NDO – The Ministry of Health (MoH) is seeking donations of convalescent plasma from those who have fully recovered from COVID-19 to lend a hand in treating severely ill patients with the coronavirus.
NDO – The Australian government on August 4 announced its financial support of AUD650,000 to a new initiative that enables the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to assist economic recovery in Vietnam after the COVID-19 pandemic.
NDO – The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has featured among the top overall winners at the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in 2020 with three Gold, three Silver and nine Bronze Stevie wins.
NDO – A public service on registering cars and motorbikes online is expected to be put into operation on August 15, according to Minister-Head of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.
NDO - Vietnam’s adoption of the Internet’s latest addressing scheme, known as IPv6, reached 44% as of June 2020, ranking 10th in the world (the global average is 22%).
NDO - The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has launched a national portal known as PayGov, designed to promote electronic payments for public services.
NDO – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee held a workshop on July 23 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the management and development of Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve (2000-2020).
NDO – The “Nhan Tai Dat Viet” (Vietnamese Talent Awards) 2020 will look for and honour talents with products and solutions regarding digital transformation, contributing to the Government’s digital transformation process.
NDO - A conference was held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 22 to announce a programme on digital transformation, data sharing and the integration platform of Ho Chi Minh City.
NDO – Thanks to the shortening of reviewing, appraising and approving the clinical trial as well as the testing and licensing of possible COVID-19 vaccines, a safe and effective made-in-Vietnam COVID-19 vaccine is likely by October 2021.
NDO - Danish investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and its partners have signed a memorandum of understanding with the central province of Binh Thuan to develop a wind energy project with a total capacity of 3.5GW off the coast of La Gan.
NDO - Recent biodiversity surveys have revealed a "treasure" of rare and endangered wildlife including the gray-shanked douc langur, yellow-cheeked crested gibbon, owston's palm civet, horse bear, slow loris, otter, wild cats and many other species of Vietnam, in Kon Plong district, the Central Highland province of Kon Tum.
NDO – VinAI Research Institute (a member of the Vingroup Group) has had three papers accepted at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2020.
NDO – A ‘Youth Innovative Ideas for an Ocean without Plastic’ programme was launched in Hanoi on July 14 to boost the key role the youth play in developing ideas and implementing initiatives to deal with plastic waste in the ocean.
