Technology

Database sharing between management agencies at both central and local levels is key to the process of developing e-government, experts have said.

The Steering Committee for Building e-Government of Long An province organized the evaluation of task performance in the first 6 months of the year and set directions and tasks for the last 6 months of 2020.

The Ministry of Information and Communications launched a communications programming platform called Stringee on July 31 in Hanoi.

The first online exhibition and fair platform in Vietnam, called HAWA Online Platform for Exhibition, was introduced at a seminar held by the Ho Chi Minh City Handicraft and Wood Industry Association on July 29.

The Vietnam Internet Network Information Center said it has kicked off a course for the first 34 personnel chosen for a programme on training 500 experts on Internet Protocol version 6.

The recent detection of new local infections of COVID-19 has proved the efficiency of Vietnam’s communicable disease surveillance system, according to WHO Representative in the country Kidong Park.

Facebook in collaboration with Vietnet Information Technology - Media Center, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Hanoi National University officially launched the We Think Digital programme in Vietnam on July 22.

While news agencies are facing decreasing revenues from readership, advertisement and the State budget, digital transformation is required to help media survive, develop and catch up with the developments.

The military-run telecom group Viettel said it expects to put into operation more than 1,000 new-technology base transceiver stations in inner Hanoi, which will improve the quality of internet services in the city.

Vietnam would have difficulty achieving the goal of having 5,000 science and technology enterprises this year under the 2011-20 science and technology development strategy.

The 2nd Canon Chie-Tech, an automation competition for technology students, was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 13.

The Southeast Asia – Japan 2 Cable System, invested by a consortium including the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group, has been connected to Vietnam.