Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh works with the technology group that owns Facebook

On the evening of September 18 local time, in Silicon Valley (California), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and worked with Meta technology group, one of the most valuable companies in the world , which owns and operates Facebook.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits and works with Meta technology group - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Meta Platforms, Inc. doing business as Meta, and formerly known as Facebook, Inc., is a multinational technology corporation that owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, among other products and services.

Meta is one of the world's most valuable companies (2022 revenue of $116.6 billion) and is among the ten most valuable publicly traded corporations in the United States. It is considered one of the big five American information technology companies, along with Google's parent company Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft.

Facebook is currently a very popular social network in Vietnam. The National Innovation Center (NIC) and Meta signed a Memorandum of Understanding in May 2022 in the United States, witnessed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, to promote innovation and digital transformation activities in Vietnam.

At the meeting, Mr. Joel Kaplan, Vice President of Meta in charge of global public policy, highly appreciated the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and the United States; emphasizing that the Vietnamese market is very large and has great potential.

Reviewing some highlights of cooperation activities in Vietnam, Meta's Vice President said that before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Meta had started manufacturing in Vietnam some devices for the "virtual universe" metaverse - a term referring to an integrated environment linking all of the company's products and services; however, this was interrupted due to the pandemic. The group wants to expand its investment in Vietnam, including continuing to produce metaverse devices for the coming years.

He said that right before the visit to Vietnam of US President Joe Biden, Meta coordinated with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to honor the 12 best innovative solutions representing 12 award categories that strongly promote the digital transformation process of Vietnamese enterprises, selected from 758 applications from more than 10 countries and territories.

Notably, Mr. Joel Kaplan emphasized that the Vietnam Government Portal has become a strategic, important and effective partner of Meta in Vietnam even before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. He shared that the Government Portal's Facebook fanpage currently has 4.2 million regular followers with very good interactions.

He said that through an independent survey, the Vietnamese Government's Electronic Information Portal is considered to have the most successful fanpage compared to other countries in the region. From this cooperation model, Meta hopes to deploy a program to support digital diplomacy, vaccination support, etc. with other agencies.

Providing information on some of Meta's major development orientations in the coming time, he affirmed that Meta will continue to strive to effectively implement cooperation activities with Vietnamese agencies at this important time, especially supporting Vietnamese small, medium and micro enterprises to approach customers and train human resources for digital transformation.

Listening to opinions, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that within the framework of the recently established Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, Vietnam and the United States have identified cooperation in science, technology and innovation as a new breakthrough in bilateral relations, and agreed to comprehensively cooperate to promote innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and delegates in front of a board clearly stating Meta's important partners and outstanding cooperation activities in Vietnam, including the Government Electronic Information Portal - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The Prime Minister said that the future of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership depends largely on the ability to realize the potential and opportunities between businesses of the two countries to develop investment and business in priority areas, including the contributions of US businesses in general and Meta in particular.

Based on the excellent political relationship between the two countries, the Prime Minister believes that cooperation activities with Meta will become increasingly effective and substantive, especially in key areas such as digital economy, artificial intelligence, digital content, innovation and digital transformation in enterprises...

The Prime Minister hopes that Meta will continue to provide Vietnam with more technological solutions and technology transfer; cooperate in finance to develop science and technology, innovation, and promote digital transformation; cooperate in improving governance capacity in areas where Meta has strengths; cooperate in training high-quality human resources; cooperate in preventing cybercrime, ensuring network safety and security, and increase the provision of positive and accurate information about the relationship between the two countries.

The Prime Minister welcomed Meta's continued cooperation with the Vietnam Innovation Center (NIC) as well as Vietnamese agencies and enterprises in the spirit of mutual win-win, making the best use of the Vietnamese market with a population of 100 million, which is beneficial to the United States, Vietnam and the relationship between the two countries.

According to baochinhphu.vn

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