, the field of priority to attract FDI investment, how many billion dollars of FDI is just a floating part, where the flowing water is floating there," Mr. Tien warned.

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, Vice Chairman of the Foreign Investment Business Association, in order to increase the efficiency of FDI investment capital, it is necessary to restore a joint venture model in foreign investment cooperation. Vietnam is in the "foot" of investing in semiconductor industry, the new opportunity opens but do not let FDI corporations come to Vietnam from A to Z.

"It is necessary to be proactive and appropriate in attracting FDI investment. For example, the Government can choose and support leading technology corporations in the country such as Viettel, FPT, Vingroup with FDI corporations to implement high -tech investment projects," Toan said.

Hiện một số doanh nghiệp Việt Nam như FPT đã sản xuất được chip bán dẫn phục vụ thị trường ngách như sản xuất chip cho các thiết bị điện tử dân dụng như tivi, tủ lạnh, máy giặt, lò vi sóng.

Therefore, Mr. Toan said that the investment support policy in the coming time should be directed to the domestic corporations strong enough, helping them to be able to cooperate fairly with FDI enterprises through the establishment of a joint venture between the two parties, such as supporting FPT to cooperate with NVIDIA.

The competition in attracting FDI investment, especially technology FDI, between countries is increasingly fierce. In this context, Professor Nguyen Thuong, Chairman of the Association of Foreign Investors, said that Vietnam needs to have a new orientation for attracting FDI investment in the near future.

"The new orientation must make the most of the advantages of rare land resources, political stability, economic stability, rapid growth, the market reaches 100 million people, high quality human resources," said Professor Nguyen Thuong.

According to him, the policy of attracting FDI capital should be directed to future industries such as semiconductor industry, AI technology, Fintech, virtual reality, blockchain.

Secondly, towards modern services such as high quality human resource training, health care. The third is to encourage FDI projects to follow the periodic and digital economic trends.

Talking to Tuoi Tre, Mr. Vo Hoai, Deputy Director of the National Innovation Center (Ministry of Planning and Investment), said that Vietnam is putting very high political determination in the development of the semiconductor chip industry.

First of all, we prioritize the resources to train high quality human resources, this is a breakthrough of breakthroughs.

Another important thing, according to Mr. Hoai, is that before, there was no mechanism to support cash investment for investors in the R&D field, now the Government is preparing to issue a decree to support investment in the direction of direct support in cash for high -tech investors, core technology and source technology, developing R&D centers.

In addition, the Government will support both FDI enterprises and domestic enterprises operating in the chip production industry. At the same time, promulgating mechanisms and policies to promote FDI investment in packaging, testing and chip design. Particularly, the chip design will have a mechanism to promote domestic developed enterprises.

Mr. Hoai said: "In the design of the chip, it is possible from now until 2030 Vietnam will still work for outsourcing, but after this period, we will advance to autonomy in the chip design. We will go with both feet from now until 2030, the later stage will be aiming to invest in domestic chip casting factories."

Nearly 900 Vietnamese officials and employees have implemented the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the past decade. Sparkling two Vietnamese words on the chest of the shirt, the "messengers" because peace has made an effort to spread the good image of Uncle Ho's army, contributing to improving the prestige and position of Vietnam in the international arena.

“As a country that has suffered many sacrifices and hardships in wars, Vietnam understands and appreciates the noble value of peace.

In the current international environment, in order to protect the peace of the country, it is necessary to create a peaceful environment around us and contribute to the world peace ” - Major General Pham Manh Thang, Director of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department, shared with youth.

On May 27, 2014, two "blue beret" soldiers of Vietnam, Lieutenant Colonel Tran Nam Ngan and Mac Duc Trong officially exported to Africa, placed the first footprint in the mission of keeping the United Nations peace.

Since that time, Vietnam has implemented nearly 900 turns of officials and employees participating in the UN peacekeeping in two individual forms and units to the South Sudan (UNMISS), Central African Republic (Minusca), ABYEI region (UNISFA), the training mission of the European Union (EUTM) in the Central African Republic and the United Nations headquarters in New York (US).

Sparkling with two Vietnamese words on the chest of the shirt, the "messenger" because the peace of Vietnam has tried to spread the good image of Uncle Ho's army for the past 10 years - Photo: Nam Tran

During a decade, the proactive and effective participation in the United Nations peacekeeping activities of the Vietnam People's Army has achieved great efficiency, contributing to enhancing the position and role of Vietnam in the international arena.

"The image of a" green beret "soldier in Vietnam participating in the UN peacekeeping, contributing to improving the lives of people in poor African countries, the war has become an inspiration, creating positive effects, with the meaning of educating the ideal of beautiful living, cherishing the value of peace, love, responsibility and sharing with the community" - Major General Pham Manh Thang commented.

On duty away from the Fatherland, in places there are many conflicts, poverty and especially in harsh weather conditions, but the soldiers of Uncle Ho soldiers have promoted the tradition of the Vietnamese People's Army "any task is completed, any difficulty overcome".

With the strength of solidarity, they made important contributions to the task of reconstructing, maintaining peace and humanitarian support of the United Nations, contributing to solving security issues, protecting peace and stability in the region and in the world, creating a favorable international environment to build and defend the Fatherland in the new situation.

