Chairman of the Vietnamese NA Vuong Dinh Hue (fourth from right), Speaker of the RoK's NA Kim Jin-pyo (fifth from right) and other officials at the VKIST inauguration ceremony on January 17, 2023 (Photo: VNA)

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Hue said that the VKIST project is the fruit of the two countries’ cooperation in science, technology, and innovation, which is considered an inevitable trend of the times. 

He said in the past time, the governments of the two countries have always paid special attention to VKIST and expected that the success of the institute model would create a driving force to promote the transformation of the national innovation system, contributing to a breakthrough for Vietnam's science and technology.

Kim said that the VKIST project is of great significance in the two countries’ cooperation in science, technology, and innovation.

This is also the largest project financed by the RoK's non-refundable aid in the world and is also the project to support the establishment of the first public research unit of the RoK, he said.

Emphasizing that the success of VKIST completely depends on the researchers of the institute, he expects researchers to devote themselves to VKIST to contribute to the industrialization and modernization process of Vietnam.