Awash in cash tech giants reward shareholders

Back in August last year, while the COVID-19 pandemic was wreaking havoc on a global scale, Silicon Valley-headquartered tech company Arevo signed a memorandum with Ho Chi Minh City’s Saigon Hi-Tech Park on the rollout of a carbon fiber composite 3D printing project able to churn out components for the aerospace sector. … [Read more...] about Big tech makes mass arrival to Vietnam

The provinces and cities with low birth rates include: HCM City, Dong Thap, Hau Giang, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, Binh Duong, Khanh Hoa, Long An, Bac Lieu, Tay Ninh, Soc Trang, Ca Mau, Dong Nai, Binh Thuan, Tien Giang, Can Tho, Vinh Long, An Giang, Ben Tre, Da Nang, Quang Ngai and Kien Giang. … [Read more...] about Women who have 2 children before age 35 to be rewarded with cash

Still, Vietnamese enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are still struggling with the concept of digital transformation. According to a 2019 survey conducted by Asia IoT Business Platform, 13.2 per cent of local enterprises surveyed claimed that digital transformation is not present within the organisation, as compared to only 8.4 per cent and 8.8 per cent of those in Indonesia and Thailand respectively. Furthermore, a report by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce (VCCI) states that SMEs account for 97 per cent of the total number of enterprises in Vietnam. Around 80-90 per cent of the machines used in their operations are imported and nearly 80 per cent are obsolete technologies from the 1980s and 1990s. … [Read more...] about Grappling with digital evolution

Here, SEHC also established a research and development centre of advanced technical products supplied for electronic factories of Samsung Group. Samsung also set up a testing laboratory operated in the electronics and telecommunications sectors to test TV indicators, according to the provisions of Vietnamese law. … [Read more...] about Samsung HCMC converted to export processing enterprise

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam has earned three awards in the latest round of the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER), an international programme that funds scientists and engineers in developing countries who partner with US government-funded researchers to address global development challenges.  Vietnamese researchers have earned 20 awards under this programme since 2011, including these three new grants. Recently, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced more than 5.8 million USD for 26 new worldwide research projects to discover, test, and scale breakthrough solutions for critical challenges in international development through the PEER programme, funded by USAID and implemented by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The awards range in value from 54,000 USD to 300,000 USD. Three researchers in Vietnam received awards under this latest round Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh of the Asian Institute … [Read more...] about Vietnamese scholars win US scientific research awards