Not only that, the "messengers" of Vietnam's peace also strive to help the local authorities and people with practical actions such as building and repairing roads, building and improving classrooms, volunteering teaching, drilling wells for local residential areas and schools, medical examination and treatment, health advice, free medicine for local people.

The Director of the Vietnam Peacekeeping Department added that in the 10 -year journey of Vietnam, one of the leading countries in the percentage of women participating in peacekeeping activities at a rate of 16%(while the overall ratio of countries is about 10%) and strives to increase by 2025 to 20%.

At the missions and female soldiers of Vietnam, they have successfully completed and successfully completed many different positions such as military observers, combat officers, training officers, doctors and nurses.

"The example of female soldiers is willing to sacrifice and overcome all difficulties and challenges that have inspired and trust women and girls not only in Vietnam but also in the host country" - Mr. Thang said.

In 2022, Vietnam sent a soldier for the first time with 184 members to go to the mission in a completely new area - the ABYEI area. With the task of going ahead and paving the way, the army team created a breakthrough in the UN peacekeeping mission, contributing to changing the appearance of this destructive war.

"We have brought new breeze to the locals," said Colonel Mac Duc Trong, Deputy Director of Vietnam Peacekeeping Department, said so to Tuoi Tre in the conversation.

He passionately talked about the seemingly small things of Vietnamese soldiers but has a great significance to the locals such as opening the road, building a school and especially creating cool wells in the "thirsty" place.

For the first time, Vietnam hosted multilateral activities on peacekeeping in September 2023-Photo: Nam Tran

The work of the "messengers" of Vietnam Peace makes many people think of the book to get the long -distance water (A Long Walk to Water) by Linda Sue Park.

In African land that is still poor, conflicts often occur, the most tormented is the image of children with bare feet that have gone tired from morning to night, from day to day just to do only: water. And that image touched the hearts of Uncle Ho's soldiers.

"If we do not persevere, we have given up for a long time" - the voice of Colonel Tram Lai. He said in Abbyei, every dry season only there are remaining puddles of stagnant water, local people have to move very far away to find water sources.

The only high school in Abbyei with about 1,700 students also faces the "thirsty" situation, every week the United Nations brings 3,000 liters of water but still cannot solve the demand for water for students.

"Must drill the school a well" - an order from the heart of the "green beret" soldier in Vietnam. So the Vietnamese army team embarked on deployment immediately.

The cars with the words "UN" (United Nations) carrying drilling machines, pipes and equipment were taken to BABYEI high school.

The first drill was placed down, but for more than a week of deployment, when the army drilled to a depth of 40m, it encountered a very large sand bag, where the sand blowed up there. The first borehole failed.

But Vietnamese soldiers did not give up. They continue to find other boreholes, but this time is a drill hole without water.

Colonel Mac Duc Trong decided to go around the school to check and fortunately he found a pit of sand dropped, buried away. "This place certainly had to have water before" - he said and received the nod of the principal.

The joy of the people in Abbyei is used by the cool water by the Vietnamese army help drill well - Photo: Mac Duc Trong

After three failures, this time the Binh Binh team was determined to put the drill slightly down in the old water pit and succeeded with a depth of 72m. Everyone was excited with the first success. But a series of questions continue to be posed: There is a drill hole, how to install sustainable wells for students?

The electric pump plan is chosen instead of a hand pump and is "ordered" from Vietnam to Abbyei. So helping BABYEI high school have been built by the "messengers" of Vietnam into a project: drilling well, installing pumps, generators, building tanks, installing pipes for teachers and students to take initiative in drinking water and daily life.

"From the idea of ​​making a well until it takes two and a half months. In Abyei, this project is very valuable because just turning on the switch to pump water. After completion, we also guide the principal and the school's protection to maintain the equipment regularly" - Colonel Trong shared.

With the efforts to help the school, the ABYEI Department of Education has sent a letter of thanks to the support of the Vietnamese army team at BABYEI high school, contributing to improving the quality of education of the school in particular and the ABYEI region in general.

Following the success of the No. 1 army team, during the term of operation in ABYEI, Vietnam's 2nd Army team conducted the installation of clean water supply locations for local people near the highway barracks (where the unit was stationed), the entire water source was treated through the UN standard water filtration system.

Since the project was implemented, not only provided clean water for people near the barracks but also from afar also came to get water here, instead of getting water in the puddles of stagnant water as before.

In addition, the army team also provides clean water that treated RO filter (can be taken directly) to the ABYEI church periodically every Friday, so that people who come to the church to pray and the children are studying at kindergarten here are used for precious clean water.

If since Resolution 29-NQ/TW 2013, Vietnam's higher education has nearly 10 years of "transforming" and achieving significant achievements, but there are still many limitations and shortcomings that need to be overcome.

Therefore, the renovation of higher education system is one of the important tasks to contribute to the implementation of the country's development and international integration goals.

Tuoi Tre had a frank and open conversation with Assoc.

* You have had many years of working in the education sector, experiencing many leadership positions, you realize the position of Vietnamese education today compared to other countries in the region and the world?

