ASEAN ministers of telecommunications and information technology have affirmed the resolve to press on with initiatives and cooperation programmes to promote digital transformation in the region at their meeting in Vientiane, Laos.
The Digital Council of Thailand (DCT) is working with the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) to turn the country into a digital innovation hub in ASEAN through development of data centres and artificial intelligence (AI) capability.
Risks and challenges must be identified during the digital transformation era to ensure that Vietnam continues to grow and be prosperous, according to a new report issued by Australia’s CSIRO and Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology.
The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) launched the 11th edition of its annual Whitebook at a conference in Hanoi on March 14, focusing on the future of economic development in Vietnam.
President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in on November 18 proposed the establishment of the APEC Digital Innovation Fund to boost regional cooperation and build capacity for developing economies in the region.
Korean President Moon Jae-in was to leave for Singapore on November 13 for annual summits with ASEAN nations and their dialogue partners as he strives to bolster relations with the region and drum up international support for his initiative for peace with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The Grow Asia Forum was held in Hanoi on September 11 within the framework of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN 2018 which lasts from September 11-13.
The Thai Ministry of Digital Economy and Society is expediting five important projects after the government approved two-billion-baht budget to finance them with a focus on the expansion of high-speed Internet to remote areas.
Two Vietnamese researchers on November 16 were awarded the 2017 Newton Prize Vietnam for their project “Building a Foundation for Sustainable Development: Networked Societies for the Cities of Tomorrow” that addresses communicating during disasters.
Trade ministers and officials from the 21 APEC member economies will meet in Hanoi to alleviate uncertainty about the future of trade in the Asia-Pacific.
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Canada have agreed to promote the role of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in regional economic development during the 14th ASEAN-Canada Dialogue Meeting in Ottawa.
Representatives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Vientiane, Laos, on October 20 to discuss the implementation of the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will join other leaders from ASEAN member states at the 28th & 29th ASEAN Summits and related events in Vientiane, Laos, from September 6-8.
The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 49) took place in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on July 24 with the participation of 10 Foreign Ministers from ASEAN member countries.
Thailand’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MICT)
has joined hands with the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) to push
forward the Digital Economy policy to the industrial sector.
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