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.

The database allows for identifying which tax collector supervises each taxpayer.

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.

Truong Thanh Khoan, 61, a farmer in Dong Nai province, has been domesticating and breeding thousands of ants to create aloeswood, a fragrant wood available in Vietnam.

Smartphones, which are helping to connect retailers and consumers, play a very important role in the future development of the retail industry.

A new fatal security threat, larger than the open SSL security loophole Heartbleed, has been discovered, according to the Viet Nam Information Security Association (VNISA).

The problem of finding an extra 5,000 skilled workers for the world of atomic energy that Viet Nam is about to enter was discussed at a recent seminar in Ha Noi.

Major international telecoms are lining up to become strategic investors in Vietnam’s second biggest mobile network operator MobiFone.

An e-wallet service boom was predicted by e-commerce experts to occur in 2009, following the appearance of the first e-wallet in the market in 2008, but the service has not been popular with the public.

The Russian Government has approved a new draft agreement on information technology and mass communications cooperation with Vietnam.

Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung has spoken highly of Japan’s initiative to send experts to Vietnam to assist its socio-economic development.

The Ministry of Information and Communication has limited mobile network operators’ profits from working with information content-service providers must to a maximum of 70 percent of the revenue, putting an end to a long dispute about profit sharing.

Watchdog agencies are taking a conservative approach toward the development of the Vietnam’s aviation industry, scientists say.

Scientists warn that genetically modified (GM) technology is not the “magic wand” that many people assume will increase crop yield and save domestic agricultural production.

Human error caused about 62 per cent of the internet security failures in Viet Nam in 2013, said an industry report.

Online shopping day 2014 is set for Friday, December 5.

Security Daily’s monitoring system found that 1,039 websites were hacked in the first two weeks of September, but the hacked organizations do not seem to be concerned.

The repair of an AAG subterranean optical cable will be completed four days earlier than expected thanks to better weather.

VietNamNet had a conversation with Deputy Minister of Information and Technology – Mr. Nguyen Minh Hong – on how Vietnam can develop world-class IT products.

Apple and Samsung have created their own products to lessen their dependence on Google. And, Vietnamese IT firms should do the same to escape from the shadow of giants such as Apple and Samsung.

Information technology (IT) companies have been doing well in the economic downturn, and continue to be sought after by investors.

Mobile subscribers are receiving more and more SMS spam in addition to spam messages from OTT (over-the-top) apps. Both the watchdog agency and mobile-network operators say they have not been able to find effective solutions to control the messages.

The iPhone 6 has just appeared in Vietnamese shops and is being sold for prices as high as VND49 million (USD2,300) each.