Multi Glass was the winner of Techfest's start-up contest this year. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết QUẢNG NINH — Around US$14 million in investment was pledged during the national innovative start-up day, Techfest 2019, in Hạ Long City, Quảng Ninh Province. A series of seminars were organised by 12 technology villages during the three-day event, attracting 250 foreign investors and experts, and nearly 300 start-ups. The first prize in the National Innovation Talent Contest for Start-ups was awarded to MultiGlass, a start-up providing smart technology to help people with disabilities use computers. The smart communication device combines iris recognition technology and Artificial Intelligence. MultiGlass will represent Việt Nam at the Start-up World Cup 2020 in San Francisco, US. At the Techfest closing ceremony on Friday, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Trần Văn Tùng said the … [Read more...] about $14 million invested in start-ups at Techfest
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Work starts on Dioxin Remediation of Bien Hoa Airbase Project
This was an important event in Vietnam-US relations and demonstrated the joint efforts of overcoming the war aftermath in Vietnam for the two countries, contributing to realizing the Joint Statement of the Vietnamese and US senior leaders during the official visit to Vietnam in 2017 by US President Donald Trump. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh speaking at the event Addressing the ceremony, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh confirmed that the Party, State and government of Vietnam always consider overcoming consequences of war an urgent task. Such humanitarian and human activities help ensure a healthy and safe life, a clean environment for the Vietnamese people and contribute to the sustainable socio-economic development of the nation. The Vietnamese governmental leader highlighted the dioxin remediation project at Bien Hoa Airbase as a vivid illustration of the US’s strong commitment to joining hands with Vietnam in the post-war … [Read more...] about Work starts on Dioxin Remediation of Bien Hoa Airbase Project
Hà Nhì group celebrates traditional new year
The 11th lunar month is when the Hà Nhì minority group celebrate their traditional new year, known as Khụ Sự Chà. This is the time for people to relax, entertain, reunite and send best wishes for the new year. The holiday lasts for five days, after which the group starts planting the new crop. The village of Thu Lũm, in Mường Tè District, Lai Châu Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Quý Trung The group makes traditional food like sticky rice cakes, pork and chicken to offer to the ancestors to pray for favourable weather and bumper crops. People get up early to make food for the holiday. — VNA/VNS Photo Quý Trung There are just 22,000 people in the group scattered across 32 provinces and cities throughout the country. They reside mostly in the northern provinces of Lai Châu, Lào Cai and Điện Biên. Children and grandchildren visit their parents and … [Read more...] about Hà Nhì group celebrates traditional new year
Online Friday 2019 kicks off
Online Friday 2019 is kicked off on Thursday evening. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam eCommerce and Digital Economy Agency kicked off the Online Friday 2019 and e-commerce and digital technology experience week in Hà Nội on Thursday evening Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh said Online Friday was in its sixth year and had seen strong development and response from Vietnamese consumers as well as the business community. The first national online shopping day in 2014 saw a modest transaction total of VNĐ180 billion (US$7.7 million), said the minister. However, the programme has developed with more than 3,000 participating businesses and 27,000 products introduced through online shopping programmes, as well as e-commerce experience weeks. The turnover of the online shopping day reached more than VNĐ2 trillion … [Read more...] about Online Friday 2019 kicks off
Corruption-free infrastructure key to sustainable development: Deputy PM
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình delivered a keynote speech at a high-level session of the 10th Regional Conference of the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific, themed “Preventing and Combating Corruption in Infrastructure Projects in Asia-Pacific”, in Hà Nội on Friday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình has asked the Government Inspectorate to learn from international experience in combating graft, especially in infrastructure projects, in order to ensure the country's sustainable development. He made the remark on Friday at the closing ceremony of the four-day 10th Regional Conference of the Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific, which was started in 1999 by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and was hosted this year by the Government of Việt Nam … [Read more...] about Corruption-free infrastructure key to sustainable development: Deputy PM