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.

When the amended Capital Law is enacted, models like the AI sandbox should be piloted at the HHTP.

Vietnam’s central Da Nang City will host the ASEAN ICT Awards` ceremony in November as part of the Meeting of the ASEAN Telecommunications and IT Ministers (TELMIN).

Department of Information, Science and Technology under the Ministry of Science and Technology held a press conferenve on April 8 to introduce an international fair for Laboratory and Analytical technology, Diagnostic and Biotechnology (the Analytica Vietnam 2015).

A forum was held in Hanoi on April 7, aiming to promote cooperation in science and technology between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Sinh Hung on April 6 pressed the button to open the Viet Nam National Assembly website (http://quochoi.vn).

Dekalb Vietnam, a subsidiary of the US’ Monsanto Company, yesterday launched the first integrated knowledge transfer field in the southern province of Dong Nai to introduce genetically modified (GM) corn seeds to farmers.

Citizens and businesses in Ho Chi Minh City will soon be able to register online for administrative procedures. The city will take applications 24/7, including on weekends.

The first non-relative umbilical cord blood transplant was successfully conducted in Vietnam, announced the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) under the Ministry of Health on April 2.

The Prime Minister has approved a program for information technology (IT) sector development through 2020, with a vision to 2025. Accordingly, the IT sector will rapidly develop and be sustainable industry with high turnover and large export value.

The fourth meeting of Vietnam-Japan Joint Committee on Science and Technology was held on March 29 in Hanoi, focusing its discussion on hi-tech agriculture, environmentally-friendly technology, climate change adaptation and the proper use of water resources.

Vietnam will deploy to apply 4G (fourth generation) long-term evolution in 2015 and plans to grant 4G licences in early 2016, Deputy Minister of Information and Technology Le Nam Thang confirmed at the international conference on the application of 4G held in Hanoi on March 26.

Vietnam has become the world’s top outsourcing location for the first time in terms of costs, risks and operational conditions, according to new research from global real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield (C&W).

Favourable conditions are now in place for cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese companies, including those in the digital content and software industry, said Bui Huy Son – Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency.

While some domestic scientists are under the impression that working conditions in the country are not up to international standards, other foreign scientists see nothing but the opportunity to make a difference in the nation’s future.

BKAV, a wholly owned Vietnamese enterprise, has promoted its BPhone smartphone as a super product, but the device remains a mystery.

Organisations and individuals can now easily access socio-economic data at provincial and district levels in both English and Vietnamese at the new website www.worldbank.org/mapvietnam/, launched by the World Bank on March 20.

Applying vehicle tracking devices and technology is an effective solution to ensure traffic safety and order, ease congestion and reduce environmental pollution, affirmed Deputy Head of the National Traffic Safety Committee Khuat Viet Hung at a conference held in Hanoi on March 18.

Vietnam’s Minister of Information and Communication, Nguyen Bac Son, paid a working visit to Australia`s largest telecommunications company, Telstra Corporation, on March 17.

Eight rare animals were recently released back into the wild in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh province, said the park’s management board on March 16.

Though Vietnam has never been considered a hi-tech power, locally made hi-tech brands have become popular with consumers, reported the English language news portal Vietnam Net.

Vietnam`s Department of Survey and Mapping and the Japanese Geospatial Information Institute held a ceremony to hand over a Memorandum of Understanding on March 11 in Hanoi giving the collaborative efforts in cartography.