(VOVWORLD) - Hau Giang Province’s Vi Thanh City has hosted a digital transformation week for economic development in the Mekong Delta drawing 32 localities and more than 200 businesses.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has climbed 14 places to 62nd in the 2021 Government Artificial Intelligence (AI) Readiness Index, according to an annual report released by the UK’s Oxford Insights in collaboration with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC). With an overall score of 51.82 out of 100, Vietnam ranked 6th in ASEAN.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s blockchain market is forecast to flourish in the coming months, driven by the government’s growing support, interest on the part of the business community, the sector’s high growth potential, and most important, blockchain’s wide applicability. In this week’s Digital Life, we talked with Dr. Dang Minh Tuan, Chairman of the Vietnam Blockchain Union, and Hoang Viet Tien, a representative of the Vietnam Internet Association, about Vietnam’s current blockchain development.

(VOVWORLD) - As digital trends are quickly entering Vietnam’s society, VNPT Group has developed and launched various electronic solutions targeting digital transformation of the economy, society, and state agencies. The process has recorded initial results. The VNPT e-Cabinet software has proved its efficiency and contributed to building an e-government.

(VOVWORLD) - Digital transformation is gaining steam in Vietnam. Digital technology is being applied to all phases of the operation of a business. But digital transformation of export activities remains a particularly difficult problem for many businesses. To find out why, we talked to Tran Dinh Toan, Deputy General Director of OSB Investment and Technology Company, a partner of Alibaba.com in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - eTax-mobile, an electronic tax service app for mobile devices, helps individuals and businesses pay taxes conveniently and easily. The app is timely with the Government pushing cashless payment. It fits neatly into the Party and Government’s plan to digitalize all financial and tax management.

(VOVWORLD) - Dropshipping is a business model where a store doesn’t keep the products it sells in stock. Instead, the seller purchases inventory as needed from a third party, usually a wholesaler or manufacturer, to fulfill orders. Dropshipping is offering business opportunities for people who have neither capital nor a product inventory. This week’s Digital Life will feature FUNIMART, one of the leading dropshipping platforms in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - As Vietnam chooses to flexibly adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 is a pivotal year for tourism businesses. Using digital technology to control the epidemic and increase customer convenience is the obvious way forward, according to Mr. Hoang Viet Tien, Head of Strategic Advisory for the Insider Group, who will now talk to VOV about digital transformation and the recovery of the tourism sector.

(VOVWORLD) - Each year people around the world spend a lot of money buying books, whose authors only retain small amounts of money compared to the profits made by publishers. To help increase benefit for authors and book readers, NFTBOOKS, an Australian blockchain technology company, has developed a platform where authors can self-publish their books online and sell or rent their works.

(VOVWORLD) - KOL stands for Key Opinion Leader. KOLs are not necessarily based online nor do they necessarily interact with their audience on a regular basis. But social media has altered the way KOLs work. In this digital era, being a KOL is a lucrative full-time job and a success-defining strategy in brand marketing. And it’s hot right now. In today’s episode of “Digital Life”, Long Chun, one of the most-followed TikTokers in Vietnam at the moment, talks to us about KOLs.