(VOVWORLD) - The 12 best innovative solutions in the12 award categories of the Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2023 were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - "Inno Vietnam - Japan Fast Track Pitch 2023", a new platform for start-ups and companies from ASEAN, Japan, and around the world to co-create open innovation, was launched in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A total of 758 solutions in 8 fields from individuals and businesses at home and abroad were submitted to the Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2022, 60% of which came from start-ups, while the rest came from corporations and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises.

(VOVWORLD) - 72 million Vietnamese people are using the Internet and each person spends 288 dollars for online shopping a year on average, according to the workshop "Digital economy: identifying, locating potentials and challenges" in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Innovative startup movements have been booming in Vietnam in recent years. Experts say that technology start-ups in Vietnam are mostly run by young, ambitious, and innovative people who dare to face challenges. Together with the Government’s supportive policies, the companionship of businesses, centers to support innovation start-ups, and experienced instructors, many digital technology startups have achieved success.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s exclusively homegrown smart Insect Monitoring System (IMS) is designed to meet the need for digital transformation in agriculture. The product won the silver Make-in-Vietnam prize in the category Excellent Digital Product in 2021. It was designed and manufactured by RYNAN Technologies Vietnam and employed in 13 provinces and cities nationwide. This year, the Japanese agriculture ministry has allowed the importation of the system to monitor and predict agricultural epidemics.

(VOVWORLD) - Digital transformation is an inevitable trend and a driving force for socio-economic development. Localities in Vietnam, including Quang Nam province, have carried out a number of solutions to speed up digital transformation. Quang Nam aims to be among the top 20 of 63 provinces and cities with the highest level of digital transformation in 2030.

(VOVWORLD) - “Make in Vietnam’ is an action program and slogan initiated by the Ministry of Information and Communications in 2019. Since then a number of “Make in Vietnam” technological services and products have been created with the criteria of being studied in Vietnam, created in Vietnam, and produced in Vietnam. The strong transformation of digital technology businesses and their products has gradually made the digital technology industry a pillar of the Vietnamese economy and created momentum for Vietnam to become a digital powerhouse by 2030.

(VOVWORLD) - The Government of Vietnam has approved the National Digital Transformation Program until 2025 with a vision to 2030, which emphasizes digitalisation in all areas of social life. To achieve the set goals, promoting cooperation with developed countries in the digital field is important. Helping Vietnamese digital enterprises go global is one of the key tasks that the Ministry of Information and Communications is focusing on.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam International Innovation Expo 2023 (VIIE 2023) will take place on October 28 at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi. On this occasion, the National Innovation Center will debut its new establishment to attract investment in Vietnam’s innovation activities.