VOV.VN - The Vietnam Recreational E-sport Association (VIRESA) officially launched a white book on June 10 which details the local e-sports scene, marking the first of its kind in the country.

The Edtech Vietnam 2021 - Discovering “startup stars" contest has been launched by the National Startup Support Centre of Vietnam and the Bach Khoa Hanoi Technology Investment and Development One Member Company Limited (BK-Holdings).

Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang on June 8 stressed the significance of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) in narrowing development gap between ASEAN countries and building the ASEAN Community, especially amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

A memorandum of understanding was signed in Hanoi on June 8 to carry out a programme on facilitating digital transformation and assisting small- and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives and business households in the consumption of farm produce in the country.

The Quang Trung Software City Development Co in HCM City is collaborating with the city Departments of Information and Communications and Science and Technology to set up a centre for supporting businesses achieve digital transformation, it says on its website.

Digital transformation is considered to be among the key solutions to removing obstacles facing production and business and creating new development directions, and is being applied by many localities and enterprises amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Digital transformation is widely considered to be a crucial solution in both production and trade activities, thereby helping to introduce Vietnamese agricultural products to the international market.

Deputy Secretary General of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Truong Giang on May 27 attended an online meeting of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP) entitled "Role and organisation of Parliaments in a pandemic".

Vietnam plans to outlay VND2.87 quadrillion (US$124.5 billion) on public investment in the 2021-2025 period, up VND120 trillion compared to the previous estimate.

Two digital transformation solutions of Vietnam have won prizes of the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for “Innovation in B2B Products & Services”.