- Flavoring is that Vietnamese education has made a long step and we have accessed modern concepts, models and views. We are also switching to go in that direction and we have achieved certain results.

* It is true that over the past time, we have access to advanced models, have tried to change but the change is still slow. In your opinion, what is this and what need to be educated, especially higher education, can keep up with developed countries?

- Resolution 29 on fundamental and comprehensive renovation of education is really a huge and very basic step to affect the issue of innovation. Following that, we have legal documents, amendments to the Law on University of Education ... creating views and legal corridors to implement.

However, it is true that the change is slow, even some teachers say that we have not changed much.

The first thing in my opinion is due to awareness, it shows in three angles. First of all in state management, absorbing all Resolution 29 or drastically implementing the law, we still have many problems.

For example, in the 2019 Education Law, it refers to the concept of not new, that is for elementary school that is compulsory level, not only is the tuition exemption but also the responsibility of society. Here the state must take care of everything for the child to go to school, maybe public or private.

Or talk about university autonomy, too, when implementing it is very difficult even though the legal corridor is available. Looking at how autonomy to the end, there are still limitations.

Students of Polytechnic University (National University of Ho Chi Minh City) on graduation day - Photo: HCMUT

Even in the education industry, there is no realization of innovation issues. And third, society must also have changes in awareness and role of parents and students in the training process.

From awareness that leads to many problems in deploying us or in a hurry, wanting to get results immediately, and the beneficiary also rushed to ask, while education is a process. For results, we must have a roadmap and sequential steps sometimes for many years to achieve.

Meanwhile, our investment issues are still limited. Just say that education is the leading national policy, then invest in education is investment in development. But actually the country still has many concerns, the Education Law stipulates that the investment in education is 20% but we have never achieved this ratio.

* In recent years, the concept of release has been mentioned and people have talked much about personalization and individualization in education. Are these two concepts similar, sir?

- In my opinion, these are two concepts with some intersections. Liberation of wide awareness training, starting social sciences to equip a knowledge background for learners, and with that platform, learners will adjust themselves in life and work.

As for individualization towards an educational program suitable for each student, now the elementary school has gone in this direction. Personalization respects the development of each person, which is the foundation of the liberal education.

The reform program of the education sector has many orientations for students to choose. I have proposed to Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology to spend about 10% of the program time for students to choose from, want to study human society, economics ... also.

Meanwhile, personalization helps learners can participate in the training process, program, training organization, which means more proactive.

* Vietnam is in the process of deep and wide integration. So, what do Vietnamese universities need to do to adapt to this process?

- The world is moving very strongly and affecting modern education - from content, training methods to training views. The educational nature of Vietnam is the people - ethnicity - science - modernity.

Currently, the philosophies, basic educational goals have not changed, but in the world there are two additional views more and more clearly, that is, higher education must be more and more human, human and human.

If we are more cloned, more people in treating each other, no one thinks of war, conflict, crisis today.

Instead of war, people argue with each other, share with each other, sympathize with each other, love each other. Why conflict, fight?

UNESCO identifies four pillars: Learning to know, learn to work, learn to live together and learn to be human. Living together is extremely important, must think, consider treating each other, respect each other. Must go to the beauty of life and keep the earth last long.

The second concept of an American economist, who has won the Nobel Prize, is that education must take into account economic efficiency. Must be fair, university must provide a quality service, with economic significance, commensurate with the tuition that learners invest.

In addition, education must be individualized and personalized so that people who go to school can develop themselves, really benefit them and society.

Internationalization of higher education is a consequence of globalization, impacting on the development of the school and the country, so it must be proactive in "playing" with many universities of other countries.

Whether the schools have many international students, the international training program is recognized or not ... Of course, whether it is also competitive, it is two sides of a problem.

Another equally important problem is to use educational technology (EDTECH) in the training process, AI, machine learning, virtual reality ... which are tremendous impact, will drastically change education.

Finally, you have to study for a lifetime, to study continuously to improve yourself and to master the technologies. Higher education must equip learners with tools, methods and a service provider for them to study for a lifetime.

* He had many years of being the Director of Ho Chi Minh City National University, he realized what he had done and what was still regretful and worried?

- What can be asked for everyone to judge. Lecturers and students of the National University of Ho Chi Minh City are very valuable, teachers here are very good. The National University of Ho Chi Minh City tries to promote but has not promoted all this quarter capital, which is what I regret most. The cause is many, including awareness, financial resources and mechanisms. It is difficult to do.

* According to him, Vietnam University has never become a prestigious training and scientific research center of the region such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand ...?

– Chúng ta đang hướng đến cái đích đó và chúng ta có điều kiện để thực hiện điều này, nhưng còn bao lâu thì không thể nói được.

* Finally, in your opinion, does Vietnamese education at this time need a real reform?

- The Central Government is summarizing 10 years of Resolution 29 on fundamental and comprehensive renovation of education. I think that if it follows Resolution 29 and the legal documents that have been issued, we have a very strong innovation.

As the issue of university autonomy, it is necessary to give real autonomy schools, be free academic, self -determination of personnel organization and financial autonomy. Of course, it must be persistent and the state must share and invest real, but now it is assigning to the investment society.

