A community of microchip designers with over 30 firms and 5,000 designing engineers is being formed in Vietnam.

The Government of Vietnam is determined to achieve the dual goal of developing a digital government, digital economy, digital society, and forming digital technology enterprises with global competitiveness, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said.

The data centre industry in Vietnam is on the rise and is being driven by a number of factors, as heard at a Ho Chi Minh City forum at the end of last month.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on October 9 released eight technology maps in the information and communication sector, becoming the first agency to research and develop technology maps for all areas of its management.

Winners of the Vietnam Digital Awards 2023 (VDA 2023) were honoured at a ceremony held on October 7 by the Vietnam Digital Media Association (VDCA) under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Since the launch of iPhone 15 series, Vietnamese have been seeking information about prices and times for official sales. Chatbots and drawings with AI have also seen many searches.

Da Nang has consulted with many experts and placed orders with many companies, but has not received advice about an application domain for blockchain technology.

Through YouTube, many Vietnamese content creators can approach the global market.

The National Digital Transformation Day 2023 will be held on October 10, the Government Office announced on October 5.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will auction 5G frequencies in November and license 5G by the end of this year.

Violations of Vietnam's laws have been detected in TikTok's cross-border services in Vietnam after a comprehensive inspection of TikTok's activities in the country from May this year.

There was a huge jump in the number of threats targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in Vietnam in the first half of the year, global cybersecurity and digital privacy company Kaspersky has said.

Four licenced virtual mobile networks in Vietnam - Indochina Telecom, Mobicast, ASIM, Digilife - have 2.56 million subscribers, accounting for 2.1% of the total number of mobile subscribers in the country.

Investment in research and development and a shift to 5G are needed to develop AI in Vietnam, according to Pablo Fuentes Nettel, a senior consultant from Oxford Insights.

In the third quarter, Vietnam's tech startups secured a total of $50.1 million in funding.

Japanese companies are facing a risk of losing qualified Vietnamese technology engineers as more and more young engineers head for the US where they can expect higher pay.

An incident occurred on the Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE-1) undersea communication cable, affecting Internet connection from Vietnam to Singapore from September 27 morning.

Many ethical issues have arisen recently on Facebook and Google, including ads for callgirls and pornography and gambling livestream apps.

The central city of Da Nang has maintained its leading position in terms of readiness for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) development and application, topping the Vietnam ICT Index rankings in 2022.

A quickly spreading computer virus with regeneration ability and the announcement of the top 10 digital technology firms in 2023 were the most noteworthy technology events last week.