Vietnam continues to be one of the countries with the highest number of detected online infections, according to Kaspersky Security Network data.

Conglomerate VinGroup on March 4 launched its VinTech Korea Research in Gyeongsangbuk province’s Daegu city, the Republic of Korea, to study the application of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, artificial intelligence, robotics, and smart manufacturing plants.

The Kovaleskaia Award 2018 was presented to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan and Environmental Technology Department, Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Science, VNU.

Vietnam is 13th globally in Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) adoption rate with more than 14 million users, according to Google.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan, Director of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture, has become the youngest woman to receive the Kovalevskaya Award, which honours outstanding female scientists.

The Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) and Japan’s Niigata University co-organised in Hanoi on March 4 the G-DORM Forum on Global Sci-Tech Education through cooperation with universities in Mekong River countries.

The National Innovation Centre (NIC) is a hallmark in the national strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0), Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

The military-run Viettel is among only 50 telecom companies in the world to successfully deploy the narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT), a technology developed for devices supporting IoT connectivity.

Increasing profit a few hundred percent, saving billions of dollars in technology costs, operating complex data systems in real time, transforming appropriate business models, improving operational efficiency and personalising customer experience on large-scale digital platforms at fast speed were the benefits of digital transformation, said Dr. Phuong Tram, FPT head consultant on digital transformation and former DuPont CIO at a seminar in Hanoi this week.

Russia is willing to assist Vietnam in developing its e-government via free-of-charge consultancy, technology transfer, and training of experts, said a Russian official.

Vietnam, like many other countries, is in a bid to spur economic innovation with Artificial Intelligence (AI), but experts said the country is starting from at a low point and needs to make a huge effort to catch up with the global trend.

The Government has issued a decree creating more favourable conditions for the development of businesses operating in the field of science and technology.

Vietnam is expected to master the remote sensing satellite manufacturing technology under the national remote sensing development strategy to 2030 with a vision towards 2040, recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam praised efforts made by scientists who are participating in projects in Vietnam and in the development of the country’s science and education sector while meeting 70 representatives in Hanoi on February 12.