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.

Bio-technology is an important component of sustainable agriculture development in Vietnam, Dr. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Dean of the Bio-technology of the Hanoi Agriculture University No.1 told a workshop held on Thursday in the capital city.

Many technology transaction floors in the country are operating perfunctorily and have to shift business to acting as sales agents for foreign manufacturers.

The number of Internet users in Vietnam increased from 200,000 in 2000 to 32.4 million in the first quarter of 2012, ranking 18 among 20 countries with highest Internet access.

Internet security company BKAV has warned several major Vietnamese websites that they might be infected with malicious software.Presenting at a recent conference in Hanoi o­n internet security, BKAV said that sites ending in gov.vn (governmental websites) have been found to be infected with malware. BKAV said it has already sent warnings to administrators of 520 Government websites ending with .gov.vn.The problem initially happened in 2008 but has returned for users of the Chrome and Firefox internet browsers, BKAV said, noting that, after removing any hidden malware, administrators can go to google.com/webmaster/tools to remove sites from the blacklist.Internet users were also urged to contact site administrators if they receive a warning from Google about a particular site.BKAV also warned that a critical flaw in the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) across supported versions of Windows was affecting about 32% of Vietnam's Government web servers. The vulnerability allows attackers to remotely execute a code o­n an unpatched system that is Remote Desktop enabled.Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol, which is disabled by default o­n newer Windows installations, allows users to remotely connect to Windows' desktops or servers and is widely used by enterprises.Microsoft in March asked system administrators to apply its latest update as a "special priority" given the nature of the flaw, but about o­ne-third of Government web servers in Vietnam were still vulnerable, BKAV said.According to the internet security firm, attackers may well develop a code similar to the Morto worm that appeared late last year. Morto-infected machines using RDP allow remote attackers to access the file systems of a Windows PC."The threat first came to Vietnam in July while the weak management of server security in governmental organisations was at an alarming level, which could even threaten national security," said the head of BKAV's internet security department, Nguyen Minh Duc.According to recent survey by the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team, as many as 53% of private organisations equipped with internet security systems were unable to notice the threats, while the rate in State-owned organisations was 54%.

A website of the Hanoi delegation of deputies of the National Assembly and People’s Council was officially inaugurated at http://dbndhanoi.gov.vn o­n November 29.

The local residents in Tan Hoa Commune of Minh Hoa District in the central province of Quang Binh have by chance uncovered two ancient skeletons inside Ton Cave located deep within a forest, said Cao Thanh Binh, secretary of the Party Committee of Tan Hoa Commune.Experts from the British Royal Cave Research Association have examined the skeletons and found them covered with stalactite residue, which leads them to believe that these could be very ancient skeletons of local Vietnamese people.However, local residents are guessing that the skeletons could well be the remains of an insurgent army that was loyal to King Ham Nghi about a 100 years ago, and who followed the ‘Can Vuong Edict’ issued by the  King to pledge allegiance to him and ward off the French colonialists .According to historical documents available in Tan Hoa Commune, a loyal army of the King remained true to the Can Vuong Movement and had set up camps in caves around the Tu Lan Valley to fight the French colonialists.

Vietnam is preparing to further enhance its green credentials and competitiveness o­n the world stage by joining the global carbon market after 2020.

The Vietnamese Government has made great efforts to help businesses promote exports and join the global trade network. Domestic businesses need to capitalise o­n the government’s investment in developing and expanding markets.

Nearly 500 children with disabilities will be given an educational boost thanks to a pioneering scheme aiming to improve access to information technology.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) to encourage businesses to apply new science and technologies during a plenary session in Hanoi. The PM delivered the speech with the expectation that the NCST would implement their new policies over the 2012-2016 period.Dung said that o­ne of the council’s immediate tasks is to perfect policies, making it easier for businesses to apply sci-tech advances in order to improve their productivity and competitive capacity. At the session, the council’s members proposed policies to create favourable conditions for the further development of science and technology, such as offering preferential access to research funding, fast tracking experienced scientists through administrative formalities, and providing training to workers in the science and technology industry. The PM asked NCST members and managers to work out practical solutions to rapidly progress the sector to contribute to the country’s overall development.He also asked the council to focus o­n assessment of science and technology policies, especially their impact o­n the country’s key products and businesses operating in the field. He stressed that developing human resources in science and technology is a key factor in the country’s process of modernisation and the development of intellectual property. He recommended that the council examine incentive schemes for scientists, especially for endeavours in social affairs such as agricultural production. He then directed the NCST to devise a mechanism to promote issues in science and technology, as well as to identify and train budding intellectuals to reach their full potential. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) to encourage businesses to apply new science and technologies during a plenary session in Hanoi.

The plant, the second of its kind in the province, has received strong support from the Vietnamese Government.

Vietnam's leading information technology company FPT Software recently opened software outsourcing operations in Germany, aiming to develop it into o­ne of its three key markets besides the US and Japan.

More than 300 domestic and foreign scientists are gathering at an international workshop o­n geophysics, being hosted in Hanoi under the theme ‘Geophysics – Co-operation and Sustainable Development’.

Russia's New Horizon Internet (NHI) has officially launched a search engine known as http://wada.vn in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Information has asked mobile phone operators to be more transparent in their subscription number figures, which are believed to be falsifying in order to attract more customers.

The military-run Viettel Group has launched the lowest-priced smartphone in Vietnam, the V8403, with 3G and two sim cards, selling for 1.5 million VND (73 USD).

A seminar o­n construction technologies and industrial infrastructure for nuclear power stations took place in Hanoi, as part of the o­ngoing 5th International Exhibition o­n Nuclear Power.

New subscribers to prepaid mobile services will be charged 25,000 VND from January 1, 2013, excluding the cost of a SIM Card (Subscriber Identity Module). The move aims to curb the increasing number of virtual subscriptions to prepaid services, where users o­nly use the numbers they subscribe temporarily.

The Hanoitimes - Sony Electronics Vietnam said yesterday it would install the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system o­n its laptops.