NDO - Facebook went online in 2004 and has become the largest social network in the world after 17 years, during which the company has been embroiled in significant controversy. 

NDO/VNA – Digital transformation to build a digital world is not the business of a single country, organisation or individual but a global matter that requires a global approach and contributions, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at the virtual ministerial roundtable in the framework of the ITU Digital World 2021 on October 12. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam has made progresses in development of information and communication technology (ICT), especially the creativity of applications that Vietnam is developing, said General Secretary of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Zhao Houlin. 

NDO/VNA – The opening ceremony of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Digital World 2021 will take place on October 12 evening with the participation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. 

NDO/VNA – Genetica, a genetic engineering company with patented technology from the US, has inked a cooperation deal with the Vietnam National Innovation Centre (NIC) to develop a genome sequencing centre, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia. 

NDO - The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) held a ceremony on October 9 to honour the 76 leading Vietnamese information, communication and technology (