Vietnamese intellectuals are an important workforce in the country’s industrialisation and modernisation, and international integration as well as building a knowledge-based economy, Phan Xuan Dung, President of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) said on March 23.

The Vietnamese Intellectual Society (VIS) in the UK and Ireland on January 14 held an annual meeting to review its performance last year and a traditional Lunar New Year celebration for Vietnamese expatriates.

A conference was held in the Czech Republic on December 1 to highlight President Ho Chi Minh’s sentiments towards overseas Vietnamese and intellectuals.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with some overseas Vietnamese (OV) intellectuals and young people in New York on May 15 as part of his working trip to the US and the UN.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Intellectual Association (VIS) in the UK held a ceremony on May 6 to announce Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam as its honorary chairman.

VOV.VN - The Consulate General of Vietnam in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, recently held a get-together with representatives of the Vietnam-Germany Innovation Network (VGInetwork) marking the 47th anniversary of Vietnam’s Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30).

VOV.VN - The Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals in Japan (AVIJ) on April 16 held a congress to review activities during the 2019-2021 tenure and outline orientations for the next term.

VOV.VN - The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) will strive to promote great national unity among overseas Vietnamese and bring into full play their wide range of resources for the cause of national development, says Pham Quang Hieu, chairman of COVA.

A strong contingent of 600,000 Vietnamese intellectuals abroad, mostly in developed countries, have been seen as huge resources for Vietnam’s development, particularly in innovation and technology transfer, an official has said.

Young Vietnamese intellectuals from around the world enthusiastically contributed their ideas and shared expertise and knowledge on innovation with a view to helping promote the digital transformation process in their home land at a forum that closed on November 26.