The demand for human resources in the semiconductor circuit industry is growing strongly, including Vietnam, which is the reason why the Ministry of Planning and Investment develops the project "Developing human resources for semiconductor industry leading to 2030, orientation to 2050".

Of which, by 2030, 50,000 semiconductor engineers will be trained by 2030. This is a great opportunity for universities to show their role.

According to the forecast of the Southeast Asian semiconductor industry (Semi Sea), the Vietnamese semiconductor market may grow by more than 6% in the period 2022-2027.

Globally, the semiconductor market will grow by 13.1% in 2024, reaching a record 588.36 billion USD and expected to increase to $ 990 billion by 2030, according to the organization of global semiconductor trade (WSTS).

Quy mô thị trường lớn khiến nhu cầu về nhân sự cũng bùng nổ. Theo WSTS, đến năm 2030 cần khoảng 1 triệu lao động cho tất cả các khâu thiết kế, sản xuất, lắp ráp, đóng gói, kiểm thử chip.

Assoc.

"Vietnam is having a very favorable opportunity to participate in this industry through design, production, packaging and inspection activities, when semiconductor micro -circuit corporations in the world shift in operation, increase investment and search for potential human resources in Vietnam" - Mr. Ha said.

Commenting on the current human resource situation in the semiconductor industry, Mr. Vu Quoc Huy, Director of the National Innovation Center (NIC), said that in the field of design, domestic companies such as VHT (Viettel) and FPT Semiconductor are having about 200 employees.

Meanwhile, at the seminar on the development of high -quality human resources for the semiconductor chip industry from Vietnamese higher education institutions organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, economic experts forecast for about 5 years to the semiconductor industry in Vietnam need about 20,000 people, the next 10,000 people are university or higher. While the number of micro -design manpower is only about 5,000 people.

Assoc.

Running after quantity will be very dangerous. For a long time we often say that there will be demands, the market needs us to train. However, it is time for us to see seriously the palace will create a bridge. We seriously train, train quality engineers, the corporations will find recruitment. Vietnam Micro circuit engineer is not only working in the country.

Cùng quan điểm này, đại diện Tập đoàn FPT cho rằng cơ hội việc làm là điều có thể nhìn thấy rõ ràng từ Việt Nam, Mỹ, Nhật Bản, Hàn Quốc…

The big problem is to improve the quality of training to meet the strict requirements of businesses. Since then, Vietnamese semiconductor microchain personnel can work for Vietnamese businesses or foreign businesses in Vietnam. They can even seize the opportunity to go to Japan, Korea, the US and other countries to work.

In fact, some universities such as Polytechnic, Natural Sciences have trained bachelor's degree, Master of Micro -Microchip for about 15 years. It is a major in the Electronics - Telecommunications of the University, Micro electronics and microchip design at the graduate level.

According to Assoc. Hanoi, Da Nang and other localities account for 10%, 8%and 8%respectively.

University of Natural Sciences (National University of Ho Chi Minh City) has 15 years of experience in micro -circuit training - Photo: Hung Le

In the past, some universities were specialized in microchip design in the electrical and electronic industry, this year has been separated into an independent industry. Meanwhile, many schools have started their specialized training or microchip design.

University of Natural Sciences, Polytechnic, Information Technology (National University of Ho Chi Minh City), Ho Chi Minh City Technical Pedagogy, Viet Duc, Lac Hong, Industrial Ho Chi Minh City, FPT, Hanoi Polytechnic, Can Tho, Da Nang University, Hanoi Science and Technology, Post and Telecommunications Technology Institute ... Simultaneously recruiting students' enrollment in microchip - semiconductors.

However, this indicator in schools is not much, only a few dozen targets. Particularly, FPT University recruited 1,000 targets for semiconductor microchip design. This is the industry where the universities at the same time have opened the most new openings in a year. This reflects the schools grasping the market demand very quickly but also raises many issues on quality control.

Assoc.

The training program must both ensure the basic knowledge and meet the fast development requirements of the technology and in accordance with the practical requirements of the business, while the lack of laboratory systems and specialized micro -design software.

Investment costs for these laboratories are high, beyond the capacity of the schools. Foreign technology corporations do not focus on investing in the Development Research Center in Vietnam, including the field of semiconductor circuits. This limits the research capacity, startup and innovation of universities.

One of the important factors in training human resources - semiconductor is technology transfer and human resource training.

Training and cooperation programs between universities, research institutes and businesses will help provide the market with a labor force with the skills and knowledge necessary to meet the increasing requirements of the industry.

Large corporations have been in -depth training for lecturers of some universities. It is the necessary preparation for quality university training.

Tháng 7-2024, 6 giảng viên của 6 trường đại học tại Việt Nam, gồm ba trường thành viên Đại học Quốc gia TP.HCM là Bách khoa, Khoa học tự nhiên, Công nghệ thông tin và Trường đại học Việt – Đức, Trường đại học Sư phạm kỹ thuật TP.HCM và Trường đại học Lạc Hồng đã hoàn thành chương trình đào tạo đặc biệt của Tập đoàn Synopsys về ngành vi mạch bán dẫn.

