Under Prime Ministerial Decision No.530/QD-TTg, signed recently by Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long, a program for attracting experts scientists. who are foreign nationals or overseas Vietnamese, to work in Vietnam has been approved.

The program targets by 2035 to attract 1,500 experts and scientists who are foreign nationals or overseas Vietnamese to work, teach, conduct research, and engage in regular or remote collaboration with Vietnamese higher education institutions and vocational education institutions.

Under the program, breakthrough mechanisms and policies will be implemented to attract foreign experts, scientists, and overseas Vietnamese to work at Vietnam's higher education and vocational education institutions.

Meanwhile, the program seeks to strengthen scientific and technological capacity, develop high-quality human resources, enhance innovation capabilities, and promote international integration in education, training, and scientific research, thus contributing to bringing Vietnam's education system to an advanced level in the region and globally by 2035.

According to the program, at least 30 outstanding foreign and overseas Vietnamese experts and scientists capable of taking on leading roles and spearheading key initiatives that create breakthroughs in education, training, scientific research, and technology transfer, especially in critical and strategic technologies, will be attracted by 2035.

The program also aims to attract 500 foreign and overseas Vietnamese experts and scientists willing to work full-time at Vietnam's higher education and vocational institutions, with the capacity to serve as research team leaders, laboratory heads, and program directors in key, strategic, and priority technology fields.

Key tasks have been set out in the program, including improving the institutional framework and policy mechanisms, strengthening communication and promoting Vietnam's image, creating a professional and modern research environment, and accelerating digital transformation and the application of science, technology, and artificial intelligence.