The Prime Minister has issued the National Strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution by 2030 to fulfil goals set in the Politburo’s Resolution 52-NQ/TW that outlines policies guiding Vietnam’s active involvement in the revolution.

The Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) is planning to have all equipment on transmission lines and 80% of 110 kV circuit facilities digitalised from now to 2022.

The online Vietnam – South America logistics trade forum has been held to help the two countries' firms expand business cooperation opportunities in the field.

A Vietnamese technology company has introduced a security camera that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) for facial recognition with a claimed accuracy rate of up to 99.9%.

The largest events of the year regarding startups and innovation in HCM City are set to run from November 23 to 28, the municipal Department of Science and Technology said on November 23.

The Vietnam Public Health Portal was officially launched by the Ministry of Health on November 20, aimed at facilitating liaising with services provided by the health sector.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen hosted a local reception for visiting Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug on November 4.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 25 to introduce a Vietnamese virtual assistant platform which was developed by the Viettel Cyberspace Center under the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel).

The Viettel AI Open Platform, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform developed by the military-run telecoms group Viettel, was launched by the Ministry of Information and Communication at a ceremony on August 28.

Ho Chi Minh City announced a programme on digital transformation along with a data sharing and integration platform at a conference on July 22.