vietnam lags behind high income nations in digital skills and ai

Vietnam lags behind high-income nations in digital skills and AI

There is a widening gap of digital skills, especially in AI between Vietnam and other high-income nations, according to key findings from the 2020 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) research from Adecco Group, the world’s leading HR solutions company, together with Google and INSEAD.
tech giants bring production to vietnam to avoid covid 19 implications

Tech giants bring production to Vietnam to avoid COVID-19 implications

With the COVID-19 outbreak disrupting supply chains and vexing producers to no end, a mounting number of businesses are looking to shift operations away from China, with giants Google and Microsoft both opting to bring production to Vietnam.
google microsoft accelerate shifting production to vietnam

Google, Microsoft accelerate shifting production to Vietnam

Google and Microsoft are accelerating efforts to shift production from China to Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, amid the worsening novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.
apple google amazon eye common standard for smart home devices

Apple, Google, Amazon eye common standard for smart home devices

Amazon, Apple and Google announced plans Wednesday (Dec 18) to develop a common technology standard for smart home products, in a move aimed at enabling more connected devices to speak to each other.
googles sundar pichai replaces larry page as alphabet ceo

Google's Sundar Pichai replaces Larry Page as Alphabet CEO

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai will assume the CEO role at parent firm Alphabet in a shakeup at the top of the Silicon Valley titan, the company said on Tuesday (Dec 3).
vinsmart introduces smart android tv

VinSmart introduces smart Android TV

VinSmart expects to introduce five smart TV products using the Android operating system that will be officially launched in December this year.
sp 500 nasdaq end at records after strong us jobs data

S&P 500, Nasdaq end at records after strong US jobs data

Wall Street stocks surged to fresh records on Friday (Nov 1) following good US jobs data and positive comments from officials about progress on a partial trade deal with China.
google buys wearables maker fitbit for us 21 billion

Google buys wearables maker Fitbit for US$2.1 billion

Google agreed Friday to buy Fitbit for US$2.1 billion in a move giving the US tech giant a fresh entry in the wearable technology space and helping it ramp up its challenge to Apple.
journalists urge action against google over eu copyright dispute

Journalists urge action against Google over EU copyright dispute

Hundreds of journalists called Wednesday for European officials to take action against Google over its refusal to pay media companies for displaying their content in defiance of a strict new EU copyright law.
post retreat airvisual affirms hanoi is not the most polluted city

Post-retreat, AirVisual affirms "Hanoi is not the most polluted city"

IQAir AirVisual quickly affirmed that “Hanoi is not the most polluted city in the world” as soon as it pulled its application from Vietnam as users swamped it with one-star ratings on App Store and Google Play.
homegrown challenger to facebook

Homegrown challenger to Facebook

With the launch of the social network Lotus, Vietnam Communications Corporation is ­trying to reshape the domestic advertising market currently dominated by Facebook and Google, and to give more benefits to content creators.
press alliance may trump facebook and google

Press alliance may trump Facebook and Google

Aiming to help local press agencies escape the domination of Facebook and Google in the advertising market, the Ministry of Information and Communications’ (MIC) Authority of Press on September 19 joined hands with Yeah1 to organise the workshop on launching the Appnews Vietnam application.
google will promote original reporting with algorithm change

Google will promote original reporting with algorithm change

Original reporting will be highlighted in Google's search results, the company said as it announced changes to its algorithm.
google agrees 945 million tax settlement with france

Google agrees €945 million tax settlement with France

US internet giant Google has agreed a settlement totalling €945 million (US$1 billion) to end a tax dispute in France under an agreement announced in court on Thursday.
google to pay us 170 mn fine for collecting youtube data from kids

Google to pay US$170 mn fine for collecting YouTube data from kids

Google agreed yesterday to pay US$170 million to settle charges that it illegally collected and shared data from children on its YouTube video service, a deal critics said was too soft on the internet giant.