The delegation visits Nokia’s Future of 5G lab (Photo: VNA) At Techlab UTS, the delegation, led by Minister Nguyen Manh Hung,visited digital technology experiment systems and advanced research equipmentwith high specificity, such as Nokia’s 5G Future Lab, Technology 4.0 laboratoryfor algae farming, brewing, earthquake-simulating vibrating tables, sealed chambersagainst echoes and electromagnetics.
Introducing Nokia’s Future of 5G lab, Tristan Lee, a Nokia representativeat Techlab, said that this is the convergence of Nokia’s world class 5Gtechnology with Techlab UTS. Nokia’s Future of 5G lab is a place to demonstrateand test the transformative use of 5G’s potential in various industries, hesaid, adding research at the lab is all practical and marketable as soon asthey are completed.
In a cordial exchange with the Vietnamese minister, Iain Watt, Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (International) of UTS, said that the university has chosen Vietnam as a strategic partner forcooperation in technology transfer research and bringing research products tosociety.
Techlab UTS is a new direction, where there is a large-scaletechnical infrastructure with specialized laboratories dedicated toenterprises. Partners have access to experts, specialized labs and equipment,funding opportunities, and talented students, he said.
This supports an innovation ecosystem that collaborates with startups, SMEs andlarge multinational organizations with academic and technical teams, he added.
Iain Watt also gave some examples of recently completed UTS projects in Vietnamthat have technical applications. UTS has installed and deployed a coastalwater quality monitoring system at Xuan Dai Bay in the south-central provinceof Phu Yen so that aquaculture farmers can have real-time data.
In collaboration with the Vietnam National Committee for Search and Rescue, UTS hasalso built a drone-based simulation system to assess risks and offer thesafest, fastest and most effective approaches to the scene.
Minister Hung appreciated the cooperation between UTS and Vietnam andsuggested further activities, especially cooperation in education.
According to the estimate, Vietnam will lack 60% of human resources in digitaltechnology. As a country with a good education and training system, Australiawill meet part of the demand for digital technology training for Vietnam aswell as other countries in the ASEAN region.
The Vietnamese official also emphasised the development of Vietnamese digitalbusinesses that are currently providing products and services to many countriesaround the world.
“This is also an opportunity for UTS to cooperate with Vietnam more,” he noted./.
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