The programme's tasks and solutions are to improve legal institutions and promote technology innovation activities; formulating and implementing a roadmap to improve national technological capacity; researching and mastering advanced technologies in the production of keyproducts and products with high added value in the value chain and high competitiveness in the market; supporting small and medium enterprises in technological innovation; stepping up support for technology innovation activities in rural and mountainous regions facing difficult and extremely difficult socio-economic conditions; increasing financial resources for implementing the programme; and promoting international cooperation. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 28
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Grappling with digital evolution
Though IoT technologies, including big data, AI, and blockchain, and their capabilities have been hyped in recent years, local enterprises can little know nor grasp what digital transformation actually entails. In the same report by the VCCI, 86 per cent of enterprises surveyed did not know how they can go about embarking on digital transformation. Local enterprises should carefully navigate digital adoption and not just aimlessly jump onto the bandwagon. Setting clear business goals could help filter the solutions that they can adopt, allowing them to achieve more concrete and valuable returns for their investments. For smaller operations, they can start with implementing less complex digital tools that deliver immediate and observable efficiencies. … [Read more...] about Grappling with digital evolution
Launching ceremony of river trash capture tool in Nam Dinh
From the perspective of a funding partner and a technical advisor, Mrs. Chever Voltmer, - Plastics Initiative Director at Ocean Conservancy, shared: “Ocean Conservancy is thrilled to support this innovative approach to tackling plastic pollution in Vietnam’s Red River. We believe that tech solutions to this crisis need to be locally designed, locally maintained, and cost-effective, and this trash trap device meets all those criteria. It will keep plastics out of a critical ecosystem while serving as an opportunity to increase our shared scientific capacity and knowledge to combat plastic pollution. Together with our valued partners, we look forward to building on this initial success to help Vietnam meet its ambitious goals to fight marine debris.” … [Read more...] about Launching ceremony of river trash capture tool in Nam Dinh
Diplomacy helps create favourable environment for national development: official
The sector has also helped to attract huge resources for national socio-economic development and reform, he said, citing the signing of five free trade agreements (FTAs), including new-generation, high-standard ones with key partners, which put Vietnam at the centre of a network of 16 regional FTAs. … [Read more...] about Diplomacy helps create favourable environment for national development: official