22-07-2022 08:00
Vietnam is embarking on its next development stage as a lower middle-income country pursuing innovation to achieve further sustainable development – thus, raising labour productivity in enterprises is considered a key to create a new growth model.
04-03-2021 10:00
Fast-paced digital transformation efforts in an increasingly-changing world is prompting both employers and employees to brush up their digital capabilities to meet the new requirements in the Industry 4.0 era.
05-12-2020 11:25
The pharmaceutical sector has very specific characteristics with which all players need to fall in line. Manufacturing relies mainly on machines with stringent hygienic standards across all stages of production. The industry not only requires traceability and strict shelf-life management but also extremely high accuracy. All in all, it is the perfect industry to benefit from digitalisation throughout production and management alike, putting consumers’ minds at ease about the safety and reliability of the medicine and freeing them from the need to spend time to collect information.
18-07-2020 21:34
In alignment with the technology boom in Industry 4.0, the education sector is adapting new smart technology solutions to increase efficiency.
19-06-2020 15:00
Humankind has observed three industrial revolutions in the past 260 years. The first recognised James Watt as the typical pioneer, inventing the steam engine in 1760 which helped with performing tasks previously carried out by hand. The second revolution, between 1870 and the first World War, was inspired by the prolific inventor Thomas Edison with electric light, the telephone, and many machine advances which paved the way for mass production. The next era placed focus on digital changes resulting in computers and the birth of the internet in the second half of the 20th century.
03-03-2020 08:00
The Vietnamese government has taken strategic decisions to ensure that the country is advantageously positioned and best equipped to embrace Industry 4.0, capturing the opportunities whilst also addressing the challenges pertaining to upskilling and reskilling the current and future workforce. Denis Brunetti, president of Ericsson Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, shares the importance of 5G as the enabler to industry digitalisation and Ericsson’s commitment to strategically partner with Vietnam on this journey.
03-01-2020 09:00
Vietnam boasts great potential for agricultural development. Since doi moi was launched in 1986, appropriate orientations and policies have helped awaken this potential, greatly contributing to ensuring national food security, hunger eradication, and poverty reduction while further improving the livelihoods of rural people.
26-11-2019 20:00
Along with the development brought about by industrialisation, digitalisation plays an important role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – and is even hailed as the golden key in all areas of life and business.
28-06-2019 08:00
Unless they can catch up with technology, businesses will lose growth speed, scale, and may even risk being eliminated from the market.
24-06-2019 08:30
As Schneider Electric continues to celebrate its 25th anniversary in Vietnam, the French corporation repeated its commitment to Vietnam’s sustainable future, driven by Industry 4.0 technologies. Morgan Duarte, new director of Schneider Electric IT Vietnam and vice president of Schneider Electric Vietnam, shared his thoughts with VIR’s Nam Phuong.
23-05-2019 09:56
KPMG NEXT, one of the CSR programmes of KPMG in Vietnam, aims to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing and taking their business to the next level, not only in the region but also in the world.
20-05-2019 08:47
Aligned to the global movement towards a digital economy, Vietnam is taking the Fourth Industrial Revolution in its stride. The big question is who should take the lead in bringing Vietnam into this new digital environment. Grant Dennis, general director at PwC Consulting Vietnam, looks at the potential solution of public-private partnerships.
14-05-2019 09:20
Industry 4.0 is profoundly influencing the way we power our societies, produce our goods, as well as how we work, live, and move. In the years to come, digitalisation and other advanced technologies will increasingly become the basis of a sustainable and resilient global economy. Brian Hull, country managing director of ABB in Vietnam, talked with Phuong Thu about ABB’s commitment to Vietnam’s sustainable growth.
13-02-2019 14:00
In the context of industrialisation and modernisation, businesses will demand a wider range of variants and more personalised products. Thus, future production must be able to adapt quickly to changing market requirements. Industry 4.0 is the answer to this challenge. As a leading 4.0 company, Bosch is open to working closely with businesses to develop integrated and customised solutions based on their needs. Guru Mallikarjuna, managing director of Bosch Vietnam, told VIR’s Kim Oanh about its innovative activities in this regard.
23-01-2019 18:18
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology has appointed Siemens as its technology partner in a collaboration to develop the university’s Industry 4.0 Lab.