SDG 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure

The Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices (JSAMD) has become the first Vietnamese journal to be put forward in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) via the Web of Science which features the world’s leading citation databases.JSAMD focuses on publishing research works related to ...

Venture capital funding pouring into Vietnamese fintech companies accounted for 36 percent of the total fintech investment in Southeast Asia. In Việt Nam, the leading field attracting venture capital in fintech companies was payment. Fintech companies are targeting about 300 million adults in Southeast Asia who ...

Digitisation of farming is inevitable and Việt Nam should embrace it to resolve the agricultural paradox of producing more while preserving natural resources and to grab the opportunities brought by free trade agreements, experts have said.The Việt Nam Digital Agriculture Association was launched in September ...

The National Assembly on Monday adopted the Resolution on the master plan of socio-economic development in ethnic minority and disadvantaged regions in the country with near 90 percent approval.The plan prioritises the most disadvantaged regions in ethnic minority-dominated and mountainous areas, with the main goals ...

Vietnam is receiving support to apply remote sensor technology in rice production.Phase 3 of the project ‘Remote Sensing-based Information and Insurance for Crops in emerging Economies’ (RIICE) was launched in Hanoi on November 13. The Swiss-funded project will support the use of satellite data for ...

The innovative start-up ecosystem in Vietnam has grown strongly and achieved positive results, contributing a vital role in improving the efficiency and competitiveness of the economy.According to experts, the development of national innovative start-up ecosystem as well as the growth of start-ups needs to be ...

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 19th ASEAN Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministers Meeting (TELMIN 19) that opened in Vientiane on October 24.The annual event aims to strengthen ICT cooperation among the ASEAN member countries ...

The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) will soon announce a roadmap for full termination of the second generation network (2G) technology to release broadband support for 3G, 4G and 5G. The statement was made by Phan Thao Nguyen, director of the International Cooperation Department under ...

The Vietnam Business Summit 2019 (VBS 2019), one of Vietnam’s biggest international business-related events, opened in Hanoi on October 16. The event is being held in parallel with the 10th Asia Business Summit (ABS) also in Hanoi on October 17. Both events are hosted by the Vietnam Chamber ...

The Ministry of Information and Communications has decided to establish the Viet Nam Cybersecurity Emergency Response Teams/Coordination Center (VNCERT/CC). The center is located in the capital city of Ha Noi and has two branches in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang City.The new center is ...