Techconnect and Innovation Vietnam 2023 opened in northern Quang Ninh province on September 29, with the attendance of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quảng, providing opportunities for domestic and foreign businesses to cooperate and transfer technology.

It also showcases the latest technological products and applications, including textile materials, microchips, and electronic devices, and focuses on green energy, logistics and supply chains, energy storage, and the management and reuse of raw materials and waste.

Also featured are new solutions in renewable energy, technology supply chains, biomedical equipment management systems, food and pharmaceutical technology, digital health, information technology, and the application of artificial intelligence in production processes at factories.

Addressing the event, Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat said science and technology and innovation are foundations to help Vietnam develop rapidly and sustainably.

The ministry has worked with other relevant ministries and agencies to issue a legal framework and policies to boost science and technology and innovation, build a technology trading floor, and organize activities to bridge supply and demand in the field, he said.

The event will also enable economic, trade, investment, and technology cooperation between domestic and foreign businesses and promote the role of enterprises in innovation, he said.