Though artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have been making clear progress, Vietnam’s businesses remain skeptical about them.

Startups have successfully called for millions of dollars worth of investments since the beginning of the year.

There is a widening gap of digital skills, especially in AI, between Vietnam and high-income nations, according to the 2020 Global Talent Competitiveness Index.

New technologies, including AI and Big Data, will be the new economic growth momentum for Vietnam. However, there is still much work to be done to bring the new technologies to life.

The following are some key points for those who do business with the EU to adopt a comprehensive view on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).

Gene analysis is the use of DNA (Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid) in the cells of human body to identify genetic factors such as physical conditions and disease risk in each person.

Entering the medical treatment department of HCMC’s Eastern People Military Hospital, people are surprised to see a robot wearing medical scrubs with the traditional scarf of the southern region around its waist.

Voice recognition technology, artificial intelligence (A.I), blockchain and big data are the major trends at startups in Vietnam in 2020.

Do Ba Duc is a well-known name among the Vietnamese community in Japan. He is a computer science engineer with 12 years of experience who has been working for Japanese leading technology firms.

Vietnam strives to have at least 100,000 digital technology firms by 2030. It is expected that the digital economy would make up 30 percent of GDP by that time.

Many education establishments in Vietnam have been utilizing AI in school management and teaching, and have had encouraging initial achievements.

Vietnam has carried out the first activities of ASEAN Year 2020 under the theme “Cohesive and Responsive” after assuming the ASEAN Chairmanship on January 1.

Hoang Trung Hieu, 23, is the only student selected as Outstanding Young Citizen with excellent achievements in AI research.

Digital transformation is shifting towards a new chapter – Chapter 2 – ending experimentation with artificial intelligence (AI) and moving simple workloads to the cloud at many organisations.

FPT once had a lot of breakthrough technological and business ideas, such as Tri Tue Viet Nam similar to Facebook and WeTalk similar to Wechat.

While there is much more data than ever before and digital technologies are growing very fast, there is a huge shortage of human resources, experts have told a conference at the Hoa Sen University in Ho Chi Minh City.

HCM City wants to become a financial center fir the region and the world.

Vietnamese media could be falling behind the relentless march of technological development and need to catch up soon, said Information and Communications Minister Nguyen Manh Hung.

Vietnam has been making progress in the field of cybersecurity amid increased attacks on blockchain and cryptocurrency trading floors.

Performing pioneering AI research in Vietnamese language for the Vietnamese people is the mission that AILab under the HCM City National University is pursuing.