Vietnam has made a new policy move in its journey to transform itself into a digital economy and improve its legal framework, much to the appreciation of investors and businesses.

A working group has just been founded under the Prime Minister’s decision to promote foreign investment in Vietnam.

Non-cash payments continue to boom in Vietnam this year as the country has seen a surge in banking transactions and mobile payments in the first four months of the year, according to an official from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

The Department of Computerisation under the Ministry of Information and Communications held the opening ceremony of a programme to train 100 e-Government experts in Hanoi on June 11.

Facebook, in partnership with the US Mission to Vietnam and partners, launched a campaign entitled “Facebook for Vietnam” to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Vietnam - US relations on May 24.

The country wants to raise the digital economy’s contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) to 20 per cent by 2025 and 30 per cent by 2030.

The digital and platform economies would become pillars of our future society,

Vietnam needed to invest in the digital economy and seize the opportunities it provided to improve labour productivity.

Vietnam is the fastest-growing digital economy in the region, largely due to investment inflow which is still on an unprecedented rise, The Business Times has reported.

The second Global Young Vietnamese Intellectual Forum will take place in Hanoi from November 26-28, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) announced on November 21.

From the state firms’ perspective with the priority of ensuring no loss to state capital, investments in innovation pose high risks due to its uncertain nature, which could translate into successes into the long term or not.

Vietnam is swiftly developing its digital economy and infrastructure in order to proceed with the digital transformation of the country. 

It is necessary to identify, implement and build management models for sharing economy applications in the country’s major sectors such as banking and transport.

Though they are optimistic about the economic performance in the first nine months of the year, economists still warn that in the long term,m Vietnam’s economy may be influenced by a global recession.

BEST Inc. - China's leading provider of logistics and smart supply chain solutions - inaugurated its courier service in Ho Chi Minh City on October 11.

The Politburo’s Resolution No 52 set a goal that Vietnam’s digital economy would make up 20 percent of GDP by 2025.

Digital is fundamentally changing banking in Vietnam and transforming the industry's competitive landscape.

Vietnam will become a leading digital country and economy in the ASEAN region by 2030 and allow testing of new technologies in the digital economy.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has attended several sessions during the 14th G20 Summit that opened in Osaka, Japan, on June 28.

Risks and challenges must be identified during the digital transformation era to ensure that Viet Nam continues to grow and be prosperous, a new report has said.