Technology

The Vietnam Security Summit 2021 will be held via videoconference on October 27-28, with the participation of about 800 delegates across various fields.

Vietnam holds huge potential in the application and development of new technologies amid the wide utilisation of robot and artificial intelligence (AI) in daily life activities.

Vietnam is evolving robustly in information technology and telecommunications and devising a strategy to grow further.

Vietnamese teams earned three out of the 11 prizes offered at the recently concluded 2021 International Blockchain Olympiad, announced the Ministry of Science and Technology on October 12.

Genetica, a genetic engineering company with patented technology from the US, has inked a cooperation deal with the Vietnam National Innovation Centre to develop a genome sequencing centre.

The International Telecommunication Union Digital World 2021, a global digital conference and exhibition, will be held virtually from October 12-14.

The outbreak and prolonged Covid-19 epidemic has had a negative impact on all aspects of social life. This is also an opportunity to promote digital transformation, build e-government, digital economy and digital society.

Vietnam ranked 44th out of 132 countries and economies in the Global Innovation Index 2021 which was announced by the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organisation on September 20.

Technology has not only helped to connect hospitals together but also linked doctors with those need advice, and disadvantaged people with those who can assist them in a bid to drive back the COVID-19 pandemic together.

The COVID-19 pandemic does not slow down technological transformation or digitisation, but in fact speeds them up, companies said.

Demand for human resources for Information and Communications Technology and artificial intelligence in Vietnam has increased continuously and about 1 million more ICT personnel will be needed in the country by 2030.

Vietnam has been among the top 10 countries in terms of cross-border data transfer in the past decade.