(VOVWORLD) - Ninh Thuan province aims to implement digital transformation across the province by 2030 to contribute to rapid, sustainable economic development. Under the national digital transformation program for the 2021-2025 period and orientation to 2030, digital economy will account for at least 10% of the province's gross domestic product (GRDP) and 10% of each sector.

(VOVWORLD) - Twenty-five startups in Vietnam’s northern region have completed a 5-day training and mentorship program for early-stage startup founders called “Google for Startups: Startup Academy Vietnam”.

(VOVWORLD) - In line with Vietnam's digital transformation, Binh Duong province is taking the lead in digital transformation, step by step moving up in the national digital transformation index assessment. Digital transformation is the driving force for Binh Duong to accelerate socio-economic development towards sustainable development.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Party and State advocate for innovation and startups and the formation of start-up ecosystems in all economic sectors, including at universities and colleges.

(VOVWORLD) - If Vietnam doesn’t promptly make full use of scientific and technical advances from Industry 4.0 and doesn’t promote innovation and digital transformation, the strategic goal of making Vietnam a developed high-income country by 2030 will not be achieved, according to participants at the recent launch of 2022 Vietnam Innovation Challenge. This week’s Digital Life will bring you the opinions of a few experts on what Vietnam needs to boost its innovation and digital transformation process.

(VOVWORLD) - The annual program Vietnam Innovation Challenge, part of the Vietnam Innovation Initiative (InnovateVN), aims to call for cooperation among sectors to create innovative initiatives for a prosperous Vietnam. On the occasion of Tuesday’s launch of this year’s program, we talked to Rafael Frankel, the Meta Group’s Director of Public Policy for South and Southeast Asia, about Meta’s support for Vietnam on its journey of national digital transformation.

(VOVWORLD) - In last week’s Digital life, we talked about the data security risks posed by passwords and the current trend of passwordless authentication in Vietnam. This week we’ll continue our discussion of authentication that doesn’t require a password with Trinh Xuan Dat, an IT expert with MSIG Insurance Vietnam, a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company.

(VOVWORLD) - Verizon, a multinational telecommunications conglomerate, says passwords are the cause of more than 80% of data breaches and data theft. In Vietnam, millions of user passwords have been exposed because they are simple and easy to guess. In 2021, more than 800 phishing websites impersonated banks to obtain login information and steal money from users' bank accounts. Passwordless authentication will close this security loophole. This week’s Digital life will analyze data security risks posed by passwords. This is part 1 of our story about how passwordless authentication is making in roads in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - Each year Vietnam earns more than 40 billion USD from exporting garments and textiles, of which Ho Chi Minh City accounts for more than 35%. The industry employs 3 million people. The sector’s biggest challenges are the changes of human resources and fierce price competition. Garment and textile enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City are counting on digital transformation to reduce the need for workers while increasing productivity.

(VOVWORLD) - A website called Vietnam Artist Booking (VAB) has been created to help artists contact and share with each other, protect their intellectual property rights, and interact with the public. It is the first e-commerce platform specifically for Vietnamese performance artists.