5:20:07 PM | 22/5/2009
The fourth meeting of the Asian Science Park Association (ASPA) leaders opened in Hanoi May 20 to discuss the role of related parties in the development of high technologies.
The meeting, hosted by the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi, will focus on issues such as developing strategic orientations for regional hi-tech development, building a network of and models for cutting-edge science parks, and implementing their strategy for technological development.
Chairman of the ASPA, Dr Lee Jong-hyun, noted that hi-tech parks will be key factor for the development of intellectual industries and innovation in Asian technologies.
The ASPA is a non-governmental agency founded in Japan in 1997 with the aim of developing Asia’s science, technology, industry and economy. It is trying to introduce a new model for Asian industries and the expansion of local economies.
Under the strategy for hi-tech industries development until 2020, Vietnam has set a target of raising the production value of industries applying advanced technologies to 42 per cent-45 per cent of the total industrial production. (News, Vietnam Economic Times)
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