Design of the National Innovation Centre (Photo: baodautu.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Construction of the
National Innovation Centre (NIC),
worth 740 billion VND (32 million USD), will be launched at Hoa Lac hi-tech
park on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 9.
The centre, covering an area of 35 hectares, is set up under the Prime
Minister’s Decision No.1269/QD-TTg to support and develop the nation’s
start-ups and
innovation ecosystems, contributing to the growth models based on
science and technology.
It is expected to house domestic and international
innovative businesses, laboratories, offices of large corporations, as well as
working place of leading experts and scientists.
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MPI Minister Nguyen Chi Dung proposed setting January 10 as national Innovation Day
At the ceremony, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung highlighted that exactly a year ago, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assigned the ministry as the general authority to resolve the country s growth troubles, as well as pioneer innovation and propose breakthough policies for economic growth.
The ministry (MPI) provided advice for the building of Resolution No.52-NQ/TW on a number of guidelines and policies to actively participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the National Strategy on Fourth Industrial Revolution by 2030 (which was issued in the first days of the year), establishing the Vietnam Innovation Network that gathers 1,000 overseas Vietnamese experts, scientists, and talents with offices in five countries, and the launching of the programme to support enterpris
More than 89,600
mobile subscribers spreading spam were blocked in the last six months of 2020. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Five major mobile
service providers - Viettel, VinaPhone, MobiFone, Vietnamobile, and the virtual
network I-Telecom blocked more than 89,600 mobile subscribers spreading spam
calls in the last six months of 2020, according to the Department of Telecom
under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
In December 2020 alone, the providers handled
17,290 subscribers, of which 7,844 by Viettel (45 percent), 7,301 by VinaPhone
(42 percent), 1,155 by MobiFone (7 percent), 868 by I-Telecom (5 percent), and
122 by Vietnamobile (1 percent).
A representative from the department said that
in the future, it will work closely with the mobile service suppliers to