Digital Biz

The Hanoi National University (HSU) has launched a support system for online and face-to-face teaching and learning for teachers, parents, and primary school students in remote and disadvantaged areas amid Covid-19.

According to figures from network operators, there are just over 3 million Vietnamese IoT (M2M) subscribers, accounting for less than 3 per cent of the population. The Ministry of Information and Communications estimates that IoT connections in the country will boom by 2025, reaching more than 250 million connections, or an average of 2.5 connections per person.

Through coordination between the General Department of Taxation and 55 commercial banks and 63 Departments of Taxation around Vietnam, nearly VND490 trillion ($21.53 billion) and more than $29 million in taxes have been paid through an electronic tax payment service since the beginning of the year.

At a meeting on September 10 with ministries and sectors on the application of information technology for the prevention and control of the Covid-19 pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam emphasized that there must soon be a single application that helps with the prevention and control of the pandemic that is easy for people to use.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will submit a project to develop non-cash payments to the government this month for consideration and promulgation.

Startup BuyMed, which owns the thuocsi.vn e-commerce website and distributes pharmaceuticals in Vietnam’s $6 billion market, has secured $9 million in a Series A funding round. It has now raised a total of $12.8 million.