Tag: transformation

The deal valued at around $94 million.

The country's lenders are at the vanguard of an ambitious plan to digitise the economy, but significant challenges still lie ahead.

A Deputy Prime Minister has urged ministries and localities to accelerate the digitization of administrative procedures, lamenting the slow pace of reform.

Addressing the National Assembly on October 28, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung said Vietnam is short of workers, especially high-quality human resources, which leads to low workplace productivity. Informal labor still accounts for a high proportion of the workforce, while labor mobility and human resources transformation are low.

The 44th Meeting of The ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (The 44th AMAF) took place online on October 26, hosted by the Lao Government. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan told the meeting that Vietnam is accelerating agricultural restructuring, transforming from “production thinking” to “economic thinking” and moving towards the values created by green transformation, green consumption, and the green economy.

The ESG (environmental, social, and governance) index is becoming an important factor in Vietnam, expressing the situation at enterprises and facilitating the promotion of local enterprises in the world. PwC Vietnam will release its “ESG Readiness in Vietnam in 2022” report on October 26, helping enterprises develop ESG transformation strategies.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien told VnEconomy / VET that the agriculture sector is facing many opportunities and challenges but it is perfectly feasible it will reach its targets in 2022, such as growth of 2.8-3 per cent and export turnover of $50-55 billion. To do so, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will continue its administrative reforms and digital transformation and boost investment attraction.

At a series of events held on October 14 during the “HCM City Innovation and Digital Transformation Week 2022”, with the theme “Digital Transformation - New Driving Force for the City’s Development”, the Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) officially launched the new generation AI BOT intelligent virtual assistant, which applies artificial intelligence technology. With intelligent interaction ability, self-learning ability, continuous development, and an ability to understand and recognize emotions, the AI BOT will offer support to ACB’s millions of customers.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc has said that Vietnam’s education transformation will focus on three pillars: transforming the governance system, transforming the school environment from “static” to “dynamic”, and digital transformation.

The Association for Information Systems (AIS) has established a Vietnam branch (VAIS) in order to boost the digitalization of the country’s economy by promoting cooperation in researching, teaching, and applying information systems. One of the main missions of VAIS is connecting associations and enterprises with academia through practical research on information systems and technology management systems. VAIS will also boost cooperation in management information systems (MIS) between Vietnamese and foreign universities.