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.

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) has just affirmed that it is prepared to grant a license for putting the Truong Sa sub into testing in the open sea. Prior to that, the Vietnam Register Agency, the Thai Binh provincial authorities and the Ministry of National Defence also made similar statements.

Security experts from VNCERT (the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team) and BKAV, an Internet security solution provider, have confirmed that 220 websites have been hacked by Chinese, but dismissed reports that a Vietnam-China cyberwar is underway.

In the final round of Robocon Vietnam 2014 held in Nha Trang city on the evening of May 11, the Lac Hong University team made a clean sweep, outperforming 32 other teams and winning all three top prizes.

Vietnamese have been faithful to Nokia products, which might be the reason why a Nokia representative affirmed that Vietnam remains one of Nokia’s 10 most important markets in the world.

After hackers claiming to be Vietnamese attacked multiple Chinese websites, 102 Vietnamese websites were attacked by Chinese hackers. It is widely feared this may trigger a cyberwar between Vietnam and China.

Vietnamese and Korean scientists recently announced the discovery of three new floral species in the Hon Ba Nature Reserve in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) held a ceremony in Hanoi on May 9 to meet with 16 Vietnamese students who will attend the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF 2014) in the US, from May 11-16.

Explorers from Britain have discovered 39 more caves with a total length of 17km in the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh.

Vietnam and the United States today signed an agreement to cooperate on peaceful uses of nuclear energy in order to strengthen cooperation in research, training and development of atomic energy.

Science and technology have been considered a leading driver of the country’s socio-economic development, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Khanh at the National Science and Technology Week in Da Nang on May 8.

While the demand for solar energy-based equipment has been increasing rapidly in Vietnam, many solar cell panel manufacturers have had to end their projects.

Despite making heavy investments in developing 4G services in the world market, mobile network operators are still concentrating on 3G development plans in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1, has captured 3,661 images since it came under the country’s control on September 4, 2013.

Thirty-two outstanding teams, chosen from 161 nationwide, will compete in the final round of the Robocon Vietnam 2014, from May 6-11.

Scientists from around the world have gathered in Wellington this week to discuss new standards for understanding the world`s ocean ecosystems that could lead to new approaches to managing fisheries and other marine exploitation.

While the demand for solar energy-based equipment has been increasing rapidly in Vietnam, many solar cell panel manufacturers have had to end their projects.

“You will see Chinese brand smartphones flood the Vietnamese market in just a few more years,” a Vietnam branch director of a Chinese phone manufacturing company said.

The global market for tablet computers went into hibernation in early 2014, ending a long run of sizzling growth, a survey showed Thursday.

Physics Professor Dam Thanh Son, from the US-based Chicago University, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NSA), according to an announcement by the academy on April 29.

Vietnam and the UK will sign a MoU to strengthen cooperation in telecom management, telecom services development, and quality improvement.