Technology

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) yesterday officially announced that Mr. Tan Jee Toon has been assigned General Director of IBM Vietnam, replacing Mr. Eric CW Yeo.

More than 1,200 regional and local experts and businesses discussed ways to exploit the potential of the internet of thing market in Vietnam at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on October 24.

Ride-hailing app FastGo has officially launched its services in the southern provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Duong, continuing its expansion plan.

The Science Film Festival 2018, highlighting the theme “Food Revolution”, will take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from October 22 –December 23, 2018.

Vietnam will undertake the Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites in 2019, according to the Vietnam National Space Centre.

Saltwater and brackish-water aquaculture production in coastal areas in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has improved farmers’ incomes in the last 10 years under a national marine strategy.

MicroDragon, a miniaturised satellite developed by Vietnamese engineers, is scheduled to be launched into space in December this year with the assistance of Japan.

The 10th Vietnam-US Joint Committee Meeting on Scientific and Technological Cooperation took place in Washington DC from October 15-17.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology and Finland’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment signed a memorandum of understanding.

The first waste-to-energy plant in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho began trial operation on October 15.

The Consulate General of France in Ho Chi Minh City will host the first Franco-Vietnamese Days of Innovation from October 18-20.

The national self-propelled vehicle programming contest - Digital Race 2018-2019 was launched by Vietnam Television and tech giant FPT Group, in Hanoi, on October 11.