The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) plays a significant role in the positive development of digital transformation in Vietnam in 2023, stressed Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang at the body’s December 29 conference of year-end review and new-year task deployment.

2023 has been a successful year for Vietnam in digital transformation with many steps forwards, according to Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung.

VOV.VN - The Political Bureau has recently issued a directive aimed at strengthening the Party’s leadership in terms of thrift practice and waste prevention.

Fifteen individuals and organisations were honoured at the Vietnam Digital Content Creation Award (VCA) 2023 during a ceremony in Hanoi on December 22.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 21 stressed that it is a must to put people and businesses at the centre during the implementation of the project on developing the application of population database, e-identification and e-authentication for national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030.

As many as 20 million Vietnamese youths will receive support to improve their digital business capacity and develop their startups under a programme launched by the Supporting Centre for Youth’s Startup, and the Centre for Enabling Startups and Knowledge Transfer and the Centre for Student Support under the Vietnam National University - Hanoi, in Hanoi on December 20.

The People’s Committee of Ha Nam province on December 20 handed over an investment registration certificate to a PepsiCo food production project of the PepsiCo Vietnam Foods Company Limited to invest in Dong Van I industrial park in Duy Tien commune.

Vietnam is anticipated to emerge as a destination for Chinese enterprises in the near future, as investments from the neighbouring country have become increasingly diverse in areas such as energy, green development, and digital economy, according to experts.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Robert McIntosh, Senior Vice President of US-based Dell, in Hanoi on December 14.

A regional workshop on safe and diverse information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure took place on December 14 in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province, as part of the Vietnam International Digital Week 2023.