A programme initiated by Google in association with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of Vietnam has provided 650,000 people with digital skills training, 30% higher than the plan.

Digital technology, if exploited to the maximum, can bring over VND1.733 quadrillion (US$74 billion) to Vietnam by 2030, with the most beneficial sectors including manufacturing, agriculture and food, and education-training.

There was a growing trend of streaming YouTube on TVs in the Asia Pacific region with Vietnam being the country with the fastest growth in connected TVs, a YouTube Brandcast Delivered 2021 event heard recently.

Google in cooperation with the National Cyber Security Centre has launched the Google Safety Centre and the Safer Programme with Google for Vietnamese users.

Singapore-based financial service supplier DBS has predicted that Vietnam’s economic growth may reach 8% in 2022 thanks to rising flows of FDI and exports and digitalisation impetus.

Vietnamese ICT enterprises have benefited greatly from the fast digitalisation trend, with their revenues rising despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup and Google Cloud of the US inked a cooperation agreement on the implementation of digital transformation strategy in New York on September 22 (local time).

VOV.VN - Google Doodle celebrated Vietnam’s Mid-Autumn Festival, or Children’s Festival, on September 21, an annual holiday observed on the date of the harvest moon–the first full moon following the autumnal equinox.

VOV.VN - As the most popular search engine in the world, Google has come up with a unique doodle in honour of workers on the frontline for their round-the-clock service combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam will tighten control over cross-border platforms providing advertisement services like Facebook and Google under new rules taking effect from September 15.