The Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) market in Vietnam has been going through a downturn due to the pandemic, but the technology sector is bucking the trend, according to experts at a seminar on digital transformation and M&A on January 11.
Total revenue of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector is estimated at nearly 65 billion USD in the first half of 2021, up 22 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Information and Communication.
Vietnamese firms poured 546.7 million USD into overseas projects in the first five months of 2021, more than triple the figure of the same period last year.
The Ta Quang Buu Awards 2020 was presented to three scientists who have made significant contributions to the country’s science and technology sector at a ceremony held in Hanoi on May 18.
The Ta Quang Buu Awards 2020 will be presented to three scientists who have made significant contributions to the country’s science and technology sector.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam highly appreciated the science and technology sector for its contributions to the country’s development in recent years at a conference held in Hanoi on January 3.
The Financial Services Commission of the Republic of Korea said the country will deepen cooperation with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the financial technology sector.
Singapore has announced that it will create up to 10,000 jobs in the technology sector in the next three years with the aim to become a global hub for the industry.
Vietnam’s total outbound investment in the first quarter of 2019 reached an estimated 120 million USD, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
A Thai academic has said the nation needs to attract skilled foreign workers to work in the country, especially in the industrial technology sector, to overcome a shortage of skilled-workers.
FPT Japan, a branch of Vietnam’s largest software producer FPT Group, has been urged to contribute more to the Vietnamese IT sector as the world is entering the fourth industry revolution.
It appears that Vietnam is best placed to become Southeast Asia’s Silicon Valley while most members of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) have ambitions of developing competitive technology sectors, “Asia Correspondent” said in a recent article.
A network of thousands of outstanding Vietnamese individuals living in foreign countries world-wide, is expected to be set up following a project newly kicked off by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
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