19th Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo opens in HCM City (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The 19th Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo kicked off at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1. The expo accommodates over 450 booths by 400 businesses from many countries and territories and host Vietnam. On display are medical equipment and consumables, medicine processing and packaging machinery, hospital equipment, health care services, laboratory and analytical equipment, and equipment and pharmaceuticals for dentistry and ophthalmology. Nguyen Dinh Anh, head of Emulation and Commendation Department under the Health Ministry, said the three-day event offers a venue for enterprises to promote their products, services, and for doctors and hospitals to access and learn about modern technologies and equipments for the medical sector. According to Hua Phu Doan, Vice President and Secretary General of Ho Chi Minh City Medical … [Read more...] about 19th Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo opens in HCM City
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HCM City to apply artificial intelligence in building smart city
At the event (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to support its scheme to develop a smart city, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said. Though HCM City has applied AI technologies in a number of sectors, it lags behind other cities in the world in AI research and training, Phong told a seminar on AI research and application on March 20, elaborating that the city lacks AI experts, scientists and policymakers. Phong said the city should catch up with the global trend of AI. Such efforts include investment in training skilled workers and building an open-source database, he said. In addition, training in the field remains limited because of a lack of funding, he said, adding that both State and business investments are badly needed. Although HCM City has paid great attention to AI, the city lacks a staff capable of accessing AI research at the global … [Read more...] about HCM City to apply artificial intelligence in building smart city
HCM City to use AI to build smart city
Speakers speak at a seminar on “AI Research and Application in HCM City” held on Wednesday in the city. — VNS Photo Bồ Xuân Hiệp Viet Nam News HCM CITY — City authorities are planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) to further their scheme to develop a smart city, Nguyễn Thành Phong, chairman of HCM City People’s Committee, told a seminar on AI research and application on Wednesday. “Though the city has applied AI technologies in a number of sectors, it lags behind other cities in the world in AI research and training,” he said. “It lacks AI experts, scientists and policymakers.” Phong said the city should catch up with the global trend of AI. “Such efforts include investment in training skilled workers and building an open-source database.” In addition, training in the field remains limited because of a lack of funding, he said, adding that both State and business investments are … [Read more...] about HCM City to use AI to build smart city
WeWork opens first co-working space in Vietnam
Renters work at a WeWork coworking space office in HCM City (Source: english.thesaigontimes.vn) HCM City (VNA) - The first WeWork co-working space in Vietnam opened in HCM City on March 13. Covering 5,000sq.m in the E Town Centre, District 4, the office can accommodate 1,000 customers in four floors ranging from freelancers to bigger enterprises. “With Vietnam’s rapid economic growth, we see immense business potential,” Turochas T Faud, managing director of WeWork Southeast Asia, said. The company said since its first coming to Southeast Asia in December 2017, it has expanded to 18 locations, with more than 13,000 customers. Founded in 2010 in the US, it has 425 offices in 100 cities and 27 countries. Over 45,000 companies use WeWork with member companies including Dell, KPMG, GE, Microsoft, and Samsung.-VNA … [Read more...] about WeWork opens first co-working space in Vietnam
Germany’s Leipzig city opens representative office in HCM City
The inauguration of Leipzig city's representative office in HCM City (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Leipzig city has become the first German locality to open a representative office in Vietnam, contributing to strengthening trade and investment partnership between the city and Vietnam and connecting businesses of the two nations, according to the German Business Association in Vietnam. The office was launched on December 6 at the German Business Incubator Vietnam of the German House in Ho Chi Minh City, with the opening ceremony drawing more than 120 delegates representing agencies and enterprises of Vietnam, Germany, and Leipzig. First Mayor of Leipzig Torsten Bonew said that the opening of the office is one of the important activities to foster ties between Vietnam and Leipzig, especially in trade, investment, automobile, education and training, research, and development cooperation. With a population of more than 500,000, Leipzig is a big city in the German state of … [Read more...] about Germany’s Leipzig city opens representative office in HCM City