NDO/VNA – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at working session with the Ministry of Science and Technology on April 13 that breakthroughs in science-technology are needed for the country to gain speed in development. (Apr 13, 2021 21:24:25)
NDO – A networking event was held by the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and the Ho Chi Minh City Computer Association on April 5, aimed at connecting partners in digital transformation.
NDO/VNA – Authorities in Da Nang have adopted a host of key measures to speed up economic restructuring in 2020-2025, focusing on strengthening hi-tech and supporting industries and IT development in connection with building startups and innovative urban areas and smart cities.
NDO – The 2021 Ho Chi Minh City Creative Innovation and Start-up Awards (I-Star 2021) were officially launched by the City’s Department of Science and Technology on April 1.
NDO/VNA - Vietnam had the highest rate of new digital service consumers in the Southeast Asia region last year, it was reported at the recent World Mobile Broadband & ICT 2021 conference in Hanoi.
NDO/VNA – Prioritising resources for the research, application, and transfer of science and technology to diversify food products to ensure nutritional balance and food safety in people’s diet is one of the long-term targets set in the Government’s resolution on ensuring national food security until 2030.
NDO/VNA - The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will take proactive steps to develop digital infrastructure, including the rollout of commercial 5G mobile services, which are expected to contribute 7.34 percent to national GDP growth by 2025, Deputy Minister Phan Tam has said.
NDO - Digital transformation is happening rapidly on a global scale with far-reaching effects on all areas of socio-economic life, thereby helping enhance national competitiveness. Vietnam is currently making efforts to implement its National Programme on Digital Transformation with a 10-year vision under which the country will research, develop and master a series of "Made in Vietnam" digital products.
NDO - The Quang Trung Software Park in Ho Chi Minh City has inaugurated a museum to exhibit the IT products and solutions created there over the past two decades.
NDO/VNA – Vietnam is one of the pioneering countries in building a national digital transformation programme, with the three main pillars of digital government, digital economy, and digital society.
NDO – The World Bank, acting on behalf of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), has signed a US$11.3 million grant with the State Bank of Vietnam to support the development of a commercial financing market for industrial energy efficiency investments.
NDO – Development of agriculture and rural economy is one of the focal points of the country’s socio-economic development strategy. The industrialisation and modernisation of agriculture and rural areas plays an important role in both the short and long term.
NDO/VNA - Foreign tech giants like Facebook, Google, and YouTube will have to pay taxes in Vietnam under a draft circular, after years of invoicing their revenues out of the country.
NDO - NanoDragon, a miniaturised satellite developed by the Vietnam Space Centre (VNSC), has been dispatched to Japan for final testing before being launched into orbit in September.
