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Technology and telecommunications businesses are expected to continue to benefit from the growth of the digital economy.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim on January 30 witnessed the signing of three bilateral cooperation agreements on the digital economy, green economy, personal data protection, and cyber security.

Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will make an official visit to Singapore on January 30 at the invitation of Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong.

The contribution of the digital economy to national GDP in 2022 accounted for about 14.26% of the total, with 7.18% contributed by the ICT digital economy.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on January 12 called on the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) of the US to encourage its member enterprises to increase investment in Vietnam.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 2 signed off the Politburo’s Resolution No 31-NQ/TW on orientations and tasks for the development of Ho Chi Minh City by 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Vietnam is speeding up the development of the digital economy, considering this a "breakthrough" step to promote the country's economic growth in the context of the 4th industrial revolution.

GDP growth faster than expected, border reopening, and fuel shortages in many localities are among the top 10 events that shaped Vietnam in 2022, as selected by Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam expects its digital economy to account for 20 percent of GDP by 2025.

Technology and telecoms businesses are expected to continue benefiting from the growth of the digital economy in Vietnam, which is showing a strong performance in the commercialisation of the 5G network.

The Thai government is moving towards the third phase of Thailand's digital landscape development plan in a bid to reach the top 30 of the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking, with the digital economy contributing 30% of the country's GDP in five years.

A national forum on the development of digital technology enterprises (Make in Vietnam Forum 2022), one of the biggest annual events of Vietnam’s digital technology industry, was held in Hanoi on December 8.

Bac Giang province is accelerating the implementation of digital transformation, with a focus on developing the digital economy.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has released the banking sector’s plan to implement the national strategy on developing a digital economy and digital society by 2025, with a vision to 2030.

Vietnam's digital economy is said to boast the fastest growth in the Southeast Asian region with gross merchandise value (GMV) expected to rise 28% year-on-year to 23 billion USD in 2022.

A forum discussing ways to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to accelerate digital transformation took place in Hanoi on November 9.

The Philippines' digital economy amounted to 1.87 trillion pesos (32 billion USD), up 7.8% from 2020, as per data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Vietnam's digital economy is growing at the fastest pace in Southeast Asia with gross merchandise value (GMV) expected to increase by 28%, from 18 billion USD in 2021 to 23 billion USD. There has been 26% growth of e-commerce over the same period in 2021, according to the "e-Conomy SEA 2022" report.

Vietnam is in the lead and set to post a 31 percent growth in gross merchandize value (GMV) from US$23 billion in 2022 to US$49 billion in 2025.

Phenikaa Group has been honoured as one of the top 50 most profitable companies in Vietnam in 2022.