Vietnam’s pharmaceutical industry has reached level three under the World Health Organisation’s classification, as the country can now produce some basic raw materials. However, it has yet to fully develop raw material production, as it cannot compete with imported materials.

Vietnam’s digital technology industry has made encouraging steps of development and maturity over the years.

Any country in the world which wants to prosper must prosper in cyberspace. If Vietnam wishes to become a developed country with a high income, it must carry out digital transformation.

Restrictions in the last couple of years have caused disruptions in the global drug supply chain, so many kinds of drugs have not been supplied fully at certain times in a number of areas.

The digital economy has been playing an increasingly important role, becoming a main driving force to promote sustainable and resilient development.

Amid existing challenges and new investment approaches towards innovation and science and technology, the pharma-healthcare sector is working to tap into these trends, while developing and enhancing regulations.

With the development of new digital services, especially ones consuming large amounts of bandwidth, such as high-quality video streaming, some internet service providers (ISP) have started prioritising certain traffic – such as their own services or the services of their business partners – based on their business needs and plans. They justify this a discriminatory approach by citing the need to raise funds to further invest in their networks. Net neutrality proponents strongly fight back against such plans arguing that this could limit open access to information and online freedoms, and stifle innovation.