(VOVworld) - The management board of the Finland-Vietnam Innovation Partnership Program (IPP), stage two, held a conference in Hanoi on Thursday to collect opinions on the future strategy of the program.

A staff from Hai Phong Paint JSC researches a new green product as part of a project under the first phase of Finland-Vietnam Innovation Partnership Programme. (Photo: VNA)

Delegates agreed that Vietnam has succeeded in helping enterprises boost their innovation, adding that more needs to be done to promote innovation at the national level and in the private sector. They proposed several measures to enhance the program’s effectiveness in the next 2 years with a focus on promoting the role of universities in national creativity.