The strategic partnership aims to build a robust service model capable of delivering large-scale, high-tech IT projects between Japan and Vietnam.

With local companies now engaging in chip design, manufacturing and testing, Vietnam is laying the groundwork to become self-reliant in the semiconductor industry.

Vietnam is fast becoming a key destination for artificial intelligence (AI) investment, attracting global interest across infrastructure, platforms and applications.

Resolution 57 has reset the priority order: shifting from management based on procedures to management based on goals and final results.

FPT officially enters the chip race with Vietnam’s first advanced semiconductor packaging and testing plant, following Viettel’s groundbreaking move earlier this month.

The Radio Frequency Department has been able to detect thousands of passenger and tourist vessels operating without frequency licenses by using a new data-driven approach instead of relying on traditional technical monitoring systems.

In 2025, FPT secured 26 international IT service projects, each valued at over $10 million, pushing newly signed overseas service contracts beyond the $1.5 billion mark.

The VinFuture Prize on January 23 announced the launch of its 2026 season and opened the nomination period until 2 pm on April 17, 2026 (Vietnam time).

Praising the effective deployment of 5G technology in Vietnam, chair of the Vietnam Internet Network Association Vu Hoang Lien stressed that 5G is the necessary condition to promote digital transformation.

The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has taken the lead in implementing Project 06, the National Population Database and the VNeID electronic identification ecosystem.

Associate Prof Nguyen Hoang Bac and Associate Prof Do Van Dung of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at HCMC are leading a scientific project that has attracted more than VND43 billion in investment.

Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung has emphasized that without talent, there can be no strong science; and without strong science, there can be no strong nation.

The student-led project reflects a shift from theory to applied innovation in Vietnam’s secondary school system.

Vietnam’s automation must evolve with AI, but local tech is needed to stay in control, experts stress.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision approving a scheme on information and communications for the development and application of nuclear energy serving socio-economic development through 2035.

4G infrastructure now covers 99.48 percent of the population, while 5G coverage expanded from 0.93 percent in 2023 to 90.2 percent in 2025, with the number of 5G base stations increasing from 184 to more than 35,000.

Two researchers from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) have been recognized with the 2025 Asia Innovation Award for their notable contributions to scientific research and technological advancement.

With a strategic focus on AI and infrastructure, Vietnam rises on the global digital map

The ICT landscape of Vietnam in 2025 showed development across infrastructure, platforms, and emerging technologies.