VOV.VN - Da Nang is keen to enhance links with Czech firms in fields such as tourism, information technology, high-tech industry, innovative startups, especially in the environmental sphere, said Le Trung Chinh, chairman of the Da Nang People's Committee.

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will launch K-Tech College, a programme that offers training programs in software and provides job placement opportunities with Korean startups to talented students from developing nations, including Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Da Nang and the Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki have great potential for stronger cooperation in tourism and human resources training, especially for the medical sector, Le Trung Chinh, head of the Da Nang municipal administration told Oishi Kengo, governor of Nagasaki, at a reception on August 30.

The National Innovation Centre (NIC) in collaboration with the Japan Trade Promotion Agency (JETRO) and the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam on August 29 held a ceremony to announce the programme “Inno Vietnam – Japan Fast Track Pitch 2023” (Vietnam – Japan Innovation: The Road to Success) in Hanoi.

ZwitterCo, a US startup that develops filtration membranes to treat the most challenging wastewaters, has successfully transferred the Nano-enabled water treatment technology to Vietnam’s technology-farm produce export-import Co., Ltd.

Vietnamese internet company VNG Corp, under trading code VNZ, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in the US via VNG Ltd, according to Reuters.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has proposed the government provide further support for Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including an interest rate reduction of another 2 percentage points per year.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue of Vietnam on August 9 called at the Iran House of Innovation and Technology (IHIT) in Tehran during his ongoing visit to Iran.

Eighty-one young entrepreneurs with outstanding startup results in 2023 were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 30 evening.

Startups and universities from the Republic of Korea will participate in MEGA US EXPO 2023, a Korea-Vietnam multi-sector exhibition to take place in HCM City on August 30-31.