Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on December 6 encouraged Korean firms to expand investment in Vietnam in digital technology, electronics, infrastructure and industrial zones.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has emerged as an innovation and technology hub in Southeast Asia amid the region seeking to bridge the gap with other world-leading economies through digital technology, thereby helping to attract foreign investors, including Canadian businesses, according to industry insiders.

An e-commerce week will be held from November 28 to December 4 while Vietnam Online Shopping Day - Online Friday 2022 is scheduled to last from December 2-4, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Digital technology solutions will help promote waste classification at source, and better manage waste collection, treatment and recycling, experts said at a recent workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City.

The northern province of Bac Ninh and Gumi city of the Republic of Korea co-held a business forum in Bac Ninh city on October 20, aiming to intensify cooperation between the two localities as well as the two countries.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communications co-operated with the Korean Ministry of Science and Information Technology (MSIT) to arrange the Vietnam - Korea Digital Transformation Forum as part of Vietnam International Digital Week (VIDW2022) which got underway from October 11 to October 14.

VOV.VN - A total of 15 Vietnamese enterprises participated in the M-Tech Osaka 2022 expo on October 5 in Osaka, Japan, with the primary aim of enhancing co-operation and developing technologies in the country.

VOV.VN - Experts have suggested that Vietnam move to accelerate its national industrialisation and modernisation process in order to meet current development requirements moving into the new period in line with the resolution adopted by the 13th National Party Congress.

Vietnam must move forward unless it wants to be saddled with the status of the “world’s factory”, heard a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on July 28.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Information and Communications launched the ‘Make in Vietnam’ Digital Technology Product Awards 2022 in Hanoi on June 22.