The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications handed over a platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs) and a security operations centre (SOC) system to the Lao Ministry of Technology and Communications on January 11.

The wide applicability and huge connected data store created from blockchain have made this technology increasingly important in the progress of realising the goal of bringing the digital economy to 20% of GDP, as set by the government.

Foreign and domestic companies are strongly eyeing to develop data centres in Vietnam, as demand for data storage in the country is increasing.

Vietnam is speeding up the development of the digital economy, considering this a "breakthrough" step to promote the country's economic growth in the context of the 4th industrial revolution.

Technology and telecoms businesses are expected to continue benefiting from the growth of the digital economy in Vietnam, which is showing a strong performance in the commercialisation of the 5G network.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of leading Vietnamese and Republic of Korean firms attended a joint business forum in Seoul on December 6 to sound out cooperation opportunities.

VOV.VN - Vietnam needs to continue to fine-tune its legal system, develop a digital economy, upgrade accounting systems in line with international standards, and improve logistics infrastructure in a bid to attract greater investment flows through M&A model.

During the 24 years of its membership of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, Vietnam has made active and proactive contributions to the forum, thus helping promote regional peace, stability, cooperation and economic linkage.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed Singapore support Vietnam in building a digital platform and promoting digital transformation while meeting with his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on November 12 on the occasion of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, Government and people always treasure and give top priority to developing the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China.