Innovation

The ZIM programme has been carried out within the framework of a letter of intent on scientific and technological cooperation signed in December 2012 between the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. It looks to help transfer advanced technologies and improve the technical capacity of SMEs and scientific-technological organisations in Vietnam. At the workshop Tran Dong, Counsellor for Science and Technology at the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany, said the workshop was one of the three similar events held by the MoST to introduce the ZIM programme. The two previous events took place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in late May. The Berlin workshop aimed to give instructions on the approval process, financial mechanisms and methods for supporting the connection of Vietnamese and German scientists and businesses. He added that during the Vietnam visit last March by German Minister for Economic … [Read more...] about Germany helps improve Vietnam’s SMEs via innovation programme

With the Doctor Anywhere App, users can video-consult a doctor on their phone and get medication delivered to them within three hours in the city. This partnership is expected to bring significant changes to the healthcare landscape in Vietnam Doctor Anywhere is the most comprehensive digital healthcare service to be launched in Vietnam, bringing a suite of online and offline healthcare services, including doctor video-consultation and medication prescription, online health and wellness shopping marketplace, home-based healthcare services, and more, all on one single platform to the people in Vietnam. Thanks to the superior utilities brought by technology, the Doctor Anywhere application will transform the way health consultation is done while ensuring that customers would be able to gain full insurance benefits. The collaboration between Doctor Anywhere and Bao Minh is expected to create a series of breakthrough products and services in the field of healthcare for Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Doctor Anywhere ties up with Bao Minh Insurance to digitise healthcare

Visa was the first payment network to apply neural network-based AI in 1993 to analyse the riskiness of transactions in real time The tool (VAA) monitors and evaluates transaction authorisations on the Visa global payment network, VisaNet, in real time to help financial institutions promptly identify and respond to emerging fraud patterns and trends. Visa processed more than 127 billion transactions between merchants and financial institutions on VisaNet last year, and employed AI to analyse 100 per cent of the transactions – each in about one millisecond – so financial institutions can approve legitimate purchases while quickly identifying and preventing fraudulent transactions. “One of the toughest challenges in payments is separating good transactions made by account holders from bad ones attempted by fraudsters without adding friction to the process,” said Melissa McSherry, senior vice president and global head of Data, Risk and Identity Products and … [Read more...] about Visa helps prevent nearly $25 billion in fraud using AI

HANOI, VIETNAM - Media OutReach - 14 November 2019 - Global technology-solutions provider Arrow Electronics today hosted an Internet of Things (IoT) technology seminar that exhibited a wide range of IoT and sensing technology solutions at the Hilton Hanoi Opera, Vietnam.  Arrow Electronics Showcases Latest IoT and Sensing Technologies for Accelerating Smart City Transformation in Hanoi Hanoi is among one of three major Vietnamese cities that are being transformed into digital and interconnected urban areas by 20201. With the launch of Vietnam's first IoT Innovation Hub in Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Hanoi earlier this year, the city has intensified efforts in accelerating research and development as well as establishing a platform to support entrepreneurial innovation in IoT technologies. "As one of the fastest-growing economies in ASEAN, Vietnam is now progressing into a smarter IoT nation. We look forward to working with global companies such as Arrow to … [Read more...] about Arrow Electronics Showcases Latest IoT and Sensing Technologies for Accelerating Smart City Transformation in Hanoi

The workshop in Dresden city, the German state of Sachsen, on November 12 (Photo: VNA) Berlin (VNA) – The development situation and foreign investment attraction policies of Vietnam were introduced to businesses, research centres, universities and members of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) at a workshop in Dresden city, the German state of Sachsen, on November 12. Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu briefed participants about the development as well as foreign investment attraction policies of Vietnam. He also mentioned the fields Vietnam and Sachsen can enhance cooperation in such as mechanical engineering, innovation, energy, environment, education and research. Vu expressed his belief that thanks to the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and Investment Protection Agreement that are awaiting ratification, there will be more chances for investment and cooperation in Vietnam for German businesses, universities and research institutes, including those … [Read more...] about Vietnam – a target of German state Sachsen’s businesses: workshop