(VOVWORLD) - The smart home market in Vietnam is growing rapidly. Domestic enterprises have developed new software to meet the demand and are offering “Make-in-Vietnam” smart home products of high quality at reasonable prices.

(VOVWORLD) - Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Duong Anh Duc on Wednesday received Google for Education Regional Manager for Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand Paul Hutchings who underlined Google for Education’s interest to seek cooperation opportunities with the city.

(VOVWORLD) - The digital payment system, Apple Pay, developed by Apple, has expanded its reach to Vietnam, making it the third nation in Southeast Asia to support this service, following Malaysia and Singapore.

(VOVWORLD) - Data is playing a key role in the operation of commercial banks, offering a huge resource to help the banks make timely and sound decisions. Accessing and using big data is not easy for Vietnamese commercial banks. In this week’s Digital Life, experts in the banking sector will share with us recommendations to utilize big data.

(VOVWORLD) - The shortage of human resources is one of the main reasons hindering the development of Vietnam’s game industry, challenging the sector’s goal of earning 1 billion USD in the next 5 years, said Do Tien Thinh, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Innovation Center (NIC), at a seminar in Hanoi on Tuesday on promoting high-quality human resources for the game industry.

(VOVWORLD) - The Government Decree on Personal Data Protection, known as Decree 13, took effect at the beginning of this month. After the 2018 Law on Cybersecurity and Decree 53, Decree 13 is the third legal document to strengthen the governing of cyberspace. It provides more detailed data protection and cybersecurity obligations with respect to personal data processing activities. In this week’s Q&A, Hoang Viet Tien, Deputy General Secretary of the Vietnam Digital Communications Association (VDCA), will give an insight into the newly-promulgated Decree.

(VOVWORLD) - Google, in cooperation with the Vietnam National Innovation Center (NIC), on Tuesday launched the second season of its training program for startups. Called "Google for Startups Accelerator, Southeast Asia: Vietnam", the program aims to support and accelerate top Vietnam startups via in-person and online activities, one-to-one mentoring, and group learning sessions. This week, we asked Thye Yeow Bok, Head of Startup Ecosystem, South Asia Frontier and Greater China Region, Google Asia Pacific, to introduce the new program and give us his assessment of Vietnamese startups.

(VOVWORLD) - Affiliate marketing is a revenue-sharing marketing method in which a third-party affiliate, such as a blogger or YouTuber, advertises a business’s goods or services to help them meet sales or marketing goals. Affiliate marketing is strongly developing around the world and attracting a large number of young people, especially Gen Z who is known for fast access to technology. In this week’s Digital Life, we talked with Dung Bui, General Manager of INTERSPACE Vietnam, the owner of ACCESSTRADE, a leading affiliate marketing platform in Vietnam, to learn more about affiliate marketing in Vietnam and why more and more Vietnamese young people want to participate in the field.

(VOVWORLD) - A forum entitled “Digital jobs for workers” and the introduction of the "New Opportunities" program under the framework of the Workforce for an Innovation and Startup Ecosystem (USAID WISE) were co-organized by the National Innovation Center (NIC) and the USAID in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Affiliate marketing is one of the most profitable ‘make-money-online’ (MMO) methods with the income being the commission received on each order. According to the Vietnam Affiliate Report 2022 by ACCESSTRADE, Vietnam’s affiliate marketing market grew 45% last year, hitting 33.8 million USD. It is expected to reach 50.8 million USD this year. This week’s Digital Life will look at the digital marketing model in Vietnam through the story of Dinos, a newbie in the network in Vietnam.