The current technology era is creating both opportunities and challenges for businesses in the process of enhancing and managing resources, delegates told a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City last week.

Analog television signals will be switched off in 15 cities and provinces on August 15, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) said.

After a month of its opening, Creative Lab, an incubator for Vietnamese start-up community, has recently held its first event for start-ups focusing on the role of creative hubs in Vietnam in developi

The University of Da Nang in collaboration with Fablab (fabrication laboratory) Da Nang, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Arizona State University (ASU) officially launched a Maker Innovation Space in the central city of Da Nang on August 11.

The role of the youth in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) was highlighted at a forum that attracted 20 domestic and foreign investors and over 1,000 young people in Hanoi on August 9.

The Vietnam Software Association (VINASA) has launched a programme to choose Vietnam’s top 50 IT companies 2017, aiming to honour the leading IT firms and connect promising partners inside and outside the country.

Vietnam is a leading information technology (IT) services destination in Asia, heard a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on August 8 on the upcoming IT service export conference 2017.

The Vietnam Inland Waterways Administration (VIWA) has launched a free mobile phone application, called Viwa Alert, which allows users to report water traffic law violations.

The 12th National Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology opened in Nha Trang city, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, on August 2.

Two tech startups from Vietnam and Australia have agreed to establish a network of laboratories for neuroscience studies, named Neuro Lab, in Vietnam.

Vietnam has a solid foundation for information technology but must constantly strive to be globally competitive, Hajime Hotta, co-founder of Innovatube and president of Cinnamon AI Labs.

4G mobile phone services are expected to boom in Vietnam in 2017, accelerating the completion of national programmes such as e-Government, Smart City and Smart Agriculture.

As many as 120 foreign and domestic scientists are attending the conference “Nanophysics: From fundamental to applications”, which opened in Quy Nhon city, the central coastal province of Binh Dinh on July 31 as part of the 13th Recontres du Vietnam (Meet Vietnam) programme.

The 12th National Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology will take place in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa from August 2-4, heard a press briefing on July 27.