Technology

Like many other Asian countries, Vietnam is racing its regional counterparts to spur economic innovation with artificial intelligence.

Vietnam did not suffer from any cyber attacks that caused extensive impact or serious problems during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Ho Chi Minh City will continue to promote the development of information and communications technology to develop into an innovative smart city and improve living conditions, authorities have said.

Vietnam’s telecom firm Viettel announced it is the 6th company in the world to manufacture 5G devices.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a directive to promote the development of digital enterprises in Vietnam with a target of developing 100,000 tech firms by 2030.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology announced the approval of the municipal People’s Committee for the selection programme of architecture design for the HCM City Centre for Innovative Startup.

Vietnamese agencies have joined hands with a French partner on the research and production of vaccines against the African swine fever and foot and mouth disease.

The final round of the WhiteHat Grand Prix 06 is scheduled to take place in mid-February in Hanoi, according to the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

More than 300 teams from 55 countries and territories took part in the first round of global cyber-security competition Whitehat Grand Prix 06 in Hanoi on January 4.

Emerging tech companies are still struggling to recruit high quality IT engineers to feed Vietnam’s booming technology industry, despite a steady growth in graduates over the last few years.

The Information and Communications Publishing House has recently published the Vietnam White Book on Information and Communication Technology 2019.

Sixty two individuals, including four women, have been honoured as “scientists of farmers” in recognition of their significant devotion and contributions to farmers, agriculture and new-style rural area building.