A centre for digital transformation (DXCentre) was recently set up in Ho Chi Minh City with a view to supporting agencies, organisations, and enterprises in going digitalised and studying, piloting, and transferring digital technology products.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has asked 16 ministries, branches and localities that have yet to connect to the e-govt assessment system to complete a full connection in January.

The value of consultancy and technology transfer contracts implemented by the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) in 2023 reached VND330 billion, while a high number of Make in Vietnam research works were commercialized.

Seeing the promising future of AI chatbots, domestic IT businesses have decided to participate in the race to create their own to serve Vietnamese people.

Computer viruses caused estimated losses of 17.3 trillion VND (716 million USD) to Vietnamese users in 2023, according to a cybersecurity assessment programme for individual users conducted by Bkav Corporation in December last year.

The Decision aims to develop a synchronous, modern postal network linking the real world and the digital world, part of the essential infrastructure of the country and the digital economy.

The Vietnam Open Innovation Ecosystem Report 2023 released by BambuUP showed that in the first nine months of 2023, the number of investments in Vietnamese startups decreased by 40 percent in quantity and 13 percent in value.

The Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information reported that in 2023, it had repeatedly worked with foreign service providers like Meta (Facebook), Google, Apple and TikTok to prevent toxic information and fake news from spreading.

Clever Mushroom, a startup founded by two Vietnamese PhDs, uses sensors to collect information materials and analyze cultivation conditions to optimize a mushroom farming process that runs automatically.

With the development of AI, many workers will become redundant and be replaced by robots, including unskilled workers, factory workers and even office workers, according to FPT University Vice President Hoang Nam Tien.

The Vietnam Blockchain Association says the US recognition of Bitcoin ETFs will help promote the circulation of clean bitcoin and help traditional financial investors access bitcoin.

Cybersecurity firm SCS, which has conducted a survey on service providers involved in electronic transactions in Vietnam, has found that 80 percent have not fully observed the decree on personal data protection.

The Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) developed by FPT Retail made its official debut on a national scale on January 11 with prefix number 0775.

The Authority for Information Security (AIS) has found that 70 percent of institutions have not paid attention to examining and fixing security vulnerabilities identified by agencies and security firms.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) recently gave an update on the e-Government Architecture Framework (version 3.0), an important document to be applied in ministries, governmental agencies, and centrally-run cities and provinces.

In 2023, about 12,850 cyber-attacks were detected, which is a rise of 5.3 percent compared to 2022.

The Prime Minister has approved a project on consolidating apparatus organisation, and improving state management and law enforcement capacity in digital transformation from central to local levels by 2025, with a vision to 2030.

The government and the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) have confirmed the outcomes of digital transformation in 2023.

After 4 years piloting the 5G technology in 55 provinces and cities, major mobile network carriers are able to evaluate the potential and build corresponding business strategies.

Prof Tech-Seng Low says Vietnam has been moving rapidly ahead in attracting semiconductor manufacturers.