Hai Phong hosts technology networking event for Vietnamese, Japanese firms
More than 60 Japanese and Vietnamese enterprises based in the northern port city of Hai Phong and neighbouring localities attended a technology networking event hosted by Hai Phong’s Department of Science and Technology on September 13.
Deputy Director of the Hai Phong Department of Science and Technology Pham Thi Sen Quynh speaks at the technology networking event on September 13. (Photo: VNA)
Hai Phong (VNA) – More than 60Japanese and Vietnamese enterprises based in the northern port city of HaiPhong and neighbouring localities attended a technology networking event hostedby Hai Phong’s Department of Science and Technology on September 13.
Inopening the event, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Science and Technology Pham Thi Sen Quynh emphasisedthe urgency of renovating technology and joining in digital transformation forVietnamese enterprises in order to enhance their competitiveness, productionefficiency and join global supply chains.
The department has been organising technologynetworking events to help local enterprises access modern technology of othercountries and territories, particularly Japan, she said.
At the event, experts from the Japan External Trade Organisation(JETRO) in Ho Chi Minh City shared ways to enhance linkages between Japaneseand Vietnamese enterprises.
Nguyen Huu Mien, Chairman and Director of Ha Long Export Seafood Processing JSC,said the event was very useful for his company in accessing supplying firms andhe regularly attends the technology networking activities./.
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Deputy Director of the Hai Phong Department of Science and Technology Pham Thi Sen Quynh speaks at the technology networking event on September 13. (Photo: VNA) 
