The five-day international event, themed "Innovating Futures: AI & Semiconductors Globally," is expected to provide local businesses with meaningful connections with global companies, facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experience in AI and semiconductors.

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Welcome to this week's Words on the Street, where we explore the latest shifts shaping Vietnam's digital landscape, and look at Deepseek's quiet but intriguing entry into an AI market where ChatGPT reigns supreme.

Chinese technology giant Xiaomi has opened its first authorized Mi Store in Hanoi on May 12.

The total value of transactions via the automatic teller machines (ATMs) and points of sale (POS) last year surged sharply by 34 percent against the previous year.

The Prime Minister has signed Decision No. 494 on the establishment of a steering committee on digitized Vietnamese knowledge system, according to the government portal.

Tran Hai Quang, a 28-year-old former student of the Foreign Trade University, has earned initial success after two years since the launch of his startup project, Clingme, a free app to facilitate shopping for consumers.

Singapore-based transportation startup MVLchain, which owns Grab-like platform MVL, will officially foray into the Vietnamese market in July this year targeting to attract 25% of cars and motorcycles operating in the country to join this platform.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issues Official Letter No.1851/UBND-KH&DT, requesting city’s departments, agencies, People’s Committees of districts, suburban districts and towns to realize Resolution at February session of the Government.

Vietnam should develop a legal framework on data management to boost the growth of digital economy, experts said.

Localities need to set up plans for hi-tech agricultural areas in accordance with regional growing and climate conditions.

Korean government will provide non-refundable aid of US$5.5 million to Vietnam, in addition to Vietnam`s counterpart fund of US$700,000 to develop the project in period 2018 - 2020.

The People’s Committee of Hoan Kiem district has recently issued Plan No. 94/KH-UBND on developing e-commerce in the district in 2018.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently granted Official Letter No.1827/UBND-KT on asking departments, sectors and agencies, People’s Committees of districts, towns to immediately applying information technology (IT) in state agencies in the Capital city in 2018.

With the electronics industry growing quite fast over the years, Vietnam has been ranked 12th in the world and 3rd in ASEAN in terms of the product’s exports for the past three years.

A supervision delegation of the National Assembly Commission for Science, Technology and Environment has recently held a working session on reviewing the implementation of policies for scientific and technological development in Hanoi.

Vietnam Spring Agricultural Forum 2018 on April 24 emphasizes that the country’s entire agricultural sector has about 700 safe product value chains, but only half of them seem to operate effectively.

The annual Vietnamese Talent Awards 2018 was launched on April 23 with a focus on the power of digital technology.

The Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) international undersea cable broke down can hinder Vietnamese users to acess internet to other countries during the upcoming holiday.

The information technology (IT) industry has grown sharply in the past 15 years, helping its turnover skyrocket from some US$62 million in 2003 to $3.05 billion in 2016, according to the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA).

Nearly 2,000 volunteers collected waste at public places in Ho Chi Minh City on April 22 in response to Earth Day 2018 which has the theme of “End Plastic Pollution.”

The Hanoi Department of Information and Communications has just released Plan No. 722/KH-STTTT on deploying a series of measures to improve the people`s awareness when taking part in the internet environment in 2018.

BAA Training, one of the biggest aviation training centers in North Europe, has confirmed its branch’s establishment in Vietnam.