During the 4 -month training period, the lecturers worked directly with experienced engineers of Synopsys in the field of semiconductor technology, supported and provided specialized training materials, practical working environment experience.

Meanwhile, Assoc.

Each stage is very complicated implementation processes, it is difficult for any university to train students within 4 years that can master all of these knowledge. These training schools can focus on a specific field of semiconductor microchips for training.

The trend of schools when opening this industry will focus on training in the design stage, based on professional semiconductor microchip design software of brands such as Synopsys, Siemens ...

“Mở ngành vi mạch bán dẫn tại các trường đại học là cần thiết để đáp ứng nhu cầu nhân lực đang thiếu hụt hiện nay, nhưng để đảm bảo chất lượng đào tạo, các trường cần đầu tư vào đội ngũ giảng viên, cơ sở vật chất, chương trình học thực tiễn và hợp tác chặt chẽ với doanh nghiệp. Chỉ khi đó chất lượng đào tạo mới có thể đáp ứng được yêu cầu thực tế của ngành vi mạch bán dẫn” – ông Quỳnh nêu quan điểm.

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the number of Vietnamese engineers participating in the semiconductor value chain is not strong both quality and quantity.

Để làm được điều này, Nhà nước và các trường đại học đang tập trung đầu tư cho đội ngũ giảng viên, cơ sở vật chất phục vụ đào tạo.

Universities also have a long -term investment strategy for human resource training of microchips - semiconductors to ensure quality.

As one of the first universities to train semiconductor microchip engineer more than 10 years ago, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Students in the field of microchip design in laboratories are equipped with modern facilities.

The most prominent is the micro -design laboratory, high frequency circuit and mems: equipped with measuring devices, modern and complete processing computers to meet the requirements of teaching and research support for students. In addition, students are also equipped with simulation software, calculated supported by microchip companies, helping students access and apply knowledge in reality effectively.

Study research at the micro -circuit laboratory and high frequency system of Polytechnic University (National University of Ho Chi Minh City) - Photo: Nhu Quynh

And at the University of Natural Sciences (National University of Ho Chi Minh City), besides the previous laboratories and practice rooms, Dr. Le Duc Hung - Head of Electronics, Electronics - Telecommunications Department - said that the National University of Ho Chi Minh City approved and is implementing a modern micro -circuit design laboratory for training and scientific research worth VND 45 billion. The Faculty of Electronics - Telecommunications (the unit in charge of training in the micro -design industry) has also been equipped with professional micro -circuit design tools of Synopsys, Cadence for training and research on micro -design designs.

For newly started universities, the preparation of the team and training equipment is also urgently prepared.

According to Dr. Ha Thuc Vien - Principal of Viet Duc University, the University has 7 lecturers with an international doctoral degree (Germany, England) and Vietnam are leading experts in the field of electronic microwave system and semiconductor chip design trained at the world's leading universities and have many years of teaching, research experience, as well as working for international companies.

In addition, 4 experts are in -depth and specially trained laboratory engineers who have experience working in semiconductor chip design companies at Marvell Vietnam (Ethernet RTL design engineer position), Ampere Computing Vietnam Company (PCIE design and inspection engineer, Ethernet RTL), Renesas Design Vietnam (Location of RTL Design Engineering for IP Core) (RTL design engineer for the IP core for the Ethernet protocol in the road network) has been recruited and worked at the school.

Some lecturers have been trained and certified Certificate of Professional University Instruction of Synopsys. 6 laboratories and practices specializing in training semiconductor circuits have also been invested.

“In addition to the available resources in the school, we have cooperated with Stuttgart University (Germany) in training on semiconductor and microchip systems.

Specifically, students of Viet Duc University can participate in the semester exchange at Stuttgart University to specialize in semiconductor technology, micro -electronic system and chip design. Students will be able to take courses at this school and especially study and work in very modern laboratory systems of Stuttgart University ” - Mr. Vien added.

Among the localities, Ho Chi Minh City is aiming to become the ASEAN Health Care Center. And this is completely feasible when the Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan recently affirmed that Ho Chi Minh City became the "brightest spot" in the whole country in terms of health work, acting as an intensive medical center, meeting the health care needs of the people in the region, the whole country and other countries in the region.

One of the first highlights of medical brightness to mention the first health sector of Ho Chi Minh City is the application of putting robots into surgery, of which Binh Dan Hospital is one of the leading medical facilities in this field.

From only five robots surgery, the hospital has increased robotic surgery to 14 pathologies. And only as of mid -2023, Binh Dan Hospital has successfully performed 2,000 robots after more than six years of implementation.

Pediatrics are also considered one of the "spearheads" when continuously applying many intensive techniques and achieving proud results. Recently, Children's Hospital 1 has officially put into operation three intensive centers: Children's heart, pediatric surgery and newborn.

Particularly, the cardiovascular center of Children's Hospital 1 has become the seventh excellent center in the world. The hospital is also determined to strive to become a pediatric medical center in Southeast Asia and the world.

A typical example is the event of the team of the Children's Hospital 1 and Tu Du Hospital successfully fetal heart and become one of the outstanding medical achievements.

