VOV.VN - The southern province of Binh Duong will play host the second National Forum on Digital Economy and Digital Society Development on November 13-14, said organisers.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications and the Francophone University Agency (AUF) organised an international conference on November 4 discussing ways to branch out high-quality labour force for the southern economic hub’s development of smart urban areas.

VOV.VN - To move from lower-middle-income to high-income status by 2045, Vietnam needs a new growth model to create a higher development trajectory and to overcome the “middle-income trap”.

With a high digital economic growth rate of about 20% per year, and the fastest rise in e-commerce in the ASEAN region, Vietnam is moving close to the position of top three biggest countries in the ASEAN region in terms of its digital economy.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang hosted a reception on July 25 for his Singaporean counterpart Gan Kim Yong, who is in Hanoi to attend the funeral of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. ​

Premier of Australia's Victoria state Jacinta Allan said the state considers Vietnamese localities priority partners in its international cooperation during a recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam.

VOV.VN - Digital transformation is an inevitable trend, a mandatory requirement, and an irreversible process in a rapidly changing world that should be hastened to support national growth drivers, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a Government meeting in Hanoi on July 19.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 10 said solutions should be stepped up to boost digital economy, thus spurring economic growth and contributing to achieving socio-economic targets.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Public Security has published a draft law on data to garner opinions from organisations and people.

Ensuring equal access to digital technology and benefits from digital economy for all is a priority of Vietnam, Minister Counsellor Cung Duc Han, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN has said.