The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), in collaboration with related parties, on January 16 organised a workshop announcing the project ‘Transforming Rice Value Chains for Climate Resilient and Sustainable Development in the Mekong Delta’ (TRVC). Workshop announcing TRVC project (Photo: VNA) The project will be implemented from the Summer-Autumn crop in 2024, with funding of 16 million AUD (10.5...

The 4th season of VinFuture Prize, an annual international award that honours remarkable scientific breakthroughs and promotes innovations for humankind, officially commenced on January 9, calling for nominations worldwide. VinFuture Prize laureates of the 2023 season (Photo: VNA) The prize is the core activity of the VinFuture Foundation, a non-profit organisation co-founded by Vietnam’s billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong...

Science and Technology (S&T) play a crucial role in increasing labor productivity, restructuring the economy and positively contributing to overall socio-economic development. Recently, Lang Son province has carried out various scientific research and technological development activities, applied scientific achievements to daily life, which positively contributes to the province's socio-economic development. Farmers in Mau Son commune, Loc Binh district, apply...

Generative AI is expected to contribute 14 trillion VND (574.83 million USD) to the Vietnamese digital economy by 2030, Dang Huu Son, co-founder of LovinBot AI and Vice Chairman of the local digital human resources development alliance AIID, has said. The year 2023 witnesses the launch of various AI products developed by Vietnamese experts.(Photo: tapchitaichinh.vn) Son said the development...

Russia’s news agency Sputnik has lauded the launch of Vietnamese-developed apps as a positive signal, demonstrating the efforts of domestic technology units to gradually reduce reliance on foreign products and improve the accuracy of information containing Vietnam’s historical and cultural values. ViGPT on website (Photo: VinBigdata) Sputnik noted that in 2023, OpenAI's ChatGPT has made waves in the...

In 2024, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will focus on key tasks, including the development of digital infrastructure and digital applications to boost the digital economy, creating new momentum for economic growth and labour productivity, Minister of Nguyen Manh Hung has said. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang (3rd from R) participates at the conference on...

The People’s Committee of Da Nang city in central Vietnam on December 30 issued a decision to establish an integrated circuit (IC) and artificial intelligence (AI) research and training centre. Vietnam has more than 5,570 IC engineers at present, over 85% of whom are in Ho Chi Minh City, 8% in Hanoi and 7% in Da Nang city....

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on December 28 asked the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) to perfect institutions and legal policies, creating corridors for the development of science and technology. The Ministry of Science and Technology needs to have specific policies to develop this field on contents such as valuation of assets formed after implementing scientific...

Fully aware of the importance of digital transformation, on September 28, 2021, the Provincial Party Standing Committee issued Resolution No. 49 on digital transformation of Lang Son province until 2025, with a vision to 2030, implementing policies on digital transformation at all levels and sectors, including the youth union. With enthusiasm and acumen in approaching science and technology, all...

World leading scientists have contributed ideas and solutions on climate change response and greenhouse gas reduction towards net-zero emissions in Vietnam in 2050, during the ongoing 2023 VinFuture Sci-Tech Week in Hanoi. Bac Lieu wind farm (Photo: VNA) Prof. Daniel Kammen, member of the VinFuture Prize Council and the first Environment and Climate Partnership for the Americas (ECPA)...