The 2023 E-commerce Week and Online Friday, Vietnam's largest online shopping programmes of the year, are slated to begin later this month, heard a press conference held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on November 16.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City was presented with the Digital Government Award of the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) at the ASOCIO Digital Summit held in Seoul (Republic of Korea) on November 14.

VOV.VN - A delegation of the Vietnam Journalists' Association (VJA), led by its Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Loi, paid a working visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from November 5-10 to exchange experience with their Korean partners in adapting to the digital transformation period.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on November 8 received visiting Professor David Rogers of the US-based Columbia Business School (USA), who is known for his pioneering model of customer networks and his work on digital transformation.

VOV.VN - The 2023 International Conference on Digital Health got underway in Hanoi from November 8 as part of efforts to step up co-operation between Vietnam and Australia in health digital transformation.

Digital transformation should be sped up in all fields to ensure openness and transparency so as to contribute to preventing corruption, especially petty corruption, Minister of Public Security To Lam told a Q&A session at the 15th National Assembly’s ongoing sixth plenum on November 7.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam-Laos special friendship festival 2023 is set to take place in Hue in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue from December 11 to December 15 as part of activities to celebrate 61 years of diplomatic ties and 46 years since the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation between the two nations.

VOV.VN - With a young population, a strong ability for digital transformation among consumers, and increasing digital consumption, Vietnam is anticipated to achieve digital economic growth of US$45 billion by 2025.

VOV.VN - The third Vietnam-Korea Digital Forum 2023 opened on November 6 in Hanoi, with the event offering an opportunity for both sides to share co-operation needs in information technology and digital transformation, as well as policies on digital technology, technology development, and human resource training.

There is an increasing preference for digital banking and new payment modes such as mobile banking apps, e-wallets, QR code-based payments, e-commerce payment platforms and mobile wallet debit or credit cards among Vietnamese consumers, the United Overseas Bank (UOB) said in its report “ASEAN Consumer Sentiment Study" (ACSS) which was launched on November 1.