Disciplinary measures have been issued for current and former officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC) for previous wrongdoings.

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.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung expressed his hope for stronger partnerships between Qualcomm Incorporated and technology companies of Vietnam, while receiving an executive of the US firm in Washington D.C. on May 12.

VOV.VN- Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, has underscored the significance of maintaining peace for the cause of promoting global development at a high-level meeting of the Group of Friends of Global Development Initiative (GDI) held on May 9 in New York.

The Vietnam Blockchain Union (VBU) will hold the first congress in mid-May, aiming to establish an organisation to connect the technology business community and provide consultancy to related agencies to develop policies and legal frameworks on technology, digital assets, and currencies.

AI has played a new role during the COVID-19 pandemic – talking to patients, discovering seriously ill patients, and providing emergency care. As many as 2.6 million such calls were made.

The Embassy of Italy in Vietnam in coordination with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) on May 6 organised a workshop to exchange views and expertise on space strategies and technologies.

VOV.VN - Vietnam continued to witness a dramatic fall in terms of the number of new daily COVID-19 infections, with over 3,345 confirmed on May 7, thereby bringing the national tally since the start of the pandemic up to 10.673 million.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang has visited a facility of Thales Group in Cannes which develops technology solutions for satellite, aerospace, defence, transportation and security markets.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg Nguyen Van Thao attended the third edition of the ASEAN Day jointly held by Luxembourg’s Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs, Ministry of the Economy, and Chamber of Commerce, and the ASEAN Brussels Committee on May 4.