Top leader witnesses exchange of Vietnam-Ireland cooperation agreements
Party General Secretary and President To Lam witnessed the exchange of several cooperation pacts between Vietnam and Ireland in Dublin on October 3, shortly after meeting with Irish businesses during his state visit to the European nation.
The exchange of a memorandum of discussion regarding collaboration between FPT University and ADAPT Research Centre at Dublin City University in Dublin on October 3. (Photo: VNA)
Dublin (VNA) - Party General Secretary and President To Lam witnessed the exchange of several cooperation pacts between Vietnam and Ireland in Dublin on October 3, shortly after meeting with Irish businesses during his state visit to the European nation.
In the top leader’s witness, Le Quan, Director of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, and Dolores O'Riordan, Vice-President for Global Engagement at University College Dublin, exchanged a framework agreement on promoting cooperation in education and scientific research, as well as staff, lecturer, and student exchanges.
Additionally, Chairman Truong Gia Binh of Vietnam’s tech giant FPT Corporation and Professor Cathal Gurrin, head of the ADAPT Research Centre at Dublin City University, exchanged a memorandum of discussion regarding collaboration between FPT University and ADAPT in developing high-tech workforce in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Dublin City University will send lecturers to Vietnam to train students at FPT University in Da Nang, organise teaching experience exchange workshops, and provide PhD scholarships for young FPT lecturers as well as short-term internships for AI-majoring students.
FPT CEO Nguyen Van Khoa and Chris Davis, Managing Director of the IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl Ireland, exchanged a framework agreement regarding cooperation in digital transformation and AI application development. The two sides plan to discuss the signing of a contract to jointly develop AI technologies and digital transformation solutions for clients in sectors such as banking, insurance, and retail in Ireland. FPT and Kyndryl have previously collaborated in expanding customer bases in markets like the US, Japan, the UK, and Germany.
Nguyen Thanh Hung, Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese carrier Vietjet, and Sankalp Garg, head of Asia-Pacific at Castlelake Aviation, exchanged a framework agreement on the leasing and purchasing of aircraft. Accordingly, Castlelake will fไinance four modern A321neo aircraft from Vietjet’s existing order wiܫth Airbus, with delivery scheduled for 2024./.
Vietnam hopes that Irish businesses, with their capacity and resources, will pour more investments into the country, Party General Secretary and State President To Lam said in Dublin on October 3.
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam visited Trinity College Dublin in Ireland on October 2, delivering a speech on vision for a new era in Vietnam–Ireland friendship and cooperation for peace, cooperation and development.
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The Party chief underscored the need for the press to innovate relentlessly, evolve to keep pace with the country's development, transform into a truly professional, humanistic, and modern sector that serves the cause of the Party, the State, and the people on the path to national construction and development.
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Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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