Thirty-two teams have begun competing in the final round of the 2019 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon Vietnam), which opened in the northern province of Hai Duong on May 7.

The “AIoT & Smart Cities 2019” competition kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on May 7, which enables firms to make orders for their solutions and applications in the contest.

The growth of the number of people making mobile payments in stores in Vietnam is at the fastest, according to the Global Consumer Insights Survey 2019 by PwC.

The National Forum on Developing Vietnam Technology Companies will be held for the first time in Hanoi on May 9, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam.

Google Assistant has learnt to speak Vietnamese, and the search company launched its revamped AI personal assistant in the language on May 6 that aims to help Vietnamese users across device like smart phones, speakers and smart displays.

Vietnam ranked sixth in the world and second in Asia-Pacific for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack sources in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to Nexusguard, a leading cloud-based DDoS security solutions provider.

The central city of Da Nang tops the IT application ranking of Vietnamese centrally-run cities and provinces in 2018.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) continued leading the country in E-Government Development Index 2018 in the category of ministries and ministerial-level agencies.

Winners of the Vietnam invention competition 2018, held by the Ministry of Science and Technology under the support of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and the Vietnam Television, will be honoured at a ceremony on April 25.

Experts hold that the definition of the rights of each side in the IP relations is very important in minimizing the conflicts that may arise, creating a healthy intellectual environment.

The total revenue of top 10 firms receiving Sao Khue Awards this year reached 2.6 trillion VND (112 million USD).

An international workshop on the assessment of shale energy in Asia, under the second phase of the unconventional oil and gas resources project, took place in Hanoi on April 23.

The Vietnamese-based Vitalify Asia Co., Ltd. has unveiled its robotic process automation system specialising in making real estate predictions.

Vietnamese companies need to invest in advanced technologies to meet the rising demand for high-quality goods in the domestic market as well as to expand exports, Nguyen Thien Nhan, Secretary of the Party's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, has said.