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When his parents gave him a book that taught him how to fold paper into dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures at the age of seven

Vietnam stood out as the world’s largest cashew exporter last year but there remains many challenges ahead for the country to retain its leading position in the future.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh held talks with Vice President and head of the Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research of Switzerland Guy Parmelin in Geneva on January 20.

Vietnam’s telecom firm Viettel announced it is the 6th company in the world to manufacture 5G devices.

Cars which provide passenger transportation via ride-hailing platforms like Grab will have to put on top TAXI sign or carry logo stickers showing that they are contract vehicles.

A symposium was opened in Hanoi on January 17 to discuss the intertwining of science and policy towards sustainable development in ASEAN.

Vietnam will develop a seaport master plan for 2021-30, with an aim to enhance infrastructure connectivity, reduce logistics costs and promote marine economic development.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science and Technology announced the approval of the municipal People’s Committee for the selection programme of an architecture design for the HCM City Centre for Innovative Startup.

The fourth “Bua Liem Vang” (Golden Hammer & Sickle) Press Awards 2019 honoured journalists and their works about the Party building in Hanoi on January 15.

A conference to review the implementation of the "Fostering Innovation through Research, Science and Technology" (FIRST) project funded by the World Bank was held by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Hanoi on January 14.

PhD students need to connect with industries to benefit the economy in Vietnam, experts said at a recent workshop in Hanoi.

Authorities in the south central province of Khanh Hoa plan to improve the quality and performance of businesses in the private sector, striving to have 30,000 businesses by 2025 and 35,000 by 2030.

In order to increase the competitiveness and value of local products, Ha Nam province has implemented a program to support traceability QR codes geographical indicators and collective brands.

The Southern Key Economic Zone needs specially tailored policies to attract large amounts of foreign direct investment and improve linkages between localities to ensure sustainable development, experts have said.

The SaVi Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (SaVipharm) held a ceremony on January 9 to receive the EU GMP Certificate and kick off construction of a high-tech R&D centre in HCM City.

Vietnam needs a “revolution in its policy-making mind-set” before it can take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution, said Pham Xuan Hoe from the Banking Strategy Institute, at a forum in Hanoi on January 7.

Experts and scientists were invited to contribute their opinions to draft documents of the upcoming 13th National Party Congress at a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on January 7.

Ho Chi Minh City is hopeful of mitigating its manpower shortage, especially in sectors related to the fourth Industrial Revolution, over the next few years since many local universities plan to launch majors in artificial intelligence and such streams starting in 2020-2021.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Phung Quoc Hien received in Hanoi on January 6 a delegation of Hungary’s ruling party, Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance, led by its Vice President Katalin Novak.

Ten outstanding young Hanoians will be honoured at a ceremony to be held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s Hanoi chapter on January 7.