The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) announced on September 21 that it has started providing 5G service and put into operation the infrastructure of Internet of Things (IoT) in Ho Chi Minh City.
Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has stated that improving the efficiency of cooperative ties between Ho Chi Minh City and the German city of Frankfurt not only benefits both sides, but will also develop Vietnam-Germany relations.
The development of a knowledge-based economy is expected to help Ho Chi Minh City realise its ambition of becoming a major centre of economics, finance-trade and science-technology in Southeast Asia.
HCM City authorities plan to address business competitiveness and productivity at meetings with investors to respond to the sharp drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) this year.
The 2015 Vietnam IT outsourcing conference (VNITO) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 15 with 400 corporate executives from Vietnam and 20 other countries worldwide taking part.
HCM City's monorail line No 2 linking District 8 with the Thanh Da -
Binh Quoi Urban Area in Binh Thanh district will cost over 15 trillion
VND (nearly 690 million USD).
Vietnam will have 19 Information Technology (IT) focus areas which are
expected to produce high added value, according to a draft master plan
on IT development until 2020 with a vision toward 2025.
More than 2,600 books worth nearly 100 million VND (4,800USD) will be
transferred to the Song Tu Tay island of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago
late this month during an art exchange programme between the island and
Ho Chi Minh City.
The leadership role of chief information officers (CIO) in Southeast Asia was highlighted at the eighth CIO Summit and Awards in the capital city on July 19.
Around 200 delegates and 64 businesses from Vietnam and Malaysia
gathered at an information and communication technology (ICT) forum in
Ho Chi Minh City on May 24 to seek cooperative opportunities.
Most Vietnamese IT firms have failed to make adequate investment in
research and development due to limited financial capacity and a lack of
skilled personnel, said HCM City Computer Association chairman Chu Tien
Dung.
Ho Chi Minh City is home to almost
12,000 IT businesses who are expected to earn around 35 trillion VND by
the end of 2009 or 40 percent of the country’s total IT revenue.
Quang Trung Software Park in Ho Chi
Minh City has officially joined the Asia Oceania Regional Software Park
Alliance at the recent Asia Oceania Regional Software Park Forum 2009
in Thailand.
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