VietNamNet Bridge - The members of the Vietnamese blockchain community say they have confidence in the strong rise of technology in the future. The international Blockchain Week was held in March 2018 During the international Blockchain Week event in early March 2018 in Vietnam, a special session was held with Vietnamese blockchain-based developers. The participants were impressed by Vu Duy Thuc, a well-known name in the blockchain circle. Thuc spoke via video stream about a robot he made at Omni Labs. It has a support base of rotating wheels, with the body a pole and the head a tablet. It is used with the elderly. Thuc, who has a doctorate and is well known in Silicon Valley, talked about AI and robot trends, while other participants presented their research on blockchain technology. One speaker was Luu The Loi, who successfully called for $56 million worth of capital for Kyber Network through the issuance of tokens (the products created with blockchain technology) last … [Read more...] about Vietnamese blockchain group explores business opportunities
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IBM joins group building a blockchain-based global identity network
International Business Machines Corp has joined a private, non-profit organization called Sovrin Foundation that is seeking to build a global decentralized identity system based on blockchain technology. The blue-chip U.S. computing company will join the non-profit as a “founding steward,” dedicating hardware, security, and network capacity to help create a digital identity network for individuals and businesses, Sovrin foundation chair Phil Windley told Reuters in an interview on Thursday. Other international IT firms are already taking part, led by Deutsche Telekom’s research and innovation unit Telekom Innovation laboratories, Sovrin said. “The way we live and work online is quite different from the physical world,” Windley said. “By creating a global digital identity system, Sovrin is trying to make the online world as authentic and as interactive as the physical world.” Sovrin’s identity network uses distributed ledger technology, or … [Read more...] about IBM joins group building a blockchain-based global identity network
What will Blockchain bring to Vietnam?
VietNamNet Bridge - “Don’t be afraid of Alipay! With Blockchain, we may have payment portals better than Alipay for Vietnam,” the CEO of Tomo, one of the first Vietnamese startups using Blockchain as platform technology, said recently. Blockchain could solve the most difficult problems that Vietnam economy is facing At Techfest 2017, the Future of X workshops organized by Innovatube showed the latest technologies that Vietnamese startups are pursuing. In Vietnam, Lazada, a big firm in the e-commerce sector, has fallen into Alibaba’s hands. Now Alipay of Alibaba is cooperating with Napas, a company operating the largest number of ATMs, POS and bank cards in Vietnam. Long cited the story of OmiseGo (OMG), a startup in Thailand, as an example. RELATED NEWS Will Jack Ma and Alipay make things happen in Vietnam? Alibaba and Tencent eye Vietnamese e-payment sector Kim Chi … [Read more...] about What will Blockchain bring to Vietnam?
Blockchain tech may open new era
The first summit in Viet Nam on blockchain technology and digital money, called Vietstock Blockchain Summit begins in HCM City on Sunday. — Photo vietstock.vn Blockchain, a new technology to help explore the various forms of crypto-currencies, could open up new attractive environment for all businesses and investors, said Nguyen Duc Cuong, head of consultancy division at Vietstock – a local financial-business media. Cuong made the statement at the first summit in Viet Nam on blockchain technology and digital money, called Vietstock Blockchain Summit. The event was held in HCM City on Sunday by Vietstock and FundYourselfNow – a Singaporean organisation that helps startup businesses to raise funds for their initial coin offering (ICO). Vietnamese investors have caught up with the world trend and turned blockchain and crytocurrencies into a “hot” investment trend. For example, bitcoin and other cryptocurrency-related key words were among the top search … [Read more...] about Blockchain tech may open new era
Three start-ups win blockchain contest in Vietnam
Three Vietnamese start-up teams of Drop Deck, Turing and BKIT have surpassed other rivals to win the Blockchain-based projects contest, local technology page ictnews.vn reported on April 14. Three Vietnamese start-up teams of Drop Deck, Turing and BKIT have surpassed other rivals to win the Blockchain-based projects contest, local technology page ictnews.vn reported on April 14. The Enigma contest, the first of its kind held in Viet Nam, aiming to promote Blockchain technology to the public through pragmatic, innovative and unprecedented use cases and applications, saw participation of 20 competitors in the preliminary round and six competitors in the final round. The contest was also the first step in facilitating the ground-breaking Blockchain ecosystem for Viet Nam to keep up with the world’s sweeping blockchain movement. Blockchain is a technology newly introduced in the world as well as in Viet Nam. It is a shared, … [Read more...] about Three start-ups win blockchain contest in Vietnam