VOV.VN - The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) organised a seminar from March 30 to March 31 in the northern city of Hai Phong as part of efforts to share experience in applying digital platforms and data to promote public services in the digital environment.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang and her Italian counterpart Maria Tripodi co-chaired the fifth Political Consultation between the two foreign ministries on March 30 to discuss the co-operation situation and to outline orientations aimed at enhancing the joint strategic partnership moving forward.

The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) held a ceremony on March 24 in the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to mark 60 years since then President Ho Chi Minh had a meeting with intellectuals (May 18, 1963) and its 40th founding anniversary (March 26, 1983 - 2023).

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy held a working session in Hanoi on March 23 with a business delegation of the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) led by the council's President and CEO Ted Osius who are on a working visit to Vietnam from March 21-23.

VOV.VN - Universities and businesses of Laos and Vietnam are expected to take part in a joint tech innovation expo due to be held in Vientiane, Laos, on April 4 – 5.

It is critical for pharmaceutical companies to improve competitiveness with a focus on research and development (R&D), production technology and digitalisation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Cambodia consented to continue maintaining high-level exchanges, consultations, and bilateral mechanisms moving forward during the 20th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee on economic, cultural, scientific and technological co-operation held on March 21 in Hanoi.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 20 for British Ambassador to Vietnam Iain Frew, during which he hailed the latter for actively promoting bilateral activities over the past years.

With 87% of Vietnamese children aged 12-17 years old access the internet every day, they are facing a myriad of risks in cyberspace, according to Tran Dang Khoa, deputy head of the Information Security Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The application of digital science and technology towards the goal of gender equality requires political will and real actions of governments and the willingness to transform of relevant sectors in society, affirmed a Vietnamese official.