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As the world modernises at a mindboggling pace, more and more companies are switching to blockchain technology.

At the conference, representatives from the northern province of Quang Ninh shared experience in technological adoption and expressed their high determination in building a smart city.

Thailand’s Ministry of Industry plans to launch a digital platform and big data system to facilitate the industrial sector and smooth the government’s ease of doing business next year.

In September 2019, the US Cable News Network (CNN) broadcast two 30-second advertising clips titled “Hanoi-Cradle of Heritage” and “Hanoi-Heart of Vietnam”.

Digital transformation is a revolutionary conversion and will change Vietnam’s face.

Thailand’s Cabinet has approved the setting up of a National Digital Trade Platform and assigned the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (OPDC) to work with related agencies and the Joint Standing Committee of Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) to achieve this.

Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society announced on August 30 that it will establish a 24-hour fact-checking centre to handle fake online news.

The Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (Vietjet) will team up with Swift 247, a technology start-up providing super express air delivery service (Swift247) and Grab to develop solutions for connecting road and air travel to customers across Southeast Asia.

Only 32 percent of consumers in Vietnam believe their personal data will be treated in a trustworthy manner by organisations offering digital services, according to a study recently released by Microsoft and IDC Asia Pacific.

Currently, businesses may not need to be present in each country to provide services. Therefore, the old concept of a physical business is no longer relevant in the digital age.

The first corporate social responsibility programme (CSR) based on a digital platform in Vietnam’s life insurance market, the Aviva Community Fund 2019, has been officially launched in HCM City.

Experts hold that the definition of the rights of each side in the IP relations is very important in minimizing the conflicts that may arise, creating a healthy intellectual environment.

Vietnam Railway (VNR) and NextTech Group signed an agreement on April 23 in Hanoi to offer online booking and payment services for railway tickets through e-wallet VIMO.

The APEC workshop on harnessing digital trade for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is underway in Hanoi, aiming to realise one of Vietnam’s initiatives during APEC Year 2017 on facilitating trans-border e-commerce.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung has stated that the 33rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Singapore have been successful and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc actively participated in all summit activities.

ASEAN’s unity must continue to be the key factor in both thought and actions for the sake of a steady, resilient and strongly cohesive ASEAN Community, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a plenary session of the 33rd ASEAN Summit in Singapore on November 13.

In the future, the use of digital platforms by businesses will become a decisive factor in their success, delegates said at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 12.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave an interview to The Straits Times of Singapore on Vietnam’s policy making and stance on protectionism, ASEAN’s urgent issues and solutions to digital economic development of Vietnam.

Cargill on April 10 opened an 80,000 metric tonne warehouse for grains and oilseed at the Saigon International Terminals Vietnam (SITV) port in Phu My town, the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The Indonesian Ministry of Industry has planned to help the establishment of 20,000 new small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector by 2019, according to The Jakarta Post.