PRESIDENT OF KOREA YOON SUK YEOL: VIETNAM AND KOREA ARE KEY PARTNERS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said that Korea will support Vietnam in developing information technology and science and technology infrastructure towards the goal of reaching an import-export turnover of 150 billion USD by 2050.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol affirmed: "Vietnam and Korea elevate the digital partnership from a manufacturing partner to a key partner in research and development." Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the exhibition areas of the Vietnam - Korea Institute of Science and Technology (VKIST), Korea IT School (KITS) and KH Vatec. On the morning of June 24, in the final schedule of his trip to France and Vietnam, President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol visited Samsung's Research and Development Center in Hanoi and spent time talking with Mr. Vietnam - Korea digital future generation. The program also had the attendance of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang; Mr.Dat - Minister of Science and Technology; Mr. Lee Jong Ho – Minister of Science, Information Technology and Communication of Korea; Mr. Lee Jae Yong - Chairman of Samsung Electronics Group; and employees of Samsung Research and Development Center Vietnam; representatives of Korean digital businesses investing in Vietnam as well as Vietnamese digital businesses investing in Korea; representing the future generation of the digital age of Korea and Vietnam. Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol listens to a presentation about the project "Autonomous vehicle robot with high application". Before attending the dialogue with the digital future generation, President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol visited the exhibition areas of the Vietnam - Korea Institute of Science and Technology (VKIST) - established on the basis of Agreement between the Government of Vietnam and the Government of Korea; Korea IT School (KITS) - a place to foster young talents in software engineering in Vietnam; and KH Vatec – the company that holds the number one market share in the electronic components of the folding phone line. VKIST is Vietnam's future science and technology research agency built on the model of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). At the exhibition, Mr. Vu Duc Loi - Deputy Director in charge (Acting Director) of VKIST and Mr. Pham Duy Hoc - Research expert at VKIST jointly presented about the project "Autonomous vehicle robot with high applicability". ". This is one of the achievements of research cooperation in the past time between KIST and VKIST. Korea IT School is a project built to support training in software technology (SW) for young Vietnamese talents and at the same time connect students with Korean information technology enterprises investing in Korea. Vietnam. From 2019 to now, the school has trained 208 students, of which 172 students have been recruited after an internship at Korean enterprises. At the exhibition, Mr. Hoang Minh Tuan - an employee of DS Global Company operating in the field of manufacturing computers and printing equipment, also shared a story about his time studying at Korea IT School and the process of studying at Korea IT School. your job search. KH Vatec is a Korean enterprise in Vietnam specializing in manufacturing and manufacturing articulating components that act as hinges for foldable phones (Fold/Flip). The enterprise currently holds 80% of the market share of the folding screen components market and has a scale of 9,000 employees.

President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol has a dialogue with the future generation of digital Vietnam - Korea. After visiting the exhibition spaces of the organizations, President Yoon Suk Yeol had a conversation with about 50 Vietnamese and Korean digital talents at the Innovation Department of the Research and Development Center of Samsung Vietnam. Dialogue with Future Generations in the Digital Age is led by Ms. Hien - a former student of Korea IT School, currently working at Megazone Vietnam Company. In addition, the dialogue also had the participation of typical representatives of the young generation in the digital age, including Mr. Dinh Trung Duc - a former Vietnamese student in Korea, currently working at the Center Samsung R&D in Vietnam; Mr. Kim Seung Yong Director of Coconut Silo - who oriented to develop his business in Vietnam; Mr. Pham Ngoc Son - Deputy Director of FPT Software - who hopes to expand cooperation with Korean businesses. At the dialogue, the guests shared about their experiences of exchange with Korea and made suggestions to expand cooperation between the two countries in such fields as international research cooperation, Cultural cooperation… President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk Yeol emphasized the significance of Vietnam and Korea elevating the digital partnership from a manufacturing partner to a key partner in research and development  the plans to expand the scale of training programs to improve the capacity of future generations as well as actively support international research cooperation between the two countries, thereby creating innovative values based on  the basis of combining the technical capabilities of the two countries. On December 23, 2022, Samsung inaugurated a Research and Development Center in West-Lake area, Hanoi capital with an investment scale of USD 220 million, designed with 16 floors and 3 basements with a total of 2 floors in construction area is 11,603 m² and floor area is 79,511 m². This is the first large-scale high-rise building specializing in technology development in Vietnam established by an FDI enterprise, and is a symbol of Vietnam-Korea economic cooperation. Through the construction of the Research and Development Center, Samsung realizes its strategy to elevate Vietnam not only as a global production base but also as a research and development base. Samsung plans to develop its Research and Development Center in Vietnam to become the number one R&D center globally by strengthening partnerships with universities in the fields of technology for the key futures such as: enhancing expertise in mobile core technology research (Multimedia, Security); improve research and development capacity to achieve autonomy in technological products; technology artificial intelligence (AI)/Big Data/Internet of Things (IOT)…and increasing support for fostering Vietnam's information technology (IT) human resources. The core mission of Samsung Research and Development Center Vietnam is to contribute to laying the foundation for Vietnamese technology talent. In addition, Samsung hopes to actively contribute to the development of hardware (H/W), software (S/W) in line with advanced information technology and the industrial revolution. .