Vietnam urged to stick to technological changes of Industry 4.0

Chủ Nhật, 18/08/2019, 16:32

The biggest challenge on the horizon caused by the Fourth Industrial Revolution is how people are able to keep pace with the trend of technological changes, said Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Information and Communications at the Digital ASEAN Workshop held recently by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Hanoi.

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Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Information and Communication delivers a speech at the Digital ASEAN Workshop

Minister Hung highlighted the efforts made by ASEAN member states to co-ordinate with the WEF across a number of crucial aspects such as data policy, digital skills, e- payments, and cyber security, noting that these features will provide the foundation for the digital economy and digital ASEAN.

He underlined the importance of Industry 4.0 in changing the day to day lives of people and called for increased training in both technology and soft skills to stay abreast of current trends.

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Delegates at the event

In the special discussion held in the presence of Minister Hung, FPT Chairman Truong Gia Binh, several speakers from WEF, Netflix, delegates focused on regional initiatives aimed at helping train the workforce of 20 million people across ASEAN suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by 2020.

Major businesses including FPT, Grab, Microsoft, Google, and VNG, have all committed to participating in the initiative of the ASEAN Digital Skills Vision 2020 as well as co-operating with WEF's program.

Joint effort will see the training of 20 million workers, the setting up of a scholarship fund of US$2 million for students to study technology, and generating jobs for more than 200,000 digital technology workers in SMEs throughout Southeast Asia.

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