MoU signed for digital transformation of education, innovation Hải Phòng

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between five parties to speed up innovation and the digital transformation of education in the northern port city of Hải Phòng.

Caption: An MoU is being signed to speed up digital transformation in education and innovation in Hải Phòng City on March 29 . — Photo courtesy of Sun Edu

HCM CITY — A memorandum of understanding has been signed between five parties to speed up innovation and the digital transformation of education in the northern port city of Hải Phòng.

Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park’s training centre, Sun Edu International Education Joint Stock Company, Hải Phòng’s Department of Science and Technology and Economic Zone Management Board, and Hải Phòng University on Friday (March 29) signed the agreement to share their experiences in the two areas.

They will develop new training programmes for the university for both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The programmes will focus on electronics, integrated-circuit (IC) design, semiconductors, control and automation, robotics, IoT, information technology, digital transformation, and innovation.  

The parties will cooperate to provide short-term and refresher courses in areas in which they have expertise .

They will promote professional exchanges and provide theoretical and practical training by experts and lecturers from Sun Edu.

They will cooperate for scientific research and innovation, organise science conferences, set up publications, and digitise scientific journals.

They will bring foreign partners for teaching and research, technology transfer and innovation; domestic and international programmes; and incubation and acceleration of start-ups.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Minister of Science and Technology Huỳnh Thành Đạt said Hải Phòng ranked third in the 2023 Provincial Innovation Index, “the result of the city’s great efforts and investments in science, technology and innovation for many years.”

He praised the tie-up and said it would help develop high-quality human resources meeting the demands of businesses.

On the occasion, the National Innovation Centre awarded a copyright for the Cadence circuit design software to the Electronics and Semiconductor Centre at Hải Phòng University.