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First Vietnam Data Summit to take place this month
Vietnam Data Summit 2022, the first of its kind in Vietnam, will be held by the Ho Chi Minh Computer Association (HCA) and Western Digital Vietnam in the southern city on June 24, heard a press conference on June 10.The summit will focus its discussions ...
Mekong Innovation Initiative launched
The Viet Nam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Mekong Innovation Initiative to help Viet Nam advance the digital economy and Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) through developing a more robust, digitally-ready workforce and mobilize resources ...
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Green economy is the trend post-COVID: experts
Vietnamese enterprises should focus on green growth and the green and circular economies that have become a mainstream trend globally, the Green Economy Forum heard in HCM City on Saturday.Experts said a green economy and a switch to green growth would help businesses improve their ...
Digital transformation - an institutional revolution
Digital transformation is an inevitable trend of the world today. It is also a requirement of development that no country can stand without if it does not wish to be left behind. Although having recorded certain achievements, Vietnam still needs to act more aggressively and ...
Three scenarios to help digital economy make breakthrough by 2025
The goal for the digital economy to account for 20 percent of GDP by 2025 is very challenging. However, Nguyen Trong Duong, Deputy Director of the Department of Enterprise Management under the Ministry of Information and Communications, believed that with a breakthrough scenario, the Vietnamese digital ...
Old, new ID cards to be completely integrated
The old and new versions of citizens’ identification cards are set to be completely integrated this year, enabling the e-identification of all people.It is one of the targets of the project on developing the application of population database, e-identification, and e-authentication to serve the national ...
Five-year scheme to speed up digital transformation in vocational training
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed a decision approving a digital transformation programme in the vocational training sector in the 2021-2025 period with a vision to 2030.The targets of the programme include rolling out vocational training activities in the digital space, strengthening the ...
Guide on digital transformation for businesses to be published
More than 40 ministries, branches and localities have developed digital transformation projects. However, in the business sector, especially among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and manufacturing enterprises, this process is not happening as strongly as expected.This is the motivation for the Việt Nam Software and ...
UNFPA continues to help Vietnam improve civil registration, vital statistics
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Vietnam and Vital Strategies on August 9 signed an agreement for a second phase of work under the Data for Health Initiative, which is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to continue ...
Farmers need training to develop digital agriculture
Farmers need more training on digital technology to bring the industry to another level, experts have said. Nguyen Duc Tung, general secretary of the Vietnam Digital Agriculture Association (VIDA), made the statement said at a launch ceremony for a report on digital transformation in agriculture in Hanoi ...
