VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is pursuing three strategic breakthroughs to reach the global top 100 innovation ecosystems, highlighted by plans to attract a nearly US$2 billion AI and data center project from the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s G42 Group.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung has hailed cooperation between the National Innovation Centre (NIC) and Google as profoundly significant, helping accelerate Vietnam’s startup and innovation ecosystem, particularly in strategic technology sectors like artificial intelligence (AI).

Vietnam has worked out an ambitious economic transformation, propelled by a national blueprint that prioritises sci-tech, innovation and digital transformation.

The Department of Science and Technology of the northern port city of Hai Phong is organising the International Techfest Connect 5+, a science and technology festival to promote connectivity in the northern coastal region, from April 15-16.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will soon set up three regional innovation and startup support centres aimed at making full use of local resources and encouraging innovation and creativity, creating the prerequisite for the replication of the model across the country.

A forum that aims to connect technology researchers, developers, and science and technology management agencies of Vietnam, with Laos’ government agencies and businesses opened in Vientiane on April 4.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the German Agency for International Cooperation or (GIZ) have jointly held a conference in Hanoi to discuss a report on the development of a set of criteria for innovative enterprises of Vietnam.

The Vietnam Open Innovation Landscape Report 2021, the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the local startup and innovation ecosystem so far, is set to be released in December.

A group of academics from Australia’s University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have secured a grant worth US$146,271 for a project aiming to connect Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with opportunities in Vietnam’s innovative ecosystem.

The Vietnam Young Initiatives (InnoCity) 2021 competition, which aims to collect initiatives for the national creativity and innovation ecosystem, has been launched by the Vietnamese Student Association in the Netherlands and the Global Network of Young Vietnamese Intellectuals.