Vietnam faces a serious shortage of high-quality workers in information technology, which poses challenges to the country as digitalisation, the fourth scientific revolution, is all over the world.

The Vietnam Information Technology Outsourcing Alliance (VNITO) and the non-profit Japan Information Service Innovation Partners Association (JASIPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding

The fourth graders of Doan Thi Diem Primary School in Hanoi won the three highest prizes in the primary category in the final round of the WeCode 2016 Contest held on October 29.

More than 500 primary and secondary school students in Hanoi, HCM City and central Da Nang city will take part in the annual Robothon Contest starting on October 30.

A workshop themed “Japanese ICT Day 2016” was held in Hanoi on October 27 to promote the cooperation between ICT enterprises in Da Nang and Japan.

A Vietnam-Japan information and communications technology day was held in Hanoi, attracting representatives of hundreds of IT businesses from both countries.

John Savage, An Wang Professor of Computer Science from the US Brown University, has affirmed that he will make effort to support Vietnam to develop science and technology.

The 2016 Asia Pacific Conference on Information Management was held in Hanoi on October 21, aiming to develop and sustain an affluent society, both materially and spiritually.

Vietnam Airlines has banned transporting Samsung Galaxy Note7 phones on its flights, including carry-on luggage and shipments, the airline announced on October 17.

The southern province of Phu Yen on October 17 started the construction of infrastructure for a hi-tech applied agricultural zone (AZ) with an investment of nearly 520 billion VND (22.6 million USD).

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged farmers to accelerate the application of new scientific and technological advances in the context of the country’s extensive international integration.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue urged farmers to accelerate the application of new scientific and technological advances in the context of the country’s extensive international integration.

Vietnam is one of the leading exporters of such agricultural products as rice, pepper, fruits and vegetables.

Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan on October 14 signed licences granted to Viettel and VNPT to set up public telecommunication networks and provide 4G services.