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The “Hack Co Vy 2020” online hackathon, the first of its kind in Vietnam, was held from April 24 to 26 with the aim of helping the country solve the challenges posed by COVID-19.

A hackathon has been launched to look for innovative ideas in education, healthcare, information and economics to tackle the COVID-19 epidemic.

German technology firm Bosch Vietnam has celebrated the fifth anniversary of its automotive research and development (R&D) centre in Vietnam.

Young tech talents aged between eight and 15 years old across the country are invited to take part in the Minecraft Hackathon, themed “Smart City”.

Japan ICT Day 2018 themed “Vietnam – Japan IT Cooperation in the 4th Industrial Revolution” will take place in Hanoi and the central city of Da Nang from August 28-31.

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

The Viettel Telecom Corporation has launched its contest “Vietnam Internet of Things Hackathon 2017” Monday with total prizes of 600 million VND (26,700 USD).

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam and HATCH! VENTURES – a social enterprise and startup incubator – announced the SGDs Challenge 2017” competition in Hanoi on July 12.

The three best teams won sponsor packages from Facebook (FbStart) worth 80,000 USD each at the TOPICA AI Edtech Asia Hackathon 2017, the largest artificial intelligence contest in Southeast Asia.

The organising board of the Edtech Asia Hackathon 2016 contest announced the winning teams at the two-day contest in Hanoi last weekend.

Winners of Hackathon for Social Good, a 48-hour coding contest to create useful technology products with commercial values for society, were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on November 24.

About 100 programmers, developers and social activists gathered in Hackathon for Social Good, a 48-hour coding contest to create useful technology products with commercial values for the society.