Google has announced that it will offer 40,000 scholarships for Vietnamese students, and introduced three additional training courses in its programme to support Vietnam’s digital transformation, as part of the Google Career Certificates programme.

All phone numbers of units under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) calling people will display the voice brand-name of “BO TTTT” from October 27.

Phygital is a new field in Vietnam, but it is believed to be one with great potential to develop digital economy in the future.

Winners of the Vietnam Digital Awards 2023 (VDA 2023) will be honoured at a ceremony slated for October 7 as part of activities in response to National Digital Transformation Day (October 10).

As criminals exploit advanced technologies, both banks and customers face amplified risks, necessitating collaborative and advanced countermeasures.

The draft law also introduces provisions for managing over-the-top (OTT) telecommunications services, which provide application software leveraging the internet, including popular platforms like Zalo, Viber, and Telegram.

Bkav, a cybersecurity and software company based in Hanoi, has reported that over 77,000 computers belonging to Vietnamese businesses fell victim to data encrypting viruses in the first half of this year.

Mobile Money is a service that uses telecommunications accounts to pay for goods and services, promoting cashless payments, especially in rural areas.

The 31st meeting of the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Wireless Group opened in Hanoi on May 22.

The latest preliminary check of the Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has found that at least 90 websites with content such as ads, card playing and gambling.

With the goal of turning digital technology into the input factor for production, MIC and 27 enterprises with excellent digital platforms have signed contracts to help SMEs go digital in 2022.

AI-based cameras can record and analyze customers’ shopping behaviors. This allows businesses to better understand customers’ tastes and then boost sales.

Vietnam has 64,000 digital enterprises and the figure is on the rise, which is a good condition for the country to promote its technological self-reliance to rise stronger, according to General Director of FPT Nguyen Van Khoa.

Amid difficulties and challenges, sci-tech development and innovation are still considered a decisive factor to improve national competitiveness, promote rapid and sustainable national development.

Vietnam has set a target to speed up the development of science and technology for the 2021-30 period with the establishment of modern research and development centres in both public and private sectors as a core mission objective.

The municipal authorities in HCMC are going through the digital transformation process to comprehensively perfecting all operations of state agencies here, aiming at establishing a digital government.

Applying artificial intelligence in the hydro-meteorological sector is essential, said Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh.

Golden Globe Science and Technology Award was given to Vietnamese citizens under the age of 35 with outstanding achievements in science and technology who are studying and carrying out research in the country or abroad.

The goal for Hanoi is to become a green, modern and smart city by 2030.