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SINGAPORE: Singapore and Vietnam are stepping up cooperation in areas like advanced manufacturing and innovation, Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science and Technology Tan See Leng said <\/span>on Friday (May 29).<\/p>\n As part of the partnership, a new research centre will be established in Vietnam, Dr Tan said in a speech at the Vietnam-Singapore Tech Connect Initiative held at Raffles City Convention Centre.<\/p>\n The project is among several initiatives announced during Vietnamese President To Lam’s state visit to Singapore<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n On Friday, Mr Lam met with Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. The two leaders witnessed the signing of several memorandums of understanding (MOUs), as ministers from both sides issued a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to supply chain resilience, food security and open trade flows amid the <\/span>Middle East conflict<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Mr Lam’s visit comes just over a year after Singapore-Vietnam ties were upgraded to a Comprehensive Strategic\u00a0Partnership. Singapore has remained Vietnam’s largest source of foreign direct investment inflows since 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n An MOU was signed between Singapore’s A*STAR Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre and Vietnamese industrial park developer Becamex IDC to establish the Vietnam Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n Sitting within the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks ecosystem, the centre will provide a platform for companies in Vietnam to turn research into “tangible outcomes” for their industry by piloting and deploying advanced manufacturing solutions in real-world industrial settings, Dr Tan said.<\/span><\/p>\n Dr Tan noted both sides’ investment and commitment to their respective ecosystems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Under Singapore’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 plan, <\/span>around S$37 billion (US$29 billion)<\/span><\/a> will be invested over the next five years in areas including artificial intelligence, data, advanced manufacturing, and semiconductors, with a focus on translating research into real economic and societal outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n Vietnam’s Politburo Resolution No 57 reflects a major national commitment to using science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation as key drivers of economic growth, he said.<\/p>\n “We are seeing strong momentum in Vietnam\u2019s development of artificial intelligence capabilities, alongside efforts to build up its semiconductor ecosystem and advanced manufacturing base,” Dr Tan added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE: Singapore and Vietnam are stepping up cooperation in areas like advanced manufacturing and innovation, Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science and Technology Tan See Leng…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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