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APEC 2017: VN-Australia partnership programme on innovation announced

Da Nang, November 8 (VNA) – The Vietnam – Australia partnership programme on innovation was announced during a ceremony in the central city of Da Nang on November 8, within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week. 

The 10 million AUD programme will help Vietnam develop a national innovation system and pilot projects in fields of Australia’s strength such as innovation, technological transfer, and commercialisation of studies on agriculture and training, and ensuring job opportunities for Vietnamese workforce amid the industrial revolution 4.0. 

Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh said the two governments signed a science-technology cooperation agreement which took effect in July 2014 with four priority fields of agriculture, health care, environment and marine studies. 

Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Julie Bishop said initially, Australia will send experts from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)’s Data 61 research network to Vietnam to design a roadmap for digitalisation future. 

Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Craig Chittick said Australia wishes to help Vietnam achieve progresses in poverty reduction.
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Party leader calls for consensus on development vision at 13th Party Central Committees 14th plenum

Party leader calls for consensus on development vision at 13th Party Central Committee’s 14th plenum

Those selected for the Politburo and the Secretariat for the 14th tenure must demonstrate political courage, integrity, and exemplary conduct, place national and public interests above all, and possess strategic vision and organisational skills to remove bottlenecks, mobilise resources, and gather collective strength.

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