Sydney (VNA) – The Vietnam Australia Innovation Network (NIC AU) willorganise an International Conference on High Quality Agriculture on May 8 andMay 22.
The conference, sponsored by the State Committee forOverseas Vietnamese and the National Innovation Centre (NIC) of Vietnam, will be held in an online format, with the participation of many prestigious speakers and guests around the world.
This is the second time a global conference on high-techagricultural innovation has been held, following the success of the one in 2021also co-organised by NIC AU and the Vietnamese innovation network in some othercountries.
Hoang Ngoc Bao Huy, NIC AU Vice President, said that the eventaims to promote the exchange and transfer of science and technology in theagricultural field from developed countries to Vietnam. It will offer anopportunity for scientists, managers and experts in the fields of agricultureand technology to share experience and provide information related to newtechnologies for Vietnamese businesses, and support local authorities in lookingfor solutions to improve crop productivity for export.
The NIC AU is working with the NIC, the Ministry of Planningand Investment and Vietnamese innovation networks globally in making plans toimplement more programmes, conferences, group meetings and discussions onvarious scales in the field throughout the years, starting in 2021 and lasting at leastuntil the end of 2022.
The network hopes to effectively provide new technology informationin agriculture, introduce investment opportunities to foreign enterprises wishing to enter Vietnam and to Vietnamese enterprises wishing to expand their foreign markets. Through the conference, the NIC AU wishes to contribute tothe success of innovation under Vietnam’s Sustainable Agriculture Strategy to2030, with a vision to 2050, Huy added./.
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