Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (C) meets members of the Vietnam Innovation Network (NIC) in the US, September 22, 2023. (Photo: VOV)

At a meeting with the NIC members in New York, PM Chinh, who has been in the US to attend the high-level week of the UN General Assembly’s 78th session, proposed the network's innovation activities focus on new fields such as digital transformation, green transition, circular economy, sharing economy and infrastructure, and education and training. Innovation is not only in socio-economic development but also in cultural development, including the cultural industry, he stressed.

Appreciating the establishment of the NIC, which has received support from many people, the Government leader said that for the network to continuously grow, it is important to harmonise benefits, share risks, and bring practical benefits to members and participating parties. Innovation must be linked to the reality and must bring greater efficiency that can be measured, he said, asking the network's members to continue staying united and inspire innovation and creativeness for others. 

At the meeting, the network's members shared experiences, and proposed ideas, programmes and plans to expand the network, mobilise more resources from the network, and tighten the relationship of the intellectual community in the US with Vietnam, as well as providing policy suggestions for socio-economic development, especially in high-tech fields and emerging industries.