In 2024, Vietnam's digital economy saw a major uptick in interest in artificial intelligence (AI).

Vietnam can unlock the digital economy across sectors through the effective use of AI-powered solutions.

The growth of Vietnam's esports market is highlighted in the Vietnam Esports White Book 2022-2023, which outlines global trends.

The Hanoitmes -  3D TVs have become more familiar to Vietnamese consumers for the last several years. However, analysts have every reason to believe that 2011 would be the year of 3D TVs, especially after a series of ceremonies to launch 3D TVs o­nto the market took place in April. 

The Hanoitmes - An international workshop entitled “Strengthening Digital Broadcasting Experience” was held in Hanoi o­n May 22-23 o­n the sidelines of the 8th Asia Media Summit.

Seven seaports will experimentally apply electronic customs declarations effective June 9 under a new decision by the Prime Minister. The ports to be affected include Hai Phong, Da Nang , Vung Tau, Sai Gon, Hon Gai, Quy Nhon and Nha Trang. Under Decision No 22/2011/QD-TTG, applicants can complete necessary procedures via the internet within eight hours prior to the arrival of their ships or within two hours prior to departure from the ports. Paperwork must still be submitted, however, within two hours of ships mooring or leaving the ports. Port customs officials will have o­ne hour to respond to the ship's requirements as soon as they receive completed documents. The head of the Vung Tau Seaport Border Guard Command, Sr Lt Col Nguyen Nhuan Quynh, said his office began implementing electronic procedures in March, and he confirmed that they have proven highly effective in saving time and facilitating the work of both border officials and customs applicants. The Prime Minister's decision, by expanding the pilot implementation of e-customs procedures, would give the Vung Tau port a chance to further improve its capabilities and facilities, including staff training and disseminating information about the procedures to over 200 businesses and shipping companies that use the port, Quynh said. The Vung Tau command is in charge of about 50 international ports in the southern provinces of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Dong Nai and Binh Duong, with about 30 ships coming and going from the ports everyday. "Previously, when ships want to arrive or depart for loading or unloading of goods, they had to wait until their representative completed paper forms. This led to a stagnancy of ships and goods at ports," Quynh said. Now, with e-procedures submitted earlier, the ships were able to go straight to or leave the port, carrying out their tasks without delay, and the authorities were also able to master more data about the ships coming and going, he added. Quynh said that the remaining difficulty was that not all businesses or shipping agencies had the proper information technology in place to use the new system and many were still ill-prepared in how to use it.

The Vietnam Mapping and Measurement Bureau will finalize its project to put Vietnamese maps to the Internet later this year. 

The military-run telecoms group, Viettel, o­n May 12 has become the first network operator in the nation to allow its customers to use the fourth generation (4G) technology o­n a trial basis.

By signing a partnership agreement in Hanoi o­n May 11, Techcombank has selected Experian, a global information services company, to provide customer credit risk, analytics and services to support its growing customer portfolio.

Towers watching and alerting tsunami were put into trial operation o­n May 15 in the central city of Da Nang in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.The system, consisting of 10 stations placed at beach and populous areas along the coastline of Da Nang , gives warnings o­n the disaster by an alarming and signaling system.It was developed by the military-owned telecom group Viettel, which has also successfully built an information system to receive tsunami warnings from the Vietnam Institute of Geophysics. Thanks to Viettel’s competent telecom infrastructure, warnings o­n tsunami would be transmitted to regions, provinces, and coastal cities promptly.The Viettel tsunami warning watch-tower system would be deployed in localities highly prone for earthquake and tsunami.

The top thirty-two out of 245 teams from universities, colleges and technical schools across the country are fighting in the final round of this year’s Robot Contest to get a ticket to the Asia-Pacific Contest in Thailand.The final round, which is being underway in Tuyen Son Sport Complex in the central city of Da Nang, will run through May 15.The winner of the 9th annual Robocon Vietnam 2011 will take part in the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest, slated for Bangkok in September. The Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2011, under the theme of “Loy Krathong, Lighting Happiness with Friendship”, aims to forge friendship between young people who share the same interest. Vietnam has won the Contest three times.  

Vietnam o­nline Trading Services Joint Stock Co. (VNO) o­n Thursday introduced e-wallet WebMoney Vietnam (WMV) to help customers access o­nline payment services globally.  

The fourth Vietnam International Telecommunications Conference 2011 will be held in Hanoi o­n June 1-2, with a view to developing broadband connection in Vietnam.

The Hanoitimes -  Over 200 telecommunications executives from around Asia gathered in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa o­n Tuesday for the Mobile Asia Congress, a regional conference sponsored by the Global System for Mobile Telecommunications Association (GSMA) to boost technology exchanges.

The hanoitimes- E-idea, an innovative competition, held jointly by the British Council and the Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), to seek solutions for protecting the environment and coping with climate change, has been launched in Vietnam.  

The hanoitimes- E-idea, an innovative competition, held jointly by the British Council and the Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), to seek solutions for protecting the environment and coping with climate change, has been launched in Vietnam.  

The hanoitimes- E-idea, an innovative competition, held jointly by the British Council and the Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), to seek solutions for protecting the environment and coping with climate change, has been launched in Vietnam.  

Despite its huge potential, the software industry has failed to develop as rapidly as it could have.

It is now not early to say that Vietnam has been successfully launching and controlling Vinasat 1, the first Vietnam’s telecom satellite which was launched into the space three years ago, o­n April 19, 2008.

Toshiba Vietnam has announced its new notebooks Satellite L700, Satellite E300 and the new Portege R830 with an improved design and technology.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi o­n April 15 to present the Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) Award and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 2010 Award for scientific and technological creations

The 6th Security World Conference and Expo was held o­n April 5 – 6 in Hanoi under the theme “Securing your organization in a connected world”.

Electronic payments have improved the Government's ability to collect taxes and other duties, said deputy general director of the Customs Department Hoang Viet Cuong.