(VOVWORLD) - The shortage of human resources is one of the main reasons hindering the development of Vietnam’s game industry, challenging the sector’s goal of earning 1 billion USD in the next 5 years, said Do Tien Thinh, Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Innovation Center (NIC), at a seminar in Hanoi on Tuesday on promoting high-quality human resources for the game industry.

(VOVWORLD) - The Government Decree on Personal Data Protection, known as Decree 13, took effect at the beginning of this month. After the 2018 Law on Cybersecurity and Decree 53, Decree 13 is the third legal document to strengthen the governing of cyberspace. It provides more detailed data protection and cybersecurity obligations with respect to personal data processing activities. In this week’s Q&A, Hoang Viet Tien, Deputy General Secretary of the Vietnam Digital Communications Association (VDCA), will give an insight into the newly-promulgated Decree.

(VOVWORLD) - Google, in cooperation with the Vietnam National Innovation Center (NIC), on Tuesday launched the second season of its training program for startups. Called "Google for Startups Accelerator, Southeast Asia: Vietnam", the program aims to support and accelerate top Vietnam startups via in-person and online activities, one-to-one mentoring, and group learning sessions. This week, we asked Thye Yeow Bok, Head of Startup Ecosystem, South Asia Frontier and Greater China Region, Google Asia Pacific, to introduce the new program and give us his assessment of Vietnamese startups.

(VOVWORLD) - Affiliate marketing is a revenue-sharing marketing method in which a third-party affiliate, such as a blogger or YouTuber, advertises a business’s goods or services to help them meet sales or marketing goals. Affiliate marketing is strongly developing around the world and attracting a large number of young people, especially Gen Z who is known for fast access to technology. In this week’s Digital Life, we talked with Dung Bui, General Manager of INTERSPACE Vietnam, the owner of ACCESSTRADE, a leading affiliate marketing platform in Vietnam, to learn more about affiliate marketing in Vietnam and why more and more Vietnamese young people want to participate in the field.

(VOVWORLD) - A forum entitled “Digital jobs for workers” and the introduction of the "New Opportunities" program under the framework of the Workforce for an Innovation and Startup Ecosystem (USAID WISE) were co-organized by the National Innovation Center (NIC) and the USAID in Hanoi on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Affiliate marketing is one of the most profitable ‘make-money-online’ (MMO) methods with the income being the commission received on each order. According to the Vietnam Affiliate Report 2022 by ACCESSTRADE, Vietnam’s affiliate marketing market grew 45% last year, hitting 33.8 million USD. It is expected to reach 50.8 million USD this year. This week’s Digital Life will look at the digital marketing model in Vietnam through the story of Dinos, a newbie in the network in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - TikTok has committed a number violations in Vietnam, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communications (MIC) Nguyen Thanh Lam at a press briefing in Hanoi on Monday, citing the initial results of a comprehensive inspection of the platform’s operations in the country.

(VOVWORLD) - Users of Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok will have to verify their accounts under a decree that will replace the decree on management and use of internet services and online information. Le Quang Tu Do, Director of the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information of the Ministry of Information and Communications, will explain the purpose of the new decree and the necessary conditions to make it effective.

(VOVWORLD) - AI, Generative AI, and other AI technologies are affecting everything, triggering a growing fear of mass unemployment. But students, who will be the future workforce, are luckier than today’s employees. They still have time to prepare for this seismic shift in the job market. What should students do to prepare? Here is the advice of some leading AI experts from Silicon Valley and Vietnam at recent debate on AI and students.

(VOVWORLD) - Businesses of the Ministry of Defense on Monday discussed innovation in manufacturing, quality management, digital transformation in production quality management, and the application of technology in quality control and production management in order to participate in the global supply chain.