The digital transformation playbook

According to the agreement, Viettel will give support and advice to help the province in carrying out digital transformation and build telecommunications infrastructure and install 5G network. The military business will also introduce some solutions and technologies to assist the southern central locality in upgrading and developing databases and digital platforms. Viettel will also give advice and support to the provincial People’s committee to develop digital government; introduce some digital transformation solutions to tourism, transportation, agriculture, postal services, and e-commerce; propose smart platforms for healthcare, education, tourism. Regarding digital economy, Viettel will suggest building a logistics and e-commerce center in the province to contribute to realizing the target of turning Khanh Hoa into an important hub in the Central and Central Highlands regions. The two sides will also work together to study and develop information technology clusters/zones and … [Read more...] about Viettel and Khanh Hoa sign cooperation agreement on digital transformation

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính meets with top officials of the Party Committee of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on Sunday. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Điệp CENTRAL HIGHLANDS — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Sunday met with leaders of Gia Lai to review the Central Highlands province’s socio-economic development in 2021 and plans for the future. The meeting took place in Pleiku City, with Government leaders and Gia Lai’s top officials. The officials reported on the province’s past development and proposed new projects to be approved by the Prime Minister. Reviewing Gia Lai’s achievements and challenges in 2021, Hồ Văn Niên, secretary of the provincial Party Committee, said they were able to reach the “dual goal” of keeping up economic growth while dealing with COVID-19. This was illustrated in its Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) increasing by 9.71 per cent compared to 2020, he said. The production value of agriculture, forestry and fishery reached VNĐ49.60 … [Read more...] about Gia Lai should be driving force of Central Highlands by 2030: PM

PTSC, a unit of PVN, is installing underwater cables for an offshore wind turbine of the Tan Thuan Project. — Photo pvn.vn Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung made the remark at the Vietnam – Singapore Board Forum (VSBF) 2022 on Friday. Tùng underlined innovative start-ups as the catalyst for the efficient use of resources, management enhancement and the better allocation of capital and technology, enabling the business sector to speed up on the path towards sustainability. In this regard, his ministry and its Singaporean partners have cooperated to introduce the concept of an “open innovative startup ecosystem” (OISE) and launched many OISE-related initiatives in Vietnam. “The notion of openness in OISE means the involvement of businesses in innovative start-ups. Start-up founders in Vietnam have excellent ideas but they need the support of businesses to bring the ideas into life,” he said. The deputy minister also revealed that the ecosystem has 79 … [Read more...] about Green transition the only pathway ahead

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the event (Photo: VNA) Gia Lai - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the Gia Lai Investment Promotion Conference 2022 in Pleiku city on May 21, which drew representatives from ministries, sectors, international organisations, businesses, investors and localities in the Central Highlands region. Addressing the event, PM Chinh underlined the need for Gia Lai to continue to keep COVID-19 pandemic under good control, while quickly completing its planning to identify its own potential and competitive advantages, and speeding up the development of its strategic infrastructure system. Gia Lai should continue to work hard with administrative reform, improve the quality of human resources, promote science-technology, innovation, diversify the supply chain and strengthen digital transformation and energy transition, he said. The Government leader expressed his hope that investors will make effective investment and long-term business in the … [Read more...] about PM attends investment promotion conference in Gia Lai

The seminar was attended by Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang, Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Tran Quoc To, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs Major General Nguyen Van Gau, and representatives from the General Staff, Military Region 1, and Thai Nguyen province. The online event connected 191 locations from districts, communes, wards, and towns of Thai Nguyen province with a total of 4,200 delegates. Speaking at the event, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang said that the seminar aimed to continue affirming the significance and values of the historic day when President Ho Chi Minh, the Party Central Committee, and the Government moved to ATK Dinh Hoa to lead the resistance war against French colonialists 75 years ago. The seminar was part of the activities to mark the 132nd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh and seen as an opportunity to show the … [Read more...] about Seminar highlights significance of President Ho Chi Minh’s move to ATK Dinh Hoa

Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017. (Photo: AFP/VNA) This will be one of the major multilateral foreign relations activities of Vietnam in 2022, especially in the context that the annual meeting of this major global economic forum has been postponed over the past two years due to Covid-19, according to Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations in Geneva. She said that since Vietnam and the WEF set up their relationship in 1989, leaders of both sides have paid great attention to the promotion of bilateral ties in many fields. Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, … [Read more...] about Vietnam to introduce national development strategies at 2022 Davos WEF

This will be one of the major multilateral foreign relations activities of Vietnam in 2022, especially in the context that the annual meeting of this major global economic forum has been postponed over the past two years due to COVID-19, according to Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international organizations in Geneva. She said that since Vietnam and the WEF set up their relationship in 1989, leaders of both sides have paid great attention to the promotion of bilateral ties in many fields. Vietnam attended four WEF annual meetings at prime ministerial level in 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019, and joined the WEF on ASEAN at prime ministerial level four times in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017. The country hosted the WEF on ASEAN in 2018, the WEF on Mekong in 2016 and the WEF on East Asia in 2010. The first WEF's Country Strategic Dialogue on Vietnam was held on October 29, 2021 in the … [Read more...] about Vietnam to introduce national development strategies at 2022 Davos WEF: Ambassador