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Industry & Trade
- Quality improvement of building materials (iron, steel, concrete, etc.)
- Logistics and supply chain
- Trade promotion of Vietnam’s agricultural exports
- E-commerce solutions for local products
- CAD/ CAM/ PLC/ CNC outsourcing center for industrial and high-tech zones
- Technologies in the chemical and plastic industries
- Production of electronic components, moulds, screens, …
- 3D printing
- Robotics
- Fintech
- Electrification
Digital transformation
- Digital transformation in government agencies and enterprises
- Digital transformation for SMEs
Smart cities and smart villages
- Urban underground space planning and smart parking
- Management and operation of smart cities and smart villages
- Micromobility
- Managing urban sidewalk & traffic congestion
Education & other social issues
- Improvement of practical values and applications in education
- Enhancement of gender awareness
- Education for preschool children (from 3 - 6 years old)
- Innovative methods of foreign languages teaching
- Improvement in foreign language skills of teachers and workers
- Lack of preschools
- General development plan for disadvantaged and remote areas (for example, 2 special areas: Mai Son district & Song Ma district)
- Premature marriage in the mountainous areas
- Lack of employees in the education industry
- Education for ethnic minorities, students in mountainous areas, etc
Culture & tourism
- Tourism architecture and design
- Tourism strategic plan for provinces and cities in response to the challenges of the Covid-19 epidemic
Healthcare
- New materials in medical devices and technologies
- Smart medical devices
- Reproductive health of ethnic groups, people in mountainous, and remote areas
- Plan for prevention and treatment of specific diseases in Tay Nguyen
Information Technology & media
- Application of information technology in teaching, educational management, and educational digital transformation
- Application of information technology in building natural disasters warning and monitoring system (4.0)
- Application of information technology to help filter sensitive information (e.g: territorial disputes)
Environment
- Coping and adaptation measures for salinization
- Coping strategies for landslides and flash floods in mountainous regions
- Solutions for improving water quality and protecting water resources in rural areas, border areas, and islands (water purifiers, drought response, etc) used for household purposes and small and medium-sized agricultural services.
- Large-scale renewables (wind power, solar power on the ocean, etc)
- Small-scale renewables for small villages in rural areas and extreme weather
- Multi-purpose buildings in response to climate change challenges
- Coal waste management practices
- Waste and wastewater collection and treatment
- Development of open-access digital map for surveying irrigation and water supply
- Environmental remediation for agricultural production and processing (preliminary processing and processing of coffee, tapioca, vermicelli, sugarcane) at the household level
- Energy-saving and labour safety of mining zones in the Northwest
- Biodiversity and natural resource monitoring and conservation in Phong Nha - Ke Bang for reducing the impact of natural disasters and extreme weather
Agriculture
- Agricultural adaptation strategies to climate change and saltwater intrusion
- Smart agriculture, farming automation technologies (temperature sensors, automatic irrigation system, modern fertilizers, etc)
- Application of science and technology development in large-scale onshore and offshore mariculture (e.g: offshore lobster and tuna farming)
- Productivity and quality enhancement of agricultural products (asparagus, grapes, apples, garlic, aloe vera, goats, sheep, etc)
- Application of agricultural technologies in crops (corn, noodles, vegetables, fruits, rubber) and livestock (pigs, buffaloes, cows, chickens, ducks, and other poultries)
- Technologies used (extraction, production line) in producing supplementary foods, cosmetics from tea, rice, medicinal herbs, etc.
- Methods of post-harvest processing and preservation
- Aquaculture in islands and maritime borders
- Quality management of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, especially at the commune and provincial levels
- Urban farming and indoor farming
- Precision agriculture
