Wednesday, 24/10/2018 16:48 (GMT+7)
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has issued a plan on organizing the 1st Vietnamese Young Intellectual Forum - VYIF 2018 in Da Nang city from November 27th-29th, in which 200 domestic and foreign delegates will participate.
Da Nang city hosts the 1st Vietnamese Young Intellectual Forum. (Photo: baodanang.vn)
The forum aims to promote the role of young intellectuals in national renewal, construction and protection, thus increasing Vietnam’s economic integration in the region and globe; and propose mechanisms to attract and advantageously employ talented people.
Under the theme “Tapping the power of young Vietnamese intellectuals in the 4.0 era”, the forum will focus on the three topics, including promoting STEM to build a high-quality workforce in the context of the 4th Industrial Revolution; adopting Industry 4.0 technology in environmental protection and climate change response; and promoting innovation in manufacturing and business.
Among the 200 participants, 130 delegates are domestic and 70 are foreign, while all are under 35 years old and have research, initiatives and experience suitable for the content of the forums, or hold work positions relating to the contents of the forum.
There are currently over 400,000 Vietnamese intellectuals abroad, including over 6,000 doctorate degree holders and hundreds of well-known ones. It is estimated that up to 150,000 are working in the US, with about 12,000 working in Silicon Valley, and 100 at the World Bank; 40,000 in France; 20,000 in Canada; 4,000 in Eastern Europe and Russia, and 7,000 in Australia. Together with domestic intellectuals, they have made remarkable contributions to national socio-economic development./.
Compiled by BTA