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Vietnam needs stronger human resources to serve the growing integrated circuit (IC) industry to create greater investment opportunities. Apple assembler Foxconn is planning to build a $40 million factory in Dong Mai Industrial Park in Quang Ninh Province. — Photo 9tomac Mai Anh Tuan from the National Centre for Technological Progress under the Ministry of Science and Technology, said: "IC is at the heart of all electronic devices. The industry offers core support to other industries such as information technology, telecoms, and mechanical and automated engineering.” Tuan told Viet Nam News: “The US-China trade war will rearrange global industrial production. Viet Nam is one of best equipped countries in the region to attract a hi-tech production investment wave.” Big IC companies such as Samsung, LG, Sharp and Foxconn are reported to be planning to expand in the country. With 20 years of experience in the industry, Terry Teh, director at … [Read more...] about Vietnam to train more IC engineers

While some experts have issued a warning against high salinity in the dry season in the 2019-2020 period, a representative of the agriculture sector has remained optimistic. Children go walking in a paddy field in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, which faces a drought in the dry season of 2018 Water flow from the upstream Mekong River into the Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia will be low in the 2019-2010 period, reducing the water flow into the Mekong Delta region. Tang Duc Thang, deputy director of the Southern Irrigation Science Research Institute, was speaking at a workshop on plans and solutions for the 2019-2020 winter-spring crop in some provinces and cities in the southeastern region and the Mekong Delta in Tien Giang Province on October 11. He noted that meanwhile, this year, rain is forecast to finish in November, so rainfall is likely to reach the average level of previous years. As such, the salinity level in the dry season of the 2019-2020 period will be higher than … [Read more...] about Salinity in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta forecast not to worsen

The establishment of the Vietnam National Innovation Center aims to support and develop a startup ecosystem in Vietnam. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently signed a decision to set up the Vietnam National Innovation Center (NIC) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The establishment of the center aims to support and develop a startup ecosystem in Vietnam and promote innovation as well as the growth model based on scientific and technological development. The PM assigned the Ministry of Planning and Investment to specify the functions, tasks, power and apparatus of the center, and approve its organisation and operation regulations. He asked the ministry to mobilise, manage and use legal resources from domestic and foreign organisations and individuals to serve the center’s operation in line with the country’s law. The Ministry of Science and Technology was tasked to work with the Ministry of … [Read more...] about Vietnam to set up national innovation center

Tran Minh Triet, deputy rector of HCM City’s University of Science (Source: VNA)  HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Human - centered artificial intelligence (AI) is an approach that aims not to replace people but to enhance human life,Tran Minh Triet, deputy rector of HCM City’s University of Science, said at a recent conference in HCM City. The AI field is expected to see major breakthroughs in the next 10 years, he said, adding that the Government aims to make AI a top priority in its growth policies. Among the most important tasks are improving training quality in higher education, building Industry 4.0-tech training institutes, and encouraging technological application, business reform, and investment in science-technology research. “I think that Vietnam has people capable of participating in research, development and AI application for human life,” Triet said. "However, we have … [Read more...] about Human-centered AI has great potential in Vietnam

Apple assembler Foxconn is planning to build a 40 million USD factory in Dong Mai Industrial Park in Quang Ninh prvince. (Photo: 9tomac) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam needs stronger human resources to serve the growing integrated circuit (IC) industry to create greater investment opportunities. Mai Anh Tuan from the National Centre for Technological Progress under the Ministry of Science and Technology, said: "IC is at the heart of all electronic devices. The industry offers core support to other industries such as information technology, telecoms, and mechanical and automated engineering.” Tuan said that “The US-China trade war will rearrange global industrial production. Vietnam is one of best equipped countries in the region to attract a hi-tech production investment wave.” Big IC companies such as Samsung, LG, Sharp and Foxconn are reported to be planning to expand in the country.   … [Read more...] about Vietnam to train more IC engineers