Da Nang remains Vietnam’s fastest 5G city
The city has held the top spot since the start of this year. Its 5G performance is almost 1.5 times higher than runner-up Hai Phong (429.53 Mbps) and even the capital Hanoi (415.73 Mbps).
The city has held the top spot since the start of this year. Its 5G performance is almost 1.5 times higher than runner-up Hai Phong (429.53 Mbps) and even the capital Hanoi (415.73 Mbps).
Innovation and science–technology serve as key pillars to achieving the development goals of both Vietnam and India, while startup acts as a vital bridge to deepen ecosystem linkages and open future industries.
With a vision to become an innovation and high-tech hub of central Vietnam, Da Nang has issued several key resolutions and policies to foster human resources, infrastructure and enterprises in the AI and semiconductor sectors.
Bui Trung Thuong, Trade Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy in India, highlighted the shift in Vietnam–India relations from traditional cooperation to partnerships based on innovation, technology, and digital transformation.
A wave of investment in artificial intelligence (AI) data centres is sweeping across Vietnam, with both domestic and international corporations announcing multi-billion-USD projects that are set to transform the country into a rising hub in the regional AI infrastructure map.
The rate of end-to-end online public services has reached only 39.98%, far below this year's target of 80%. Data quality across national and sectoral databases remains inconsistent, complicating information sharing and reuse. Cybersecurity and incident response capacity also remain inadequate.
Vietnam’s digital transformation has achieved remarkable progress. However, similar to other countries in the region, online scams and fraud cases are on the rise. Last year, authorities recorded 10,000 online fraud cases, with estimated losses of nearly 759 million USD.
Maya - a virtual HR assistant developed by FPT - sends over 20,000 appointment reminders, answers queries, and compiles feedback within just a few hours.
Lawmakers highlighted the need to introduce a post-implementation review mechanism to enhance transparency and prevent abuse in technology valuation and transfer.
Vietnam has chosen to pursue this direction — developing open technologies, open-source software, and open data — to enable individuals and enterprises to co-create new values. With this approach, it will become a technology-driven nation that both benefits from and contributes to global knowledge.
According to statistics, Vietnam currently has nearly 78,000 digital technology companies with approximately 1.9 million workers in the information technology (IT) sector. However, these firms still face difficulties in recruiting high-quality human resources in the current context.
The forum focused on sharing experience and strategies for building a skilled semiconductor workforce, updating recruitment trends, and promoting university–industry cooperation to establish a sustainable talent ecosystem for Vietnam’s fast-growing semiconductor sector.
Ten young scientists under 35 years won the 2025 Golden Globe Science and Technology Award while 20 outstanding female students were honoured with. the 2025 Vietnam Female Students in Science and Technology Award
At the Catapult Network, the delegation learnt about the sustainable public – private partnership, exemplified by the “one-third funding” structure, in which financing is shared equally among the government, commercial contracts, and collaborative R&D projects.
Dong Nai aims for the digital economy to account for at least 30% of GRDP by 2030, making it a central driver of the province’s exceptional growth trajectory.
With its aspiration to become a pioneer in digital economy, Vietnam seeks to learn from the UK - the cradle of the Industrial Revolution and the homeland of great minds such as Isaac Newton, John Locke, Adam Smith, Alan Turing, William Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens - to build an innovative, human-centred, and sustainable technological ecosystem.
Nearly 300 delegates representing government agencies, international organisations and leading enterprises convened in Ninh Binh province on October 27 for a ministerial roundtable on artificial intelligence (AI) governance.
As many as 72 countries from around the world signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (also known as Hanoi Convention) at the recent Signing Ceremony and High-Level Conference held in Hanoi on October 25–26.
The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly held an international press conference to announce the outcomes of the Signing Ceremony and High-Level Conference of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (also known as Hanoi Convention) in Hanoi on October 26.
A policy discussion focusing on promoting international cooperation in combating cybercrime, with national approaches to implementing the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (the Hanoi Convention), took place in Hanoi on October 26 on the sidelines of the convention's signing ceremony.