Science and technology, digital transformation and innovation must become key drivers of productivity, product quality and added value, helping the industry strengthen its position in international markets.
Completing digital infrastructure, strengthening digital architecture, improving connectivity and raising data quality are essential to improving management, administration and public services.
With the theme "From architecture, platforms and data to tangible results and enhanced national governance efficiency", this year’s event emphasises the transition from merely building architecture, platforms and data to effectively leveraging digital resources.
Capital flows into AI and data centres are looking beyond location and prioritising infrastructure quality, developer capabilities and their ability to meet stringent operating standards.
Gross domestic product (GDP) rose 9.95 per cent in the third quarter over the same period last year, accelerating from growth of 8.15 per cent in the first quarter and 8.81 per cent in the second quarter.
Nguyễn Ngọc Dung, chief of office of the Việt Nam Data Association, discusses how Việt Nam can turn its vast data resources into economic value by building the technology, businesses and markets needed to support a data economy.
Smartphones have overtaken PCs as the main gateway to the internet for users across the Asia-Pacific, but the growing amount of sensitive information stored on mobile devices is raising concerns over cybersecurity, according to Kaspersky.
The General Department of Taxation and the National Credit Information Centre of Vietnam (CIC) have signed a cooperation agreement on exchanging and using data to a framework for closer information sharing between the tax and banking sectors.
The Ministry of Science and Technology has urged the Ministry of Industry and Trade to instruct EVN to implement the guidance on the application of electricity tariffs to data centres consistently nationwide and maintain uninterrupted electricity supplies to data centres.
Over the past year, the capital has accelerated efforts to move beyond simply applying digital technologies towards adopting data-driven governance, laying the groundwork for faster, more sustainable economic development.
The data centre is designed initially with about 60 MW of IT load to support cloud computing, artificial intelligence, big-data processing and high-performance computing, with potential expansion to 90 MW.
Việt Nam is attracting a growing wave of investment in large-scale data centres, but turning that momentum into a regional hub will depend on securing enough power, strengthening international connectivity and providing investors with a stable regulatory environment.