"This technique has only developed in the past five years and now there are only some successful places in the world such as Brazil, Poland ... The surgery is a new direction for Vietnam Medicine in Children's Heart Valve Surgery in the near future," said the leader of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.

Meanwhile, Children's Hospital 2 is one of the first pediatric hospitals to conduct kidney transplant and liver transplant for children very early. The first kidney transplant was implemented since 2004 and liver transplant since 2005.

In the field of obstetrics and gynecology, Ho Chi Minh City health sector is known for the strength of treating infertility.

Many hospitals have applied new reproductive support techniques that the world is implementing and the rate of infertility and infertility treatment is more than 45%, equivalent to large reproductive support centers in the world but lower treatment costs than other countries in the region.

In the treatment of cancer, Oncology Hospital and Cho Ray Hospital have applied many intensive techniques in the treatment of cancer, gradually improving the quality of diagnosis and treatment for patients such as new generation genetic sequences, targeted treatment therapies, molecular biology ...

In the future, Cho Ray Hospital will invest more proton radiation system, while the Oncology Hospital will deploy the cyclotron furnace system ...

Dr. Ho Manh Tuong - General Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Fertility and Infertility Association - said that in vitro fertilization (TTTON) in Vietnam started after 20 years and after countries in the region for about 10 years but developed quite quickly and strongly. Currently, Vietnam is the leading country in TTTON technique in the ASEAN region and belongs to a group of countries with strong development levels in the world.

In the field of obstetrics and gynecology, the health sector in Ho Chi Minh City is known for the strength of infertility treatment (left image) - the first two babies in vitro fertilization are Luu Tuyet Tran and Mai Quoc Bao after 26 years of maturity (Image) - Photo: Duyen Phan Phan

A few cases are couples from abroad or are living and working in Vietnam. The success rate of TTTON in the above groups of Vietnam is equivalent to developed countries in the world.

Talking about the reason why many Vietnamese people return to Vietnam for treatment, Dr. Tuong said that due to low cost and can combine to visit their homeland, relatives, exchange in Vietnamese, it is more easy to understand and closer to medical staff.

"Besides, Vietnam has implemented most of the existing treatment techniques in the world with the equivalent success rate of the world. Some Vietnamese techniques are better and the success rate is higher. In terms of costs, due to the lower cost of medical labor than other countries, the cost of TTTON treatment in Vietnam is the lowest in the world," Dr. Tuong analyzed.

Patients with cancer treatment at the Basic Oncology Hospital 2 (Thu Duc City) - Photo: Duyen Phan

Meanwhile, treatment, intervention and surgery most complex cardiovascular diseases are the strength of Children's Hospital 1.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hung - Director of Children's Hospital 1 - said that the unit had a professional cardiovascular team, and was a place to transfer cardiac techniques and heart surgery to many provinces and cities across the country and for many countries and territories around the world such as Taiwan, India, Japan, Singapore, China, Malaysia ...

According to Mr. Hung, Children's Hospital 1 has full opportunities to develop into a Pediatric Medical Center in the ASEAN region in the near future.

Also shared about the intensive medical techniques of the cancer industry, Mr. Dang Huy Quoc Thinh - Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Oncology Hospital - said that these techniques have achieved many progressive results in diagnosis and treatment.

In parallel developing in -depth techniques, the hospital focused on investing in preventing and screening for early detection of cancer in order to help early detect disease, reduce shifts of late detection.

Regarding the number of foreign patients who came to the Cancer Hospital for treatment in recent years, mainly Cambodian and overseas Vietnamese patients visited their homeland and a few Western patients working and living in the city.

"These patients believe that the cost of treatment in other countries is very high and also have to wait, while in Vietnam, the cost of treatment is much lower and a skilled medical team" - Dr. Thinh said.

Thanks to integration, many young people are stepping out in the world with an effort to make a "Vietnam" impression. Thanks to integration, many valuable connection initiatives such as the young Singapore - Vietnam leadership network was born.

For them, these imprints are not only happiness, pride, or memorable memories of themselves but also contribute to the hearts of friends in the five continents of the image of the dynamic and good young people from the S -shaped country.

Born in 1996, Dao Manh Tri is currently a PhD student at the University of California-san Diego, and is the Head of Project Development Department at the Institute of Natural Resources, Environment and Sustainable Development (IRED).

In 2023, Manh Tri received the championship at the International Energy Contest of the American Energy Economic Association with the theme of geothermal. With the existing results, Tri's group continues to bring this model to participate in the high -level geothermal contest organized by the US Department of Energy and receive the runner -up prize.

Among the four PhD students' graduate students aged less than 30 years old, they participated in these two competitive competitions, Manh Tri was the only Vietnamese Vietnamese. He is also the only Vietnamese to receive awards from the US Department of Energy in this phase, with 33 teams from 25 different universities across the US territory.

Dao Manh Tri chatted with international speakers at a climate program - Photo: NVCC

"After deciding to choose the geothermal development project that has received support from the US Department of Energy in Cascade City (IDAHO state), within four months we conducted many relevant units here to find out and discuss," he said.

