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A webinar on digital transformation revolution and challenges for travel companies was held on July 29.

Digital transformation and information technology application have important roles to play in the realisation of northern Ninh Binh province’s tourism development plan, which aims to turn tourism into a spearhead economic sector by 2030, according to the provincial Department of Tourism.

Up to 91.58 percent of the national population are expected to join health insurance in 2021, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).

Northern Vinh Phuc province ranked sixth in the level of information technology application among the State agencies nationwide in 2019, surging by 33 places against the previous year.

Those with smartphones would do well to download Bluezone, a Bluetooth-based app that helps determine if a person has come in contact with a COVID-19 patient, the Authority of Information Technology Application at the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has suggested.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has won the 2019 ICT Award from the Asian-Oceania Computing Industry Organisation (ASOCIO) for its outstanding achievements and important contributions to the development and application of information technology in operation and services.

Vietnam will become a leading digital country and economy in the ASEAN region by 2030 and allow testing of new technologies in the digital economy.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on October 15 hosted a reception for Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintila and a business delegation.

The Study Promotion Association of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the municipal Department of Education and Training launched a life-long learning week on October 1.

The Vietnamese Government always pays due attention to health care and stands ready to continue cooperating with Denmark in medical technology and profession to modernise health care system and improve living quality, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Ho Chi Minh City and US technology giant Microsoft need to boost collaboration in information technology (IT) application and development to improve life quality for citizens in the southern hub.