SCIENCE & TECH

The Ministry of Information and Communications has placed on consultation a governmental draft decision on the development of information technology, electronics – telecommunications industries in Vietnam.

The contact- tracing app, along with the remote health check-up platform, could be an ignition for the digital transformation process of the health sector, said PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Zoom is a video meeting platform which is becoming popular worldwide during the Covid-19 pandemic time for working from home and distance learning.

The robot is designed with a loading capacity of up to 100kg to automatically take food, medicine, necessities to Covid-19 patients’ rooms.

An e-government evaluation system will be launched in July 2020.

The Covid-19 pandemic could prompt Vietnam to move forward in the digital economy.

The GPS application will monitor coronavirus-infected people and those who are in concentrated quarantine facilities or self-isolation at home.

NCOVI app was created for universal health declaration and disseminating information about the Covid-19 epidemic.

Vietnam will have a smartphone universalization program with a view to achieving smartphone penetration of 100% through selling smartphones for just US$45-50.

Vietnamese smartphone brand VSmart is expected to maintain its smartphone market share and overtake Chinese brands in 2020.

The Covid-19 test kits have been approved by Vietnam's Ministry of Health for mass production as they provide 100% accurate results after more than one hour of testing.

Overseas Vietnamese and foreign experts when performing science and technology tasks in Vietnam are entitled to an agreed salary.

The air quality monitoring app is user-friendly, easy to download, install and upgrade.

Malicious codes that come in the form of information on coronavirus allow hackers to harm, modify or copy data or even interfere with the users’ computers and network.

The rapid test kit for the new coronavirus will be soon put into mass production, contributing to rapid diagnosis of the coronavirus.

The idea of ​​building a Vietnamese website on coronavirus stems from the fact that the world's infection map does not have a Vietnamese version.

Corona app will help people assess their risk of infection, take self protection measures as well as contact health stations.

The digital sector is expected to contribute 30% to Vietnam's economy by 2030.

Vietnam's first 5G video call was rated as successful with no lag in connection, lagging audio or choppy video reported.

Vietnam will try to take the world leading position in terms of technology as well asbuild a roadmapto phase out 2G mobile technology from 2022.