Vietnam Science and Technology Exchange to officially operate from November 2025

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) launched the Vietnam Science and Technology Exchange and is aiming to officially operate it in November 2025.

The Vietnam Science and Technology Exchange is invested and operated under the public-private partnership model, in which the State invests in infrastructure, shares science and technology databases, and has policies to support businesses in buying and selling technology through the exchange, ensuring safety and transparency.

According to the Ministry of Science and Technology , the Vietnam Science and Technology Exchange (Phase 1) currently has information on 600 technologies offered for sale in the form of equipment and machinery; 50 technology purchasing needs; 150 technology consultants and brokers. The exchange has the function of supporting organizations, businesses, and individuals to display and introduce technologies and equipment for sale through booths.

Scene of the launching ceremony of the Science and Technology Exchange.

Vietnam Science and Technology Exchange (Phase 2) will continue to develop additional features such as online technology supply and demand interaction; technology consulting and brokerage; tools for statistical analysis of transaction quantity and value; consulting services on finance, intellectual property, technology transfer, etc.

At the same time, develop, complete and connect to science and technology databases, innovation; combine online and offline platforms.

The Vietnam Science and Technology Exchange is invested and operated according to the model: Public-private partnership, in which the State invests in infrastructure, online Exchange platform, sharing of science and technology database, policies to support businesses in buying and selling technology through the Exchange, ensuring safety, transparency and synchronization.

It is expected that by November 2025, the Vietnam Science and Technology Exchange will officially come into operation.

The establishment of the Science and Technology Exchange in Vietnam will become a new growth driver, making an important contribution to modernizing the science and technology institution and shifting the economic development model in depth.

The technology exchange is not only a technical tool, but also a core infrastructure institution that promotes innovation and the development of the knowledge economy. The birth of the Vietnam Science and Technology Exchange plays the role of an “extended arm” between research, production and the market.

Vietnam has had more than 10 years of establishment and operation of a system of 22 local technology information portals and organized many large-scale technology supply-demand connection activities such as: Techmart, Techconnect and Innovation, Techfest. These platforms have laid an important foundation for the development of a technology exchange model.

In the context of digital transformation and innovation being a global trend, the technology market is emerging as an important driving force for economic growth, especially in developed countries.

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Bank, economies with well-developed technology markets typically record 3-5 times higher levels of investment in research and development (R&D) and patent commercialization than countries without a dedicated technology market.

In Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, technology markets have played an important role in improving national productivity and competitiveness, bridging research and application, promoting commercialization of intellectual property and knowledge transfer.

Since the 1990s, the technology exchange model has been formed and developed strongly in the US, Europe and China, not only as a connection platform but also as an institution integrating evaluation, pricing, legal and financial consulting, quality standards and intellectual property services.

Vietnam has gathered the premises to develop technology transactions: From the policy on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation (Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW and Resolution No. 193-NQ/TW), to increasingly complete digital infrastructure, the urgent need of businesses to improve productivity, innovate technology, and escape the "low value-added trap".

According to VNA

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