SCIENCE & TECH

The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) launched "Vietnam’s 50 Leading IT Companies 2018" program in Hanoi on July 3.

Cyber security law provides a better legal framework to protect people from bad and malicious information, according to the Cyber Security Department (CSD) under the Ministry of Public Security.

Vietnam has recently run a national space spanning 100sq.m at Asia’s largest telecommunications exhibition CommunicAsia 2018, held in Singapore with the theme of “Connect the future”.

The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) in collaboration with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) organized the fourth garment technology conference in Ho Chi Minh City on June 27.

A delegation of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) led by its President Nguyen Quang Thuan has recently paid a working trip to Turkey to enhance scientific cooperation with its leading research organizations.

A mobile application was introduced by Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources on June 21 to teach people how to classify solid waste at home.

Framgia Inc. of Japan will organize Vietnam IT Job Fair for Vietnamese students in Hanoi on June 22-24.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued a plan on implementing project on strengthening capacity to manage and implement law on author rights and relevant rights to 2020, with orientation to 2050 in the capital city.

The recently-approved cyber security law is in line with Vietnam’s constitution and doesn’t hinder the implementation of commitments to international treaties, to which Vietnam is a signatory, stated Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang.

Construction started on June 14 on the second phase of the information technology and foreign language center of the Defense Ministry’s Telecommunications University in Nha Trang city in Khanh Hoa province of Vietnam.

Nguyen Thanh Liem, Director of the Stem Cell and Gene Technology Institute at Vinmec International Hospital, has become the first Vietnamese doctor to receive the 2018 Nikkei Asia Prize in the science and technology category.

In Vietnam, 72 percent of financial technology (fintech) companies choose to cooperate with banks in their business and service delivery, instead of entering direct competition, said Le Anh Dung, Director of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Payment System Department.

The Law on Cybersecurity has been approved by the National Assembly, with endorsement from 86.86% of its deputies in a voting on June 12 after eleventh hour adjustments.

The Vietnamese Government always encourages domestic and foreign enterprises to study and pilot advanced and environmentally-friendly waste treatment technologies at affordable prices, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has emphasized.

International exhibitions on telecommunication, information technology & communication, broadcasting, and electronics (Vietnam ICTCOMM 2018 - Broadcast Vietnam 2018- Electronics Vietnam 2018) were opened in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday (June 7).

The Bkav Corporation a top cyber security firm in Vietnam, has warned that up to 1.2 million computers in the country might have been infected with a destructive virus called W32.XFileUSB.

The catalogue would be seen as a constructive data input for Vietnam`s long-term energy planning, said a Vietnam official during its kickoff event today.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has proposed a temporary ban on the import of mining rigs, citing the exploitation of those machines for launching new currencies or a new form of payments as reason.

The Vietnamese Government is urging ministries, sectors and localities to drastically accelerate the development and application of an e-Government, to meet the requirements of the Industrial Revolution 4.0.

Implementing the Government`s policy of promoting investment, Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park is aiming at attracting investment of US$ 1 billion in 2018.