Speaking at the press conference in Tokyo, Mr. Ta Duc Tung said that this year’s forum will be held online, with the theme “Transformation: New Values ​​- New Ways”. The Organizing Committee hopes that the forum will become a place to connect and gather the Vietnamese intellectual community in Japan to share and discuss opportunities and challenges for Vietnam in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era. 19, and at the same time propose solutions to help the country develop after the pandemic.

For his part, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam highly appreciated the efforts of the members of the Organizing Committee of the Vietnamese Intellectual Forum in Japan. The Ambassador said: “The first Vietnamese Intellectuals Forum in Japan held in 2019 contributed to connecting Vietnamese scientists and intellectuals in Japan. Last year, this event could not take place due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. This year, although the epidemic has not subsided, the Organizing Committee still decided to organize this event in the spirit of both ensuring epidemic prevention rules and restoring activities in a new normal state.”

In addition, Ambassador Vu Hong Nam also highly appreciated the topic of this year’s forum, saying that this topic is topical, directional and highly suggestive, and expressed his hope that the forum will successfully, creating strong links between the Vietnamese intellectual community in Japan, between Vietnamese intellectuals and State management agencies and businesses of the two countries.

According to the plan, the 2nd Vietnamese Intellectual Forum in Japan will have a plenary session to discuss the position, opportunities and challenges for Vietnam during and after the pandemic, along with 6 discussion sessions. thematic, focusing on topical issues such as how to live with the COVID-19 epidemic in the new normal state; online learning; digital transformation; developing smart cities…

Held for the first time in November 2019, the Vietnamese Intellectual Forum in Japan then had the theme “Make in Vietnam – Opportunities and challenges”, attracting the participation of nearly 900 Vietnamese intellectuals. inside and outside Japan, along with representatives of a number of ministries and branches of the Vietnamese Government.