The Vietnam National Space Centre and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signed an agreement on satellite data exchange in Hanoi on September 18.

Vietnam determines to transform from a consumer to a provider of future technologies and services, ready to stay at the front door of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), according to Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Dai Duong.

An international Hardware and Hand Tools exhibition in Vietnam in 2017 is scheduled to take place from December 6-9 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

Three startup models were awarded cash prizes totalling 28,000 USD at the final pitch of the Swiss Innovation Challenge (SIC) Vietnam 2017 competition in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13.

The Novelind innovation exchange was launched on September 11 with the aim of connecting individuals, organisations and companies with scientists to serve community development.

The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) organised the 2017 ASEAN Computer Emergency Response Team Incident Drill (ACID) in Hanoi on September 11.

More than 100 programmers have recently joined the “Vietnam Mobile Hackathon” programme organised by Google.

Overcoming the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution and making best use of the opportunities it will bring was discussed at the seventh Vietnam ICT Summit 2017, which concluded in Hanoi on September 6.

Government bodies should be more proactive in promoting IT application, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at the opening of the 2017 Vietnam ICT Summit in Hanoi on September 6.

Bolstering intellectual property (IP) rights enforcement, including computer software, is high on the Government’s agenda, as part of its efforts to uphold international IP rights commitments it has made.

A training workshop for teachers of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) 2017 programme was held on August 29 in Hanoi to help launch the programme in Vietnam.

The Homeland Security Expo 2017, the first of its kind in Vietnam, was launched at the International Centre for Exhibition in Hanoi on August 29 to introduce latest and modern technologies and products for defence and public security.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony in Hanoi on August 28 to launch the Vietnam Innovation Golden Book 2017.

A group of university students from the southern province of Dong Nai have won the Asia-Pacific robot contest, known as Robocon, held in Tokyo, Japan.