VOV.VN - The nation is rapidly emerging as a regional magnet for attracting investment in start-ups, with this being driven by a convergence of a young consumer and workforce base, as well as increasing demands for digital technology moving into the post-pandemic period.

Vietnam’s internet economy was valued at about US$21 billion in 2021, contributing to 5% of GDP and rising seven-fold from 2015.

VOV.VN - A Smart City Expo & Forum in Asia (Smart City Asia 2022) will be held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City from May 26 to May 28.

VOV.VN - Vietnam must move forward with plans to design additional programmes to support firms in the digital transformation process in terms of funding, knowledge, and information in the technology market to help them grasp technological changes occurring globally, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highlighted Singapore as one of the country’s leading partners in the region during a reception held on May 19 in Hanoi for Speaker of the Singaporean Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited tech giants Intel, Apple and Google in Silicon Valley on May 17 as part of his ongoing trip to the United States at the invitation of US President Joe Biden.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his wish to establish relations between Vietnamese cities and Los Angeles during a meeting with Nina Hachigian, Deputy Mayor of International Affairs for Los Angeles, on the afternoon of May 17 (local time), in San Francisco.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Blockchain Union (VBN) officially debuted on May 17 to connect the local blockchain community to State management agencies in order to develop legal frameworks for the technology and to accelerate the development of Vietnam’s digital economy.

VOV.VN - Leaders of US economic and financial groups such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), VISA, Citigroup, and Standard & Poor’s all hailed Vietnam’s development potential during separate meetings with visiting Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS)’s digital transformation efforts have helped provide chip-based ID cards for health insurance at more than 4,000 medical facilities across the country.