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.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called o­n Bac Giang Province officials to boost applications of science and technology in agricultural production to create high-value products and lift exports.

Japanese students from the Kanazawa Institute of Technology took 51 seconds to beat their hosts Vietnam 1 in the final to win the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) in the central city of Da Nang o­n August 18. 

Four American Nobel laureates arrived in central Binh Dinh Province yesterday to attend the 9th "Meeting Vietnam" event – a scientific symposium which starts today.

A flock of more than 7,000 “Oc” storks have moved in the Tram Chim National Park in the southern province of Dong Thap, the park’s director Nguyen Van Hung said. Scientifically known as Anastomus oscitans, the “Oc” stork is among 32 species of wading birds listed on Vietnam’s Red Book of rare and precious animals. According to the director, the storks have got used to the environment in the park which has plentiful food and water all year round. An “Oc” stork weighs about 1-1.5 kilogrammes and has glossy black wings and tail with a green or purple sheen. It feeds mainly on snails, crabs, frogs, and other insects. The park is protecting this kind of bird to serve its research on wading birds as well as enrich its database. Tram Chim National Park boasts a rich biodiversity that earned it the recognition as the world’s 2000th Ramsar site in 2012. Established in 1985, the 7,313-hectare Tram Chim became a national park in 1998 and then the fourth Ramsar site in Vietnam. Tram Chim is home to 198 bird species, including 16 rare ones such as red-headed cranes, black-faced spoonbills, black eagles, great-billed herons and spotted-billed pelicans.

The o­nline hotel booking service is becoming a lucrative business for investors in the hospitality industry in Vietnam.

The PM has just approved the National Strategy for Bio-diversification till 2020, with a vision toward 2030.

Scientists from across the globe were brought together at an international physical science conference that opened in the central province of Binh Dinh o­n July 29. Physicists will discuss in groups a number of issues concerning cosmography in the Planck era (the dawn of humankind) along with the theory of relativity and the force of gravity. They will join five Nobel laureates to engage in a series of scientific seminars o­n physics. The conference was organised by the Meeting Vietnam Organisation (MVO) along with several Vietnamese ministries and the Binh Dinh provincial People’s Committee as part of the ninth Meet Vietnam programme. Established in 1993 by Physics Professor Tran Thanh Van, an overseas Vietnamese living in France, MVO plans to inaugurate the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education in Quy Nhon city during the o­ngoing event. Leading international scientists are expected to gather annually at the centre to work with Vietnamese researchers and debate a wide range of scientific themes.

Domestic and foreign experts have suggested radio broadcasters use social media tools to increase interactions with listeners.

Taller women may face a higher risk of many cancers than their shorter counterparts, according to a US study released Thursday.

Four Vietnamese 12th graders collected medals at the 45th International Chemistry Olympiad in Moscow, Russia, which ran from July 15 to 23.

The Hanoitimes - Twenty-six collectives and individuals were acknowledged in Hanoi on July 13 for their excellent performances in various aspects of life.

The Hanoitimes - The Solowheel or Airwheel, weighing less than 10kg, is now being sold o­n the Vietnamese market. This vehicle aims to promote energy saving, ease traffic congestion and be environmentally friendly.The self-balancing unicycles, 45cm high and 40cm wide, are manufactured in the US and China, using electric engines.Riders use their legs to control the vehicle, which is convenient for travelling short distances.Solowheel can carry up to 120kg and can travel up to 15km per battery charge, with a recharge time of 45 minutes. Maximum speed is estimated at 18km/h.The price of this monocycle is hovering around US$1,700 per unit in the US. A vehicle of the same kind produced in China sells for around US$500.

The Government has recently issued regulations on organization and operation of the national fund for technological renewal.

Vietnam o­n July 3 returned the last remaining 11 kilogrammes of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from the Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute to Russia, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) announced in Hanoi the same day. This complex operation was the culmination of a multi-year effort by the MoST, in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the US’ National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOMAccording to the ministry, Da Lat Research Reactor was upgraded from TRIGA Reactor with a capacity of 250kW (constructed in the early 1960’) and was restarted o­n March 20, 1984 with the nominal capacity of 500 kW. Regarding the fuels, in 1983 the IAEA provided Vietnam with the budget to buy 140 HEU fuel assemblies (36 percent of U-235) of standard WWR-M2 type, manufactured and supplied by the former Soviet Union.Following the IAEA’s recommendation, and based o­n the agreement between the US and Russia, all Research Reactors (RRs) using nuclear fuel of uranium enriched to 20 percent of U-235 or higher have to be converted to use low enriched uranium (LEU) (below 20 percent of U-235), because unlike HEU, LEU cannot be used to make a nuclear weapon. The Da Lat Research Reactor is among more than 20 RRs in 17 countries using HEU fuel supplied by the former Soviet Union, and thus was also required to convert to LEU.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and provincial authorities have agreed not to go ahead with 338 hydro-power plant projects with a total capacity of more than 1,000MW.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and former Japanese PM Yukio Hatoyama were the special guests of the Viet Nam ICT Summit 2013, scheduled to open in Ha Noi o­n June 20.

A seminar o­n current and future Vietnam-Japan scientific and technological cooperation was held in Hanoi o­n June 19 to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.Addressing the seminar, Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Quan highlighted the encouraging results of cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in this field, saying that the signed agreement by the two governments in 2006 has provided a legal foundation for promoting cooperation between scientific and technological organizations in both nations.Greater attention should be given to increasing future cooperation in science and technology o­n a par with the two countries’ potential.Japan now has nearly 2,000 valid direct investment projects in Vietnam with total capitalization of US$31billion, accounting for a high proportion of the country’s total foreign direct investment (FDI) capital.The Vietnamese government has chosen Japan as its partner in the No 1 nuclear power plant project in south-central Ninh Thuan province, o­ne of the first two of its kind in Vietnam.In his speech at the seminar, former Japanese Prime Minister and Chair of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Hatoyama Yukio, said Vietnam is interested in space technology, which will require more investment in basic science. Vietnam and Japan should focus o­n transferring advanced technologies and training human resources to boost technological cooperation and improve the quality of consumer goods production.The seminar also reviewed the results of research and came up with priority areas for scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries in the future.An exhibition featuring scientific and technological products and introducing new technologies and models also took place during the seminar.

A training course was opened o­n June 10 based o­n the cooperation between the Hue Relics Preservation Centre (HRPC) & the Netherlands Urban Solution Company to help preservationists manage Hue using GIS.Trainees will take field trips to improve their capacity for data analysis and create GIS maps of some heritage sites to help devise proper development strategies for Hue city.Hue was the imperial capital of Vietnam from 1802 to 1945 during the reign of 13 Nguyen Kings. There are hundreds of historical, cultural and archeological works in the city, most notably Hue Royal Palace, which alone comprises 253 works and seven imperial tomb complexes of nine Nguyen Kings. Phan Thanh Hai note that the centre will manage large scale Hue heritage sites using the GIS in line with UNESCO’s requirements.Around 1,500 trees in the Royal Palace areas are already being managed by the GIS technology.

A fossilised tusk, recently found in Phu Thien District, 30km from the Ham Rong volcano in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai, has been dated to about 19,450 BC.

Tokyo Electric Power has restored the cooling system of the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at the No. 5 unit of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant in northeastern Japan.