(VOVWORLD) - Every week, in a small house in the West of Hanoi, a group of older learners laugh and chat about digital transformation and how AI is impacting their lives. Join us in this week’s Digital Life to see what real lifelong learning is like.

(VOVWORLD) - Imagine you are trying to find a parking spot in the busy streets of Ho Chi Minh City - cars honking, motorcycles weaving through traffic – or in a residential area with limited parking. What if your phone could book a spot for you before you even arrive? That’s the kind of smart city innovation Australia and Vietnam are teaming up to create.

(VOVWORLD) - With small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Vietnam facing challenges in funding, cash flow management, and digital transformation, Vietpay, a member of multi-national financial group Nexxo Ventures Ltd., has launched services offering streamlined digital banking and payment solutions to help Vietnamese SMEs boost financial access and operational efficiency across Southeast Asia.

(VOVWORLD) - Digital technology is playing a vital role in preserving and promoting national cultural heritages. With the support of new technological tools, heritage sites and traditions are being brought to life in new ways, becoming more accessible to younger generations and international audiences. The “Live Beauty Vietnam Season 3” program, themed “Touching heritage” is an example.

(VOVWORLD) - Thai Nguyen province has bee n implementing a series of solutions to accelerate IT application in ethnic minority communities, aiming to create a new milestone in the development of rural mountain areas. Applying IT and strengthening digital transformation in various aspects of life are helping to narrow the development gap between ethnic minority regions and other parts of Thai Nguyen. This effort is boosting socio-economic growth and significantly improving local residents’ life.

(VOVWORLD) - Tiger Financial Corporation (USA) on Thursday announced a strategic investment of over 5 million USD in Vietpay Technology Company Limited, a rising fintech firm in Vietnam, underscoring deepening economic ties between Vietnam and the US.

(VOVWORLD) - With cyberattacks growing in scale and complication, traditional remedies are no longer effective. Organizations must move beyond reactive approaches and adopt proactive strategies to protect their digital assets. “Threat Hunting”, the practice of actively searching for hidden threats within systems before they cause harm, is now considered a critical layer of cybersecurity defense. Incorporating “Threat Hunting” into cybersecurity drills has become a best practice for enterprises wanting to strengthen their cyber resilience.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Association of Disabled Youth has collaborated with AI companies and technology experts to help people with disabilities use AI tools to optimize their work and lives. The activity is part of the HCM Communist Youth Union’s Digital Literacy Movement to popularize digital technology and improve general technical knowledge and skills, in response to the Politburo’s resolution on breakthrough development in science and technology, innovation, and national digital transformation.

(VOVWORLD) - FPT Corporation, Vietnam’s leading tech company, is spearheading the development of artificial intelligence through its multimodal AI factories located in Hanoi and Japan. The cutting-age facilities are integral to FPT’s AI ecosystem, aiming to bolster national AI security and information sovereignty.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam should focus on innovation, a new direction like combining AI with chip design rather than chasing models by early adopters, Dr. Le Viet Quoc, a leading AI scientist at Google Brain, told media on the sidelines of the recent International Conference on AI and Semiconductors in Hanoi. Quoc, who is also a founding engineer at Google DeepMind, gave an insight on the current trends of AI, particularly AI agents, Vietnam's conditions, and his recommendations for Vietnam’s AI development.