A forum titled “Unlocking the Innovation Potential between France and Vietnam, Lessons from Nobel Laureate Serge Haroche” took place in Hanoi on October 3 as part of National Innovation Day 2025.

Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Tam said Vietnam is determined to make innovation and strategic technology sectors the driving force of national development, as he addressed an international forum in Hanoi on October 2.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam has urged universities and research institutes to speed up technology transfer and enable research teams to set up commercial enterprises to bring products to market, with the aim of creating a generation of fast-growing tech firms and, gradually, Vietnamese tech unicorns.

The National Innovation Day 2025, opening on October 1 at the National Innovation Centre (NIC) in Hoa Lac, will be one of the year’s biggest platforms for technology, business and policy exchanges the country has ever held.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hano on September 25 for Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and his delegation on their working visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc and Chairman of Toyota Asia Tian Guohao have discussed ways to expand Toyota’s green vehicle investment in Vietnam, affirming a shared vision for sustainable growth and innovation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered all ministries, agencies and localities to complete their own data systems in 2025, ensuring they are accurate, comprehensive, clean, live, seamless and connected from the central to local levels.

Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Chairman of the Central Theory Council, led a delegation to Ireland and Scotland of the UK from September 18 to 21, aiming to promote cooperation in policy research, institutional and legal framework development, science and technology.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has retained its 44th position out of 139 countries and economies in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) said on September 16.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Science and Technology is drafting guidance documents for the implementation of the Law, which include provisions on building a nationwide network of creative innovation centers. About 100 such centers are expected to be set up across the country during 2025-2026.