Singapore, March 8 -- As innovation is the key to economic and technological advancements in Singapore, a small country with limited natural resources, experts in the city state believe that it also represents a breakthrough path for Vietnam, which is accelerating toward similar goals in the new era - that of the nation's rise. Ha Son Tung, senior specialist and deputy head of the Advanced Optical Technologies Department under Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), told the Vietnam News Agency that Singapore's rise from a third-world to a first-world country within a single generation was fueled by strategic innovation, with priority given to developing high-quality human resources, focusing on targeted educatio...