The Impact of Technology Transfer on Economic Development in the 4.0 Era: Empirical Evidence from the Agriculture and Rural Sector in Vietnam

Agriculture and the rural sector play a crucial part in Vietnam’s socio-economic growth. The study’s goal is to see how technology transfer from young intellectual research activities affects the economic evolution of Vietnam’s agriculture and rural sector in the 4.0 technology era. The research has used a quantitative method through analysis of linear structural model SEM, with a survey scale including 480 samples that are managers in departments and branches in agriculture and rural sector in the provinces in Vietnam. Research results show that technology transfer from research activities of the young intellectual has a direct and positive impact on economic development in agriculture and rural sector. This level of impact will increase with the participation of the intermediary factors such as awareness of managers, trust, and mechanisms in the mobilization and use of resources. These results contribute to both theoretical and practical aspects when proving the impact of technology transfer from the research activity of the young intellectual to the economic development in the field of agriculture and rural sector in the 4.0 era and the mediating role of awareness of managers, trust and mechanisms in the mobilization and use of resources.