10-10-2024 17:04
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.
01-01-2024 23:00
Vietnam’s digital technology industry has made encouraging steps of development and maturity over the years.
24-10-2023 11:34
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.
05-10-2023 09:00
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.
03-10-2023 09:08
The digital economy has been playing an increasingly important role, becoming a main driving force to promote sustainable and resilient development.
16-08-2023 09:28
When the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) came into effect three years ago, it was expected to change the face of Vietnam’s intellectual property (IP) legal environment with its stringent and protective IP provisions.
24-07-2023 09:42
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.
19-06-2023 11:53
Foreign investors are always concerned about the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR), as well as relevant policies and regulations. This is especially so in the context where the global economy is changing, and the competition in attracting such investment among countries of similar development level and speed is increasingly fierce.
06-04-2023 15:00
Not an exaggeration as the saying seems to be, digital advertising produces a turbocharged effect on the rise of the modern internet. Algorithmically targeted programmatic advertising not only drives innovations but also democratises opportunities for companies wishing to reach diverse population demographics. Cross-border advertising services are thus increasingly offered to anyone who aims to achieve mass persuasion and scale up globally.
20-03-2023 13:00
In 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) will launch a campaign to support digital technology businesses that are doing business abroad or want to do so.
15-02-2023 15:00
ChatGPT is the topic on almost everyone’s lips at this great juncture in Vietnam. Even high school kids will be trained for this technology so that they can know how and when to use and not to use it in their studying and future careers. The big question remains, nonetheless, as to the legal implications this technology carries.
22-01-2023 11:00
In 2022, the government assigned more important functions and tasks in digital transformation, government, economy, society, technology, and electronic transactions to the Ministry of Information and Communications.
11-11-2022 15:00
With traditional brick-and-mortar economic activities rapidly transformed by the internet and advanced technologies, there is a respective growing demand for legislative amendments to adapt to current changes, and Vietnam is by no means an exception to this rule.
08-09-2022 09:00
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.
30-07-2022 15:15
Metaverse is one of the hottest buzzwords in technology today. Given its potential impact on both the real and virtual worlds, developments are being made to accommodate this new technology in multiple ways globally. Notably, countries in Asia are experiencing strong incentives for the initial exploitation of the metaverse. For example, investments in Thailand relating to the metaverse are seen in the public and private sectors.