Science and technology
Made-in-Vietnam text-to-speech app reads to the blind
Text-to-speech technology has actually been researched and used around the world for many years, and is widely applied in services such as consulting, customer interaction, smart homes and smart traffic. The desire to have an artificial voice with the same emotion and tone of a Vietnamese ...
Vietnam’s Industry 4.0 Summit 2019 opens in Hanoi
The Vietnam’s Industry 4.0 Summit 2019 officially opened in Hanoi on October 3 as part of the activities to realise the Politburo’s Resolution No. 52-NQ/TW on actively participating in the Fourth Industrial Revolution to accelerate the national development. Under the theme of “Vietnam’s Strategy & Action ...
Vietnam speeds up digital conversion race
Vietnam has made concrete steps to seize opportunities from digital conversion, which has become the main development trend around the world thanks to great advantages in technologies and creativity.Over the past few years, Vietnamese living in big cities have gradually formed an online shopping habit. A ...
'Innovate like a Swede 2019' launched in Hanoi
The Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam, in collaboration with Swedish companies, launched the “Innovate like a Swede 2019” contest on September 9 in Hanoi. Innovate like a Swede is an annual innovation contest for Vietnamese university students with the purpose of encouraging creativity and finding innovative ...
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New technologies needed to boost energy efficiency
Applying new technologies is considered an effective way to save energy in industry amidst surging demand and certain problems in power supply, heard a forum in Hanoi on August 21.Although the power demand growth rate for the time ahead will slow down to about 8.5 ...
E-logistics sorting out supply
Leading logistics providers are looking to technological investment and e-logistics as Vietnam’s limits in infrastructure and connectivity continue. According to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), infrastructure investment demand in Vietnam in the 2016-2020 period has been projected at ...
Selecting appropriate artificial intelligence development strategy
Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly and strongly, gradually affirming that it is a pillar and breakthrough technology in the industrial revolution 4.0. Opinions raised at recent domestic and international AI conferences have shown that Vietnam has a lower starting point compared to many countries, if ...
Vietnam’s first AI learning system launched
In an effort to bring modern technology into education, Vietnam’s tech giant FPT on August 27 launched the VioEdu online e-learning system – the nation’s first smart education assistant using artificial intelligence (AI).According to Le Hong Viet, FPT Technology Director, VioEdu at https://vio.edu.vn helps students ...
Vietnam has high demand for IT workforce
Demand for human resources in Vietnam’s information technology (IT) sector has reached a five-year peak with nearly 63,000 jobs to be filled in 2019, according to the second quarter report on Vietnam’s IT market conducted by TopDev, an IT recruitment network and ecosystem.According to data ...
Vietnam Book of Innovation 2019 introduces 74 new solutions
The Vietnam Book of Innovation 2019 was made public in Hanoi on August 23, introducing 74 outstanding scientific-technological research projects and solutions selected from 141 entries submitted by ministries, sectors, organisations and localities.Among the honoured works are a project on installing automatic fire fighting system ...
