Tech

Representatives of the University of Science under the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City receive the ICT Education Award (Photo: tuoitre.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Three representatives of Vietnam won ICT awards for 2019 of the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO), according to the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA). The awards were presented at the ASOCIO-PIKOM Digital Summit that is taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from November 11 to 14. While national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines was honoured with the Outstanding User Organisation Award, the CMC Technology Corporation won the Outstanding ICT Company Award, and the University of Science under the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City obtained the ICT Education Award. VINASA Secretary General Nguyen Thi Thu Giang said the awards honour achievements by organisations and businesses in ICT development and application. For Vietnam, they are not only the … [Read more...] about Vietnam wins three ASOCIO awards for 2019

The exhibition is expected to promote the development of trade relations between Russia and Vietnam, diversify forms of Russian-Vietnamese economic cooperation, expand coordination in social sciences and humanities, and boost Russian exports to Southeast Asia.  At the press conference to introduce the event Products and export services, the latest achievements in energy, mechanical engineering, transport and telecommunications, mining, chemical industry, medicine, agriculture, and other hi-tech industries will be on display at the exhibition. Within the framework of the exhibition, a Russian-Vietnamese business forum on economic cooperation in building free trade zones and other seminars will be held. Translated by Song Anh … [Read more...] about Expo – Russia Vietnam 2019 to take place in Hanoi

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung (centre) visits the expansion site of Claridges Hotel in London, the UK, on November 11 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A delegation of the Hanoi People’s Committee led by its Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung paid working visits to Israel and the UK from November 4-13 to seek ways to enhance cooperation between the Vietnamese capital and the two countries’ cities, partners and businesses. During their trip to Israel, the delegation had a meeting with Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai. The two sides shared experience and discussed the possibility of cooperation in the fields of startup, innovation and technology for smart city building. Huldai said the Tel Aviv administration is ready to work with Hanoi and other Vietnamese localities to share experience in smart city building, investment, trade, tourism, urban management, technology transfer, agriculture and hi-tech healthcare, thus helping to bolster relations between … [Read more...] about Hanoi seeks to strengthen ties with Israeli, British partners

At a meeting with the MND on November 12 in Hanoi, the Deputy PM highly valued its all-out efforts so far to study and develop scientific and technological products and requested the ministry to continue to hammer out solutions to improve human resources’ competence, renovate financial mechanisms, apply appropriate policies to encourage military units to manufacture more dual-purpose and effective products for military-defense and socio-economic tasks. Regarding the MND’s orientations on science and technology studies with five major tasks for the 2021-2025 period, Dam urged the MND to keep grasping and mastering weapons and equipment manufacturing technologies which have been transferred and to gradually increase of the localization rate of defense products. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaking at the event The MND should also be active in preparing materials and supplies in service of defense production and technical equipment assurance. According … [Read more...] about MND urged to promote study and applications of science and technology

The leaders agreed that businesses play the decisive role in the city’s future sustainable development and sought their ideas and measures to address current problems facing the city. Representatives of businesses pointed out insufficient infrastructure at industrial parks, saying it has yet met the demand of investors, especially small and medium-sized ones. They also mentioned the lack of labour force in industrial production, inadequate investment in public transport, and the need to speed up the administrative procedures in the field of land, taxation and customs. They proposed developing specialized industrial clusters, attracting investment into hi-tech industrial park, boosting environmentally friendly tourism, and contributed ideas relating to healthcare, education, high technology, trade, hi-tech agriculture, and start-up. Truong Quang Duoc, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee, spoke highly of the business community’s contributions to … [Read more...] about Da Nang seeks to businesses’ ideas for growth