26-09-2021 19:34
Vietnam recently approved the National Digital Transformation Programme by 2025, with an orientation towards 2030. Grab Vietnam, as an active player in Vietnam’s digital economy is committed to helping Vietnam realise this goal. Nguyen Thai Hai Van, CEO of Grab Vietnam has proposed three solutions to propel digital economy and e-commerce development in Vietnam.
02-09-2021 11:00
The health crisis has dented growth prospects for Vietnam that are now forecast to stay at a lower-than-hoped level. However, one of the key remedies for a sustainable rebound will be boosting the digital economy.
26-08-2021 08:00
Green growth and digital development are likely the most anticipated trends in the first half of the 21st century, helping a country develop fast and sustainably. Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Information and Communications, writes about these trends and their importance for Vietnam.
21-08-2021 14:12
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on August 18 issued Directive No.49/CT-BTTTT on the the safe and healthy development and application of digital platforms to tighten control over cybersecurity.
16-08-2021 16:37
Vietnam set the goal of boosting its digital economy to account for 20 per cent of its GDP by 2025.
14-08-2021 20:54
HCM CITY - Experts have called on Vietnam to enhance its legal framework to promote the development of the digital economy to attract investment and improve its competitiveness.
31-07-2021 13:16
Representatives and thought leaders from the government, industry, and academia across the Asia-Pacific joined a virtual conversation on July 29 to explore the multiple facets of the digital economy, from a market, technology, inclusiveness, and sustainability perspective.
31-07-2021 10:00
Vietnam’s fast-growing digital economy is hoping to lure big foreign funding to cash in on the enormous potential – although whittling down the use of physical cash could take a lot longer.
08-07-2021 08:00
After long sanitary restrictions and shutdowns, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel. Fast rollouts of vaccination have brought the pandemic under control in advanced economies, thus enabling the reopening of businesses.
22-06-2021 10:00
Digital transformation is having a significant impact on Vietnam’s media agencies. VIR’s Bich Ngoc talked with Hoang Viet Tien, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Internet Association, about how the pandemic has sped up this process.
05-05-2021 08:00
Vietnam’s e-commerce development is a bright spot for Industry 4.0 with a high growth rate of 20-30 per cent. Dang Hoang Hai, director of the Vietnam e-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, told VIR’s Nguyen Thu about the ambitions contained in the national plan on e-commerce development in Vietnam for the next few years.
28-04-2021 17:46
Amazon today announced to strengthen collaboration with Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and launched the “Win Global with Local Product in New Trade Era” campaign to help vietnamese sellers transform online.
18-02-2021 09:28
Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA) is scaling up efforts to forge the establishment of Thailand-based game service providers as another driver for this multibillion-baht industry.
26-01-2021 16:41
Despite the extremely challenging environment in 2020, the momentum of Southeast Asia’s digital economy has clearly not been derailed. Google, along with Temasek and Bain, recently reported that Southeast Asians spent, on average, an hour more a day on the internet during pandemic-imposed lockdowns, accessing essential goods, healthcare, education, and entertainment. The region also added 40 million new internet users in 2020.
30-12-2020 08:00
The pandemic has accelerated trends in high-tech startups, digital transformation, and innovation, with demands for a digital economy and innovation ecosystem deemed more essential than ever.