At the time of attending the competition, Tri's team members were on business trips a lot. The meetings took place at the end of the year, four members in four different countries - one in the US, the other two in India and Germany.

Particularly, Manh Tri received an invitation from the Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam to attend the COP28 event taking place in Dubai as an independent energy expert.

“Those are very hard days but also an interesting experience.

This is a milestone in the journey I strive for Vietnamese intelligence to be recognized in the international arena, ”he shared.

The results of Manh Tri's results do not stop at two awards in the US. In the 8th grade, he received a full scholarship A*Star from the Singapore Ministry of Education, then a full scholarship of ASEAN University (AUS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

He also received the full scholarship of the European forum Alpbach in 2022 in Austria, with an essay in the top 25 of more than 700 international essays at the Saint Gallen Conference in Switzerland, received the Best Oralist Award award at the ASEAN International Conference on Energy and Environment in Indonesia ... Motivation for these impressive results from the lesson that Tri received when he arrived in Singapore at 14 years old.

“That year, I heard the speech from the school principal with the students, that individuals who achieve scholarships are outstanding faces selected from different countries.

We need to set our standards higher than the common ground to not only deserve scholarships, but to become excellent individuals that can contribute to society after returning to the country.

Perhaps it was the first time I started thinking about the influence of the results I created. What will these results reflect on me? Can these results represent young Vietnamese overseas? ”, Memory.

In grade 12, Manh Tri was also the only Vietnamese to receive the Gold Cup at the Singapore Science and Technology Contest (SSEF). After that award, many Singaporeans expressed their surprise about a Vietnamese boy who rose to win the highest prize in a national contest of the Lion Island. The topic of Tri's contest is also proposed by a professor at NUS to continue developing.

"I realize that each person's potential will help them assert their competence in the international arena. Thus, every young Vietnamese can step out of the world, embark on the development journey in terms of competence, learn good things in foreign countries," he shared.

Gradually, different test opportunities have helped Manh Tri more deeply aware that they are part of young Vietnamese who are trying to mark their names in the world. Not only pursuing knowledge, they also use the capabilities and knowledge gained to create positive effects in the community and society.

"I wonder when I'm lucky to be formally trained in advanced education, can I apply these knowledge to contribute and solve problems in Vietnam?", He said.

Since the age of 13, Manh Tri has experienced the education and cultural system in many developed countries such as Singapore, the United States and some European countries. The journey of thousands of miles began with the first step - stemming from his father's story to the poor village in Ha Tinh.

Dao Manh Tri (second from left) with colleagues on a business trip - Photo: NVCC

"From a young age, my father talked about the poverty of the Central village - the land of people with the forehead printed with wrinkles of difficulties, worries and hardships but also the most eager people, the most desire to rise up. Dad told me the only way to really rise, that was to study well. The first memories have become the motivation for me to focus and develop my ability."

Later, the path of choice is closer to the efforts to prevent climate change and sustainable development. These options also stem from Tri's concerns about the central village every flood season.

He is the co -founder of the youth working group on climate policies (YPWG), with the support of the United Nations Development Program, the Department of Climate Change and Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. He is also a climate change adviser for the International Nguoc program, conveying environmental, climate and social knowledge to Vietnamese youth.

The more you go, the 9X boy understands the identity of a young Vietnamese in the international arena and how to integrate but insoluble.

In the context of globalization, the integration with the rapid development of socio -economic, technology will help young people learn and move forward, but at the same time need to be aware of what is not needed to learn to avoid losing the identity, culture and unique features of individuals.

Tri said that although he has experienced a war with many pain and losses, is a developing country with certain difficulties, Vietnam also has great determination, efforts to rise in the context of globalization in many fields and leave a strong impression in Southeast Asia and in the world. That makes young people like him proud.

“I want to be able to create positive effects on the perspective of international friends about Vietnam. When Vietnamese young people build a beautiful image of the country, it can promote future cooperation relationships.

Vietnamese young people always bring in themselves the desire to exchange, learn, research and develop their capabilities in the international environment. Back and contribute to the overall efforts of the whole country to rise up on the world map, ”Tri said.

DAWN

Mr. Edward Lim (30 years old) lives in Hanoi and is currently Vin Brain's strategic partner manager in Hanoi, while Grace Tan (27 years old) chose to start a wet tissue in Ho Chi Minh City.

Despite the different directions, both young Singapore people have the same purpose of connecting and contributing to a Vietnam and ASEAN integration.

Edward Lim shared him so many times that he couldn't remember how many times. On a dinner with Singapore Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam in November-2023, Lim met CEO Truong Quoc Hung of Vin Brain. From this meeting, the young Singaporean young man started to understand more about the opportunity in Vietnam and proceeded to decide to build a career here.

From the predestined relationship with Vietnam, Lim came up with the idea of ​​a platform connecting young Vietnamese and Singapore in both countries. He founded the Singapore - Vietnam young leadership network (SVYLN), with the desire to have more Singaporeans coming and exploring Vietnam more, and vice versa many Vietnamese coming and looking for opportunities in Singapore.

