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.

Vietnam`s first pilot IT-based classroom model, funded by the Republic of Korea, was launched at the Cau Giay High School in Hanoi on October 30.

Hanoi People`s Committee officially inaugurated the largest-ever Research Centre for technology transfer and assessment at the Hoa Lac high-tech park on October 29 ahead of the 16th Congress of the municipal Party Organisation slated for November.

According to the report by the International Cyber Policy Centre under the Australian Strategic Policy Institute announced recently, Vietnam was ranked 9th out of 10 countries in the Cyber Maturity 2015 in the Asia-Pacific region.

The MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone) will step up overseas business activities in a bid to fulfil its target of earning 36.4 trillion VND (1.63 billion USD) in total revenue this year, with a profit of 7.3 trillion VND (328.2 million USD), MobiFone Chairman Le Nam Tra has said.

Telemor, Viettel`s subsidiary in Timor-Leste, won the "Fastest Growing Company of the Year in Asia, Australia and New Zealand" category of the International Business Awards 2015 (IBA) – the Stevie Awards.

Vietnam officially inaugurated its second scientific-technological representative office in Australia on October 24, following the first one in the capital city of Canberra.

Le Nam Thang, former Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, has advised network providers to make a careful calculation on the demand for 4G (fourth-generation network) implementation.

Vietnam has presented initiatives to enhance the role of and contributions by science, technology and innovation (STI) to the development of the region that groups ASEAN and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) at a recent meeting in Daejeon city, the Republic of Korea.

Using nucleic acid testing (NAT) in blood screening helped to reduce the risk of HIV and hepatitus infections, and enhance blood safety, according to Doctor Phu Chi Dung, Director of the HCM City Hematology and Blood Transfusion Hospital.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son paid a visit working to South Africa from October 16-18 to promote cooperation in information and communications.

The Quang Trung Software Park in collaboration with HCM Computer Association organised the 2015 Vietnam IT outsourcing conference (VNITO) in HCM City on October 15.

It was heard by Thomas Countryman, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation during the meeting with Vietnam`s press in Hanoi on October 13.

South Korea’s Samsung on October 9 gave a smart classroom, equipped with its Samsung Smart School solutions, to Hanoi’s Tran Phu high school.

Vietnam was named among the top 20 countries with the highest number of Internet users, according to recent statistics from the Internet World Stats.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) said mobile phone subscribers will be able to retain their numbers when switching to other mobile service providers by 2017.

Vietnam is ranked 52th out of 141 countries in this year’s Global Innovation Index (GII), up 19 places from last year, said the Ministry of Science and Technology.

The Hanoi Taxation Department said on October 1 that some 96,208 enterprises in the city have successfully registered for and completed e-tax payments, accounting for 91.5% of total local enterprises.

This affirmation was heard by Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan at the opening ceremony of International Techmart Vietnam 2015 held in Hanoi on October 1.

Under the plan for developing a network of facilities serving the bio-technology sector by 2025 recently approved by the Prime Minister, three national centres for bio-technology will be established in the country.

Russian Center for Science and Culture in Hanoi held a press conference to announce the new stage of the long-term project “Russia-Vietnam: new economies” in Hanoi on September 28.