(VOVWORLD) - Amid the rapid development of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the revision of the Law on Insurance Business coming into force early this year, foreign insurance technology (Insurtech) companies have identified Vietnam as a burgeoning epi-center for industry innovation and growth. This week’s Digital Life will look at Vietnam’s insurance industry with particular focus on the insurtech market. We talked to Mia Ma Yaxuan, CEO of the Mars Fintech Company based in Singapore.

(VOVWORLD) - Meey Land Group Joint Stock Company, which operates the Meey Land Technology-Finance-Real Estate Ecosystem, has been honored in the Top 10 of Vietnam’s Outstanding Digital Technology Enterprises in 2023. It’s one of the few real estate technology enterprises that has received the prestigious title for breakthroughs in its Technology-Finance-Real Estate Ecosystem.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Innovation Challenge (VIC) 2023 seeks digital transformation solutions and products to enhance the capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to attract sustainable investment in Vietnam and facilitate domestic businesses’ participation in global value chains. The best innovative solution was named in each of 12 categories. In this week’s Business, we’ll introduce two of the top solutions, oneSME and BenKon.

(VOVWORLD) - CTOptimal, a member of CT Group, introduced three specialized AI products in healthcare, logistics, and UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) at the Vietnam Digital Technology Exhibition last month. These products are made entirely by Vietnamese engineers who hope to contribute to climate change response, green transition, and sustainable development.

(VOVWORLD) - Young people are familiar with new technologies, fully equipped with values to promote new solutions for the benefit of society and themselves. As young parliamentarians born into the digital world, they must become leaders in applying technology to confront the current challenges, said IPU President Duarte Pacheco in a video message sent to the just-concluded Global Young Parliamentarians Conference in Hanoi. In this week’s Digital Life, we bring you the opinions of several meeting participants about digital transformation and sustainable development.

(VOVWORLD) - The “Vietnam Digital Finance 2023” seminar and exhibition were held in Hanoi on Thursday to discuss digital data as a foundation for developing a sustainable digital finance system.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Artificial Intelligence Festival AI4VN, with the theme "Strength for Life" opens in HCM City on Thursday. Organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology and VnExpress online newspaper, the Festival aims to popularize AI applications, create incentives for AI development and connect state agencies with businesses.

(VOVWORLD) - The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) has named Binh Duong province among the world’s top 7 Intelligent Communities with a typical smart city development strategy for 2023. ICF gathers a list of nearly 200 prosperous smart cities worldwide. Binh Duong’s efforts are recognized for their economic transformation towards innovation and digitization.

(VOVWORLD) - A seminar on turning innovation into the driver for building a digital economy in Vietnam took place in Nam Dinh province on Thursday as part of the first “National Forum on Digital Economy and Digital Society Development”.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Innovation Challenge 2023 received 758 innovative solutions in digital transformation, 25% of which were from foreign countries with developed innovation ecosystems like South Korea, the US, and Singapore. The figure demonstrates that Vietnam’s investment environment and business community are attracting the attention of foreign corporations like Meta. In this week’s Business, we talk to Simon Milner, Vice President of Public Policy for Asia Pacific at Meta, about the company’s support for the Vietnamese business community, especially innovators.