Vietnam and Denmark boost quantum research with new collaboration

The presence of both Vietnam’s General Secretary Tô Lâm and Denmark’s King Frederik X at a signing ceremony in Copenhagen signals the high-level diplomatic importance placed on a new collaboration between FPT Corporation and the Niels Bohr Institute. FPT, Vietnam’s leading technology corporation with operations in 31 countries and territories, will partner with the University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute to facilitate exchanges of PhD candidates and joint research projects.“Our collaboration with the Niels Bohr Institute marks an important step in advancing these capabilities,” said Phạm Minh Tuấn, Executive Vice President of FPT Corporation, “connecting local talent with world-class scientific expertise.” This partnership aims to build quantum expertise within Vietnam and expand international research collaboration.This focus on long-term development distinguishes the partnership from simple technology transfer agreements, signaling a strategic investment in Vietnamese scientific capacity. The MoU, signed in Copenhagen, outlines a framework for collaborative research, faculty exchanges and workshops designed to build a sustainable quantum ecosystem within Vietnam. This isn’t merely a scientific agreement. It represents a diplomatic endorsement of increased technological cooperation between the two countries, extending beyond purely academic pursuits.The presence of these heads of state at the Vietnam-Denmark Business Forum, where the MoU was exchanged, highlights the potential for broader economic benefits stemming from this research partnership. The company’s existing partnerships with Danish firms like DSV, Novo Nordisk, and Carlsberg demonstrate a pre-existing commitment to the Nordic region and a foundation for further collaboration. Since establishing a Denmark office in Kongens Lyngby in 2022, FPT has been actively strengthening ties with local businesses and research organizations, creating a network prepared for quantum-focused initiatives.AdvertisementProfessor Joachim Mathiesen, Director of the Niels Bohr Institute, described the MoU as adding, “We look forward to bringing our researchers together, developing talent, and exploring how we can contribute to the growth of Vietnam’s quantum ecosystem.” The Institute, founded in 1921 by Niels Bohr, brings a century of experience in quantum physics to the partnership, including a current national quantum computing program supported by a DKK 1.5 billion grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Through joint research, talent development and knowledge exchange, we aim to cultivate the next generation of researchers, strengthen Vietnam’s quantum capabilities and open new opportunities to advance strategic technologies together.The collaboration extends beyond research and talent development to encompass broader economic goals, with both Vietnam and Denmark seeking to deepen their relationship beyond trade towards joint investment and co-innovation. The CEO Roundtable held during the State visit highlighted the potential for collaboration in areas like artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, logistics and energy, by using Denmark’s strengths in advanced industries and Vietnam’s rapidly growing digital capabilities. This many-sided approach suggests a long-term vision for a mutually beneficial partnership that extends beyond the immediate scope of quantum research, supporting a globally connected innovation ecosystem.With strong technology talent and growing capabilities in AI and advanced computing, Vietnam is well positioned to build expertise in quantum computing, ready to play an active role in developing the global quantum ecosystem and shaping the next frontier of innovation and economic growth. Source: https://fpt.com/en/news/fpt-and-the-niels-bohr-institute-advance-vietnam-denmark-collaboration-in-quantum-talent-development See today’s quantum computing news on Quantum Zeitgeist for the latest breakthroughs in qubits, hardware, algorithms, and industry deals.Ivy Delaney has been working with neural networks and machine learning since the mid-nineties, back when a couple of hidden layers and a long afternoon of training counted as ambitious. She has watched the field go from academic curiosity to the thing quietly running underneath everything, and she brings that long view to quantum computing.

For Quantum Zeitgeist she covers the ground where the two fields meet. That means quantum machine learning and the variational algorithms it leans on, and it also means the less glamorous but more interesting story of classical machine learning already doing real work inside quantum machines, decoding error-correcting codes, calibrating noisy hardware and learning the error models that simulators depend on. She writes about the hardware those algorithms have to run on too, and about the post-quantum cryptography scramble that the same hardware has set off. Her stories typically start with the paper, whether that is peer-reviewed work, conference proceedings or an arXiv preprint, with the source linked so you can hold a claim up against the research it came from. She is unimpressed by benchmarks that will not say what they beat, and by demonstrations that only work in the press release.