The PC-COVID app has helped Hanoi’s authorities track down hundreds of cases of people having close contact with COVID-19 patients.

The Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will jointly organize the ITU Digital World 2021 from October 12 to November 12 via numerous digital platforms.

The launch of the locally-produced NanoDragon microsatellite, which had been slated to take place at 8 a.m. on October 1, has been postponed due to unknown reasons.

The COVID-19 pandemic does not slow down technological transformation or digitisation, but in fact speeds them up, companies said.

A talk on Vietnam’s innovation and start-ups took place in Switzerland on September 9 to exchange views on innovation and digital transformation in Vietnam, and on how to start a business in blockchain technology, health care, community service and startup ecosystem in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and partners are calling on individuals and organisations working in artificial intelligence (AI) to join an AI cooperation network between Vietnam and Australia.

PSNews - According to the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, NanoDragon, a Vietnamese-made satellite will be launched into outer space on October 1 (Hanoi time).

PSNews - Recently, the Military Technical Institute handed over several supporting robots to Ho Chi Minh City, aiming to reduce human load in the fight against COVID-19. 

PSNews - The Ho Chi Minh Municipal Department of Information and Communications has just launched the application named Oxy 247 to help people and medical facilities conveniently track the real-time availability of hospital beds, oxygen cylinders and ventilators for COVID-19 patients.

More than 180 teams from universities and colleges in Vietnam and ASEAN member states will join the starting round of the 2021 ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security, which will be held virtually on October 9.

The robots took the charge of transporting food, medicine, necessities and other stuff from outside to patient rooms, taking trash from the rooms to garbage collection areas. They also talk to COVID-19 patients and send information about the situation to medical experts.

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day 2021, themed Empowering Innovations, will be held virtually on August 27 and 28 with a goal to promote AI research, development and application, helping to solve challenging problems in socio-economic development.

 Vietnam’s NanoDragon satellite has been officially transferred to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) after completing its final tests, said Pham Anh Tuan, director of the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

Vietnam recorded more than 3,900 cyberattacks in the first seven months of 2021, according to the Authority of Information Security (AIS) under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

PSNews – Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) citizens are now able to contact the local volunteer network for healthcare and welfare support through hotline 1022 – channel 4.

A conference to promote cooperation in information and technology between Vietnam and Australia took place virtually from August 10-12, attracting the participation of IT firms from both countries.