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.

Chief security officers, chief information officers, and information technology professionals are attending the Security World 2014 Conference & Exhibition in Hanoi to discuss and share information security initiatives.

The Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation (Rosatom) plans to build a nuclear technology and research centre in Vietnam under an agreement between the two Governments.

The initially small number of science and technology enterprises (S&T enterprises) have laid first foundations for the formation of a new technology enterprise culture in Vietnam.

A model of the Flappy Bird, made of 14-karat gold and weighing 85.23 grams, or nearly three ounces, has been up for auction at webstore.com since March 10.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 14 officially put an online visa granting management system and a data integration centre into use, helping enhance IT application in the ministry’s management.

Though 2014 is believed to be a good year for the Vietnam’s software industry, the country’s software firms have been warned that it would be not easy to make money if they cannot upgrade in terms of the operation scale, said the English language online newspaper VietNamNet Bridge.

MobiFone has announced it will develop OTT apps itself, while the military telecom group Viettel reportedly considers buying South Korean Kakao Talk.

Rolling Stone – the world’s leading music magazine on March 11 ran an article on Nguyen Ha Dong – a 28 year-old Vietnamese programmer whose Flappy Bird games have gone viral.

Viet Nam`s oldest mobile network operator, MobiFone, will recall nearly 200,000 SIM cards that were issued and allocated to dealers, but were not activated for the past two years.

The first time a foreign-invested enterprise in Vietnam was sued and had to pay the high compensation for using pirated computer software.

At the latest test in a tank in the afternoon of March 7, the homemade submarine named Truong Sa (Spratly) of an entrepreneur in Thai Binh province could still dive and resurface well in the presence of many people.

Vietnam earned 3.3 billion USD from exports of mobile handsets and spare parts in the first two months of 2014, posting a year on year increase of 22.9 percent.

A wide range of advanced global technologies and modern equipment in the field of mining will be introduced at the second International Mining and Minerals Recovery Exhibition (Mining Vietnam 2014) scheduled for March 11-13 at the International Centre for Exhibition (ICE) in Hanoi.

Hanoi’s Department of Architecture Planning on March 6 announced a detail plan for the construction of a concentrated waste treatment zone, which is part of efforts to concretise the Hanoi Construction Master Plan to 2030 with a vision to 2050 approved by the Prime Minister.

The Ministry of Information and Communications on March 6 signed with the Microsoft Corporation a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will help raise Vietnam’s Internet security.

Vietnam remains among the countries most vulnerable to internet attacks, with 40 percent of websites containing security loopholes, according to the country`s top internet security firm, BKAV.

On March 5, the Xuan Lien Nature Reserve in Thanh Hoa Province confirmed that the muntjac species with scientific name as Muntiacus rooseveltorum, which was considered extinct 84 years ago, suddenly appeared in the reserve.

More and more cities have offered free wi-fi services, because the cities’ leaders believe this would help attract more travelers. Meanwhile, whether Vietnam should develop “wi-fi cities” remains controversial by scientists.

Vietnamese officials attended a nuclear power symposium in South Africa and discussed ways to expand collaboration in the field between the two countries during a week-long working visit that wrapped up on March 4.

Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam (Doosan Vina) has become the first company in Southeast Asia to be certified as a supplier of nuclear power products by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).