Vietnam Information and Communication Technology (ICT) White Paper 2017 was officially released by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) on September 19, reflecting the country's ICT development in 2015 and 2016.

Vietnam determines to transform from a consumer to a provider of future technologies and services, ready to stay at the front door of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), according to Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Dai Duong.

Through stories and lessons, each student has their own thoughts on the devotion and sacrifice of their elders in war time to struggle for the country's peace and independence.

Doctors at HCM City's Binh Dan Hospital have used a robot for the first time in the country for lung cancer surgery.

A draft amendment to higher education law proposes clarifying university assessment measures and making them uniform so that university rankings can be more precise in the future.

Bao Chau Private Enterprise, a forest manager in central Phu Yen province, joined the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN), on September 13, a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) initiative linking more than 300 companies worldwide that are committed to responsible forestry.

Three startup models were awarded cash prizes totalling 28,000 USD at the final pitch of the Swiss Innovation Challenge (SIC) Vietnam 2017 competition in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13.

The Ba Ria - Vung Tau province is conducting a rehabilitation of the coral reef at the Ramsar area of Con Dao National Park, according to the Department of Science and Technology of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province.

A workshop discussing how to build University – Industry Learning and Development through Innovation and Technology (BUILD-IT) took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 11.

Software and legal documents on cybercrime prevention will soon be launched in Vietnam.

More than 100 programmers have recently joined the "Vietnam Mobile Hackathon" programme organised by Google.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam stated that now is the time to take action in order to step up the application of information technology across all fields, as he attended the Vietnam ICT Summit 2017 on September 6.

Overcoming the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution and making best use of the opportunities it will bring was discussed at the seventh Vietnam ICT Summit 2017, which concluded in Hanoi on September 6.

On September 5, provincial leaders joined the joyful atmosphere with local students and teachers entire province on the occasion of the beginning of the new 2017-2018 school year.

President Tran Dai Quang conveyed his best wishes to teachers, students and those working in the education sector in a letter sent to the sector on September 1, marking the beginning of the new school year 2017-2018.

The made-in-Vietnam drug pegfilgrastim is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2018, helping reduce cancer treatment costs by up to 60 percent compared with imported drugs, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Vietnam's first astronomical observatory will be put into operation in September in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

Bolstering intellectual property (IP) rights enforcement, including computer software, is high on the Government's agenda, as part of its efforts to uphold international IP rights commitments it has made.

An international campaign aimed at raising public awareness concerning elephant protection was launched in Ho Chi Minh City, on August 30.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) will launch a campaign to make the world cleaner from September 23-30, with the theme of waste management for sustainable rural environment, the ministry announced on August 28.

This year, vocational schools under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs are becoming attractive to students because they ensure to provide employment to all students after graduation.

A team from Vietnam's Lac Hong University (LHU) have won the 2017 Asia-Pacific robot contest (Robocon) after defeating their Malaysian rivals in the final match on August 27.

On the morning of August 25, the Tien Giang Department of Education and Training held a meeting to honor and congratulate 197 excellent teachers in the 2016-2017 school year.

The Ministry of Education and Training has sent its document to public facilities of higher education and vocational training institutions, asking them to collect tuition fee of the academic year 2017-2018 in accordance with the law.

Hundreds of solar projects have registered to invest in Vietnam as of the end of July 2017, with a total capacity of up to 17,000 MW.

Four students of the Academy of Military Technology who won the Digital Race competition organized by FPT Corporation arrived in and being experienced new technologies in the US' Silicon Valley from August 18-26.

On the afternoon of August 22, the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee held a ceremony to sign a cooperation program with University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh city.

As per the inter-department of education and social insurance's directive to schools in Ho Chi Minh City, the government will use the State budget to pay 70 percent of expenses on health insurance for near-poor families.

Four months after Viettel launched the first 4G services in Vietnam the number of subscribers has risen to an impressive 3.5 million.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said that teacher education must be carried out as per demand or it will be a big waste for the country.

Prof. Dr Dang Huy Huynh, Chairman of the Heritage Tree Council and Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE), has become the first Vietnamese to be honoured as an ASEAN Biodiversity Hero.

On the morning of August 15, the Tien Giang Department of Education and Training held a ceremony to honor and congratulate 579 outstanding students in the academic year 2016-2017.

A seminar to introduce a life skills programme used in preschools and primary schools, called POKI, was held on August 15 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ho Chi Minh City Information and Communications Department yesterday launched the ninth Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards under theme of "New height in digi-tech".

Analog television signals will be switched off in 15 cities and provinces on August 15, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) said.

The third open mathematics festival was launched on August 13 at the Hanoi University of Technology by the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics.

Vietnam's higher education institutions need to take initiatives in surveying and understanding the supply and demand in the human resource market to improve their training quality, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has suggested.

JICA and MARD signed a Grant Agreement in Hanoi on August 10 to provide a grant aid of over US$16.65 million for the Project "Emergency Reservoir Operation and Effective Flood Management Using Water related Disaster Management Information System".

The Vietnam Software Association (VINASA) has launched a programme to choose Vietnam's top 50 IT companies 2017, aiming to honour the leading IT firms and connect promising partners inside and outside the country.

Vietnamese security company BKAV has launched the second generation of its made-in-Vietnam smartphone, known as the Bphone, with a price of VND9.8 million (US$431).

The second Vietnam IT Outsourcing (VNITO) Conference will take place at Quang Trung Software City (QTSC) in Ho Chi Minh City from October 19-20, offering a closer look on Vietnam's software industry and investment environment.

On August 7, over 280 thousand students from primary to high school in the province officially entered the school year 2017-2018. Particularly, kindergartens will start school again on August 14.

The People's Committee in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau liaised with the Department of Construction on the construction of preschools, educational facilities for workers' children in the province two days ago.

The 8th International Advertising Equipment and Technology Exhibition (VietAd 2017) opened at the Phu Tho Indoor Sport Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on August 3.

Deputy Director of HCM City's Department of Health Nguyen Huu Hung has instructed city districts to speed up the opening of new general health care clinics for patients with HIV.

Almost 400 Vietnamese and foreign scientists and experts, in the area of nuclear energy, participated in the Vietnam Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology (VINANST-12), which opened in Nha Trang, on August 2.

Vietnam has a solid foundation for information technology but must constantly strive to be globally competitive, Hajime Hotta, co-founder of Innovatube and president of Cinnamon AI Labs, said at the Hanoi technology event at the weekned.

Vietnam's telecommunication carriers have installed approximately 43,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) of fourth generation (4G) technology across the country, covering an estimated 95% of the country's population.

The 12th National Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology will take place in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa from August 2-4.