Members of the Singapore-Vietnam Young Leadership Network on the field trip to Nam Dinh province and meeting Vice Chairman Tran Le Doai Provincial People's Committee in January 2024-Photo: NVCC

Taking advantage of the youth of both countries, Lim expects his network is the foundation for people to meet, build friendships, and do more things together.

"We understand what we want to be a future that young leaders of Vietnam and Singapore can cooperate easily. We want to help young people on both sides understand the policy of each country, and promote innovation, offer solutions to issues, people exchange and contribute to society," SVYLN founder said.

In addition, the SVYLN network was also built to become a cherished space for friendship between the two countries, thanks to the friendship and the cohesion of young Singapore - Vietnam.

Lim shared: "We want to create a space for Vietnamese people living in Singapore or Singaporeans in Vietnam to make friends, where they find the same, share and where they can belong."

According to Lim, the friendship between Vietnam and Singapore had a good start in building understanding, trust, mutual respect, and these are the foundations of all relationships.

"A good start also allows us to do more together. In that context, I expect our network to contribute to those opportunities, for connections between the two sides, for business opportunities ...", Lim excited.

Grace Tan and SVYLN network in the event on International Women's Day in Hanoi in March-2024-Photo: NVCC

SVYLN launched in August23 and up to now the network gathered about 110 members from 20-40 years old. These are experienced leaders in the business and professional field, along with students with strong leadership potential.

In January 2024, SVYLN members had a field trip to Nam Dinh province to learn more about Vietnam, better understand the history, culture, economy, as well as build more relationships.

On the occasion of International Women's Day this year, SVYLN organized an intimate event in Hanoi to honor female leaders who have achieved many achievements in many different fields, with the presence of leaders from Vietnam and Singapore. In May and June, SVYLN also held two community meetings respectively in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Despite working in Hanoi capital, Edward Lim often comes to Ho Chi Minh City to develop business. He commented that this is an energetic, innovative and creative city. The people of Ho Chi Minh City, according to Lim's feelings, welcomed him very friendly and warmly.

Sharing Lim's feelings, many of his Singapore friends who are working or doing business in Ho Chi Minh City also have very positive comments about an energetic city and the open and friendly spirit of the local people.

As a member of SVYLN network, Singapore businesswoman Grace started a business of a wet tissue in Ho Chi Minh City from October 2023.

Ms. Tan said that in the past 10 years, she has been back and forth many times, witnessing many significant progress of the S -shaped country, including Ho Chi Minh City. "If Ho Chi Minh City predicts what will be like in the next 10-15 years, I think the growth rate will increase exponentially," Tan said.

According to Tan, Vietnam is a country with a rich culture and a very dynamic market. Coming to Vietnam with the view of a tourist, Tan keeps his backpack and goes.

In the eyes of a Singaporean young girl, the markets in Vietnam are very bustling, it seems that the locals are an entrepreneur.

"I see many women in Vietnam have their own business. Today I no longer witness so many start -up energy in Singapore. These things have created an environment that inspires me and I know that I have a chance to risk here," Tan said.

A talk and share experiences among young people in the network with the Deputy Secretary of Singapore Trade Union Congress Desmond Choo in Ho Chi Minh City in June 2024-Photo: NVCC

Singaporean girl said there were many business opportunities in Vietnam but not all appeared right before her.

"I compare Vietnam as a blue ocean, when all opportunities are here but you cannot see it with the naked eye. It is not as clear as in New York, Japan or Silicon Valley," Tan said.

Grace started his business in Ho Chi Minh City with two local staff. Tan shared a foreign enterprise when they want to succeed in a strange market that requires the contribution of native speakers, so when the wave of foreign -invested enterprises come to Vietnam, the domestic labor force can catch and make good use.

"I feel Ho Chi Minh City has great potential. So I cheered the leader of young businesses from all industries, trusting that this city would bring your business a position in the region," Tan said and at the same time note, "The city has some barriers as some regulations for businesses are not really clear.

Tan chooses a wet tissue business because she realizes that this market has a lot of rooms. Vietnamese people tend to prefer more convenient products, as well as towards high quality products, purchasing power also increases. To bring wet tissue products to the market, Tan research and pay much attention to raw materials to create products.

The beautiful Singapore girl said her country is seeing Vietnam as a quality production partner. "The labor force in Vietnam is trying to create that difference. So I do not encourage the perspective to think that Vietnam is only a production center with cheap manpower."

As for Lim, he wants to convey to people more enthusiasm for connecting young people in both countries. “I want to send words to young Singapore people who have adventure, pay attention to Vietnam because this is a great place and full of opportunities.

And for Vietnamese friends, if you want to try new things and explore new horizons, Singapore will be a very attractive destination for business, and career development opportunities, ”Singapore boy cheered.

Content: Quynh Trung - Nhat Dang - Nghi Vu - Ngoc Duc - Binh Minh - My Van - Ngoc Dong - Phuc Tien - Bao Ngoc - Ha Thanh - Ha Thach Han - Minh Giang - Xuan Mai

Design: Vo Tan - Manh Thanh

Tuoitre.vn

Source: https: //tuoitre.vn/mot-viet-nam-moi-sau-30-nam-hoi-nhap-20240829102115184.htm