Technology

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Anu Vehvilainen on September 10 witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between the VNPT Group and Nokia Corporation.

Vietnam’s Internet Protocol version 6 adoption rate reached 45 percent, ranking second in ASEAN and eighth globally, up two places from 2020, according to the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre.

The Prime Minister has issued a document to the Ministry of Science and Technology on restructuring national-level science and technology programmes for the 2021-2025 period and towards 2030.

An app providing solutions for improvement of public administration services has championed the Youth Digital Citizen Challenge 2021 launched by the UN Development Programme.

Facing the dangerous and highly contagious Delta variant in the fourth wave of COVID-19, relevant agencies are strongly utilising technology as a useful tool for large-scale contact tracing, testing, and vaccination management.

Tran Ngoc Phuc, creator of multi-purpose Eliciae MV20 ventilator which had been presented to Vietnam in April last year, has invented an antiviral face mask.

In recent years, Long An has been one of the leading localities in administrative reform in the Mekong River Delta region.

Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite has been officially transferred to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency after completing its final tests, said Pham Anh Tuan, director of the Vietnam National Space Center.

Many Vietnamese surf the internet to get daily news.

Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite was delivered to Japan on August 11 ahead of its planned launch into outer space, according to the Vietnam National Space Center under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

Social network Zalo on August 3 launched tool Zalo Connect which aims to support its users that are facing difficulties amid complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

International internet traffic and speed in Vietnam have been back to normal after repairing work on the Asia America Gateway undersea cable was completed.