Digital Biz

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam met with leaders of major Japanese corporations in Tokyo on November 9 as part of his official visit to Japan.

Vietnam's Stavian Group and Japan's Midas Capital signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to co-invest in submarine optical cable systems, digital technology infrastructure, and artificial intelligence (AI) and Super Intelligence (SI) computing facilities in Vietnam.

With an ecosystem coming together on the manufacturing side of the industry, the key task becomes finding viable markets for Vietnamese semiconductors given their still-nascent development.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Science and Technology has drafted a resolution proposing a mechanism to assign tasks, order, or tender services for high-quality human resource training across six key sectors, offering 100 percent tuition support for up to 10 months per academic year.

At the forum held on November 9, the top Vietnamese leader expressed his confidence that, guided by the spirit of co-creating technology, shaping future value chains, Vietnam and Japan will continue to stand together, leverage their respective strengths, seize opportunities, overcome challenges and share the fruits of development.

The recent Vietnam Innovation Summit 2026 heard from stakeholders on how best to ensure research endeavors become viable products in the deep-tech space.