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.

Revenue from Vietnam’s information and communication technology (ICT) sector surged from US$2 billion in 2010 to US$3 billion last year, according to the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (Vinasa).

The upgrade work at the Hanoi Radiation Centre under the Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute was recently inaugurated to mark the 30th founding anniversary of the centre.

This year’s MTA Hanoi 2016, April 26-28, exhibition will feature an extensive program of events, giving the expected 4,500 visitors the opportunity to see the most current product innovations in the manufacturing industry.

The sales of online shopping in 2015 reached 4.07 billion USD, increasing by 37% against to the same period of last year, accounting for around 2.8% of country`s total retail sales, according to the new report of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The organising board of the Edtech Asia Hackathon 2016 contest announced the winning teams at the two-day contest in Hanoi last weekend.

Vietnam’s scientific research capabilities were introduced at a seminar held in Osaka city, Japan on April 5, which attracted over 50 professors and lecturers from universities and research institutes in Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) launched a project to develop the research capacity of Can Tho University in agriculture, seafood and environment, during a workshop held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 1.

KTĐT - The Prime Minister has approved the establishment of the Hanoi Software Technology Park as a concentrated information technology (IT) one, located in Phuc Loi ward, Long Bien district.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has asked telecom providers and relevant agencies to work with police to inspect and enforce strict punishment on those who sell illegal SIM cards.

KTĐT - The Prime Minister has approved the investment of research and development (R&D) centre of Samsung Electronics in downtown Hanoi, the largest project of its kind that the compny has built in Southeast Asia. 

Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality under the Ministry of Science and Technology held a press conference for the 2015 National Quality Awards and Global Performance Excellence Award (GPEA) of the Asia-Pacific Quality Organisation was held in Hanoi on March 22.

A seminar to discuss the applying support tools for online exports, especially among small and medium-sized enterprises was organised in Hanoi on March 16.

The World Bank (WB) in Vietnam held a ceremony to reveale its World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends in Hanoi on March 14.

Vietnam’s game programming technology is developing robustly as many local game studios want to go beyond the international game market. The race in the computer game programming industry in Vietnam is hotter than ever.

Relevant agencies are applying themselves to preserving and optimising genetic resources in Vietnam, one of the countries with the richest biodiversity in the world.

The US-based content delivery network service provider Akamai Technologies recently revealed the report pointing out that Vietnam’s Internet speed was ranked 12th in the Asian region.

The number of users on Zalo, the mobile-based free texting and calling app, is now equal to half of Vietnam`s population and matches the number of subscribers of the country`s biggest mobile carrier.

According to the organising board, the International Fair on Environmentally Friendly Technologies 2016 (Ecotech Vietnam) will be organised from May 5-7.

IT-based agriculture cultivation without soil, that is controlled through online information technology systems in a close environment, will appear in Vietnam in the coming time.

According to the recent decision approved by the Prime Minister, August 28 was chosen as the Traditional Day of Vietnam’s information and communications sector.