Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Japan ICT Day 2018 themed “Vietnam – Japan IT Cooperation inthe 4th Industrial Revolution” will take place in Hanoi and the central city of Da Nangfrom August 28-31.
The event will be hosted by the Vietnam Software & IT Services Association(VINASA) as part of activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary ofdiplomatic ties between the two countries.
Japan ICT Day 2018 is expected to attract 350 domestic and foreign delegates,including 100 from Japan.
Itwill features workshops, talk shows, business matching events to promote linksbetween Vietnamese and Japanese IT firms, and Hackathon Vietnam 2018competition.
During the event, updated reports on the development of IT cooperation betweenVietnam and Japan will be presented.
Participantswill be also provided with an overview of Japan’s IT industry and Alphabeta’sreport on digital country.
LeadingIT firms of both sides will share information related to smart city projects inHanoi, and discuss the reality of Vietnam-Japan IT cooperation in new technologyprojects, and measures to improve the quality of the collaboration.
For the first time, IT training institutions will send their students to HackathonVietnam 2018 competition, which is scheduled for August 27-28 in Hanoi with thetheme “Smart City”.
JapanICT Day is an annually important event organised by VINASA and the Vietnam –Japan IT Cooperation Club, aiming to promote Vietnam – Japan IT collaboration.
The event was first organised in 2007 and is the best platform for Vietnam andJapanese companies to seek for business cooperation during the past 10 years.It gets strong support from the Governments, associations, organisations andespecially businesses of the two countries.
In recent times, cooperation between Vietnam’s IT businesses with Japanese peershas witnessed a strong development. From entrusted development of informationtechnology services, many research and development projects based on newtechnologies such as Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain and ArtificialIntelligence (AI) have been jointly implemented by the two countries’enterprises.
Many IT products and applications of Vietnam have been introduced in the Japanesemarket in many fields, from restaurants and supermarkets to health care,transport, industry and entertainment.-VNA
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