SDG 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Innovation Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), through the programme “Human Resources for Innovation – Startup Ecosystem” (USAID WISE), on June 21 organised a workshop “Future of jobs in digital ...

HCM City is making efforts to promote digital transformation in the collection, treatment and management of the huge volume of domestic solid waste discharged daily. The city generates about 9,700 tonnes of solid waste daily with complicated composition and characteristics, putting great pressure on domestic ...

In the coming time, Ho Chi Minh City will open vocational courses to train high-quality human resources for smart agricultural production and digital transformation in agriculture. After more than 10 years of implementation of the Project on Vocational Training for Rural Workers approved by the ...

In the Government’s National Digital Transformation Programme to 2025, with a vision to 2030, agriculture is identified as one of the priority sectors. For the forestry sector, digital transformation has brought unification and simplified administrative procedures and contributed effectively to forest management, protection, and development.SMART ...

A seminar on data connecting and sharing serving digital government and governance took place in Hanoi on May 25 as part of the Vietnam – Asia DX Summit 2023.According to Nguyen Phu Tien, deputy head of the Authority of Information Technology Application under the Ministry ...

The draft revised Law on Water Resources was submitted to legislators at the ongoing fifth session of the 15th National Assembly on May 25 afternoon. According to Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh, the draft removes overlaps, clarifies responsibilities for managing water ...

The establishment of the national big data and integration of databases are the most critical foundation for the national digital transformation.To carry out digital transformation nationwide, the Government has launched its project ‘Developing an Application for Population Database, Digital Identification and Authentication for the National ...

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has approved the implementation plan for the National Year of Digital Data, with activities held to promote data administration in the digital environment.The Year will focus on developing open data and databases, promoting the use of digital platforms, ...

The Government on April 17 issued Decree on Personal Data Protection which specifies measures and conditions to ensure the work.Under the document, which will take effect from July 1, 2023, those to protect personal data include management and technical measures implemented by organisations and individuals ...

Students from engineering technology universities in Vietnam have developed innovative projects following the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) model to provide engineering solutions for real world problems, including supporting the vulnerable, sustainability, agricultural productivity, plastic recycling, reducing CO2 emission and green energy.Keep reading ...