During the working session, representatives from the universities and provincial departments put forward proposals across various areas of cooperation, including: digital transformation human resource training, establishing characteristic medicinal plant zones, smart agriculture data systems, utilizing fisheries by-products to develop new products, leveraging digital mapping to promote tourism, and developing carbon credits aimed at commercialization,..

Mr. Vo Minh Trung, Director of the An Giang Department of Science and Technology, stated that An Giang province holds a strategic location with high potential and key strengths in agricultural economic development, spiritual and cultural tourism, and the border-gate economy. However, to realize its goals for fast and sustainable development in the new context, the locality deeply recognizes that science and technology, innovation, and high-quality human resources are key, decisive driving forces.

According to Mr. Vo Minh Trung, Director of the Department of Science and Technology, to fully leverage the province's potential and strengths, there is a strong need for support, advisory services, and joint implementation of socio-economic development tasks and solutions from universities and research institutes outside the province.

The Department of Science and Technology noted and accepted the proposals from university lecturers and members of the delegation, which will be incorporated into the report submitted to the Standing Board of the Provincial People's Committee.

Mr. Vo Minh Trung, Director of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, presents a souvenir to the delegation. In return, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lam Quang Vinh, Head of the VNU-HCM Science and Technology Department, presents a souvenir to Mr. Vo Minh Trung, Director of the An Giang Provincial Department of Science and Technology.

The working session created favorable conditions for both sides to exchange ideas, coordinate, and implement key tasks under the framework of the cooperation agreement between the An Giang Provincial People's Committee and Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City for the 2026–2030 period, signed on May 17, 2026, comprising 17 specific tasks.

Prior to the meeting, the delegation conducted a field survey of several key models and projects in An Giang province across the fields of science, technology, innovation, digital transformation, and high-quality human resource training.

Accordingly, the delegation conducted surveys and working sessions at organizations, enterprises, and cooperatives operating in biotechnology, biomedicine, food processing, high-tech agriculture, agricultural and fishery by-product processing, incubation, and human resource development. Key site visits included: the Biotechnology Center; the Management Board of the Nui Sam National Tourist Area (at the Sam Mount Goddess Temple); the freshwater aquaculture farm of Nam Viet Joint Stock Company; the An Giang Provincial Biotechnology Center; and Hien Phuong Agricultural Farm (Ta Danh Cooperative). These visits aimed to assess cooperation needs in research, technology application, and scientific inquiry, as well as to develop education and training programs for local human resource development.

News by Nhu Ngoc – Nguyen Vinh

Translator: Thi Huynh