SDG 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure

The Vietnam Data Security Joint Stock Company has unveiled the DataTrust platform, the first platform to comply with personal data protection regulations in the country.DataTrust is the first digital platform in Vietnam to administer privacy rights in the fields of cybersecurity and safeguarding data. It ...

The central city of Da Nang and the World Bank (WB) will be boosting cooperation in building digital database management as a crucial way towards full digitalisation and becoming a ‘smart’ city.Da Nang launched an e-government system in 2014, making the IT infrastructure available for ...

A group of students from the Việt Nam Academy of Agriculture have successfully tested growing a type of grass that can effectively absorb toxins from fertilisers and pesticides that pollute soil and water.The seven students, Vũ Hoài Nam (team leader), Nguyễn Minh Xuân, Nguyễn Trung ...

Of 418 IZs licensed so far, 298 have become operational. In recent years, Vietnam has become a bright spot in the FDI map, which has brought strong growth of the IZ real estate market. The keywords ‘xanh’ (green) and ‘thong minh’ (smart) are the two major ...

By using proper software, forest management boards have been able to track the performance and progress of their staff in forest protection tasks.More importantly, the images taken by forest rangers at different locations in the assigned forest areas help the forest managers have a more ...

One million people will be screened for diseases through an artificial intelligence (AI) platform during a volunteer programme for community health jointly organised by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) and the Vietnam Young Physicians’ Association (VYPA), heard a press conference in ...

A national centre for information – data integration and processing and environmental monitoring network operation was unveiled by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in Hanoi on May 14.The centre is managed and run by the Northern Centre for Environmental Monitoring under the ministry’s ...

Việt Nam needs a policy on artificial intelligence (AI) to help this industry develop strongly, while minimising risks, according to insiders. In the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 127/QD-TTg dated January 26, 2021 promulgating the national strategy on research, development and application of AI by 2030, ...

Việt Nam’s national innovation system has been increasingly completed during the past years, said Minister of Science and Technology Huỳnh Thành Đạt in a conference held in Hà Nội on Friday. The Global Innovation Index (GII) has been announced annually by the World Intellectual Property Organisation ...

While many farm owners and private enterprises engaged in organic agriculture have difficulty or have to dig into small niche markets, many farmers have become successful by connecting to help each other. Farmers especially in the Mekong Delta and Central Highlands regions applied new technology and ...