There’s an old anecdote about two economists who notice what appears to be a $20 bill on the pavement. One points it out excitedly. The other dismisses the idea outright: if it were really worth $20, surely someone would have taken it by now. The joke reflects a belief that obvious value rarely goes unnoticed. […]

In the era of the knowledge economy, national prosperity is no longer determined solely by natural resources or production scale. It increasingly depends on a country’s ability to transform knowledge into tangible economic value. Innovation has therefore become a decisive pillar of competitiveness in a globalized economy. On the global innovation map, Vietnam is no […]