Participants at the forum pose for a photo (Photo: VNA)Geneva (VNA) – Many young Vietnamese intellectualsworking in various fields in Switzerland shared their knowledge and gavesuggestions on how to boost national development at a forum held in Geneva onApril 22.
The event also attracted Vietnam’s seniorspecialists at international organisations in Geneva such as the World HealthOrganisation (WHO) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Master of IT Nguyen Hoang Minh, a former studentof the Hanoi University of Science and Technology and currently an IT engineerat Sicpa Security Solutions, talked about Switzerland’s experience indeveloping an e-government by using technology to reform the apparatus andenhance managerial agencies’ capacity.
Energy and transport infrastructure engineerTrinh Ngoc Thanh, a consultant and project manager at Stucky – a leadingcompany in hydropower and irrigation dams, delivered a speech on cooperationopportunities and challenges in hydropower and irrigation structure buildingand management between Vietnam and Switzerland.
Meanwhile, PhD in economics Hoang Ngoc Giangunderlined the need to soon reach a knowledge economy and promote domesticproduction to a higher level in global value chains. He suggested Vietnam make ventureinvestment in other nations, especially the most developed knowledge economies.
Regarding Vietnamese intellectuals working atinternational organisations, PhD Nguyen Nhat Linh from WHO analysed the role ofVietnamese specialists at such global bodies as WHO and WTO, adding that theyhave helped share Vietnam’s experience and strength in certain fields and raiseits stature at international forums.
More Vietnamese people should work in UNagencies and global economic and financial institutions, Linh said, calling onVietnamese intellectuals and specialists to have more confidence anddetermination to engage in international organisations’ activities. TheGovernment should also provide better policy support to help them.
Concluding the forum, head of Vietnam’sPermanent Mission to the UN, WTO and other international organisations inGeneva - Ambassador Duong Chi Dung welcomed the opinions, including a proposalof setting up a permanent mechanism to connect Vietnamese intellectuals inSwitzerland.
He said exchanges should be held regularly toconnect the Vietnamese in Switzerland and encourage their contributions to thehomeland.-VNA
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