The Military Medical University on October 31 announced that two bowel transplants from live donors have been successfully carried out in Vietnam for the first time in history at Hanoi-based Military Hospital 103.
The Southeast Asia – Japan 2 Cable System (SJC2), invested by a consortium including the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), has been connected to Vietnam.
The telecom giant Viettel on June 19 announced it is among the members of a consortium developing a high-performance under-sea cable connecting Vietnam, China, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
The number of detections of web threats in Vietnam fell by more than 30 per cent last year compared to 2018, with 75 million different Internet-borne cyberthreats, according to Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) 2019.
The logistics sector has been the bottleneck for Vietnam’s economic development, but offers plentiful opportunities for local startup companies with the application of technologies.
The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has employed various measures to boost exports of farm produce, particularly fruits, as shipments of the products have remained modest.
A club for overseas Vietnamese scientists, the third of its kind in Australia, has been established in Victoria state’s Melbourne city by the representative office of Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology, which is located in the capital city of Canberra.
Students aspiring to become entrepreneurs should improve their soft skills and seek mentors in their fields, speakers said at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 16.
Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN for Political Security Community Hoang Anh Tuan has called for better efforts to enhance ASEAN’s anti-terrorism capacity in an ongoing symposium in Singapore.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong stressed the significance of improving human resource training to meet requirements of agriculture 4.0.
The Government of Singapore will reinforce defence and domestic security and work closely with citizens and neighbouring nations to cope with new threats.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc applauded contributions of workers to the country’s development in 2017 during his visit to the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) on February 22, the second day after the Lunar New Year holiday.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo will attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang on November 10 and 11, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia.
The fifth hi-tech agriculture and food industry fair (Hi-Tech Agro 2016) opened on November 10 in HCM City, providing opportunities for local farm producers and distributors to enhance cooperation.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will benefit Vietnam in not only economic but also institutional and social terms, said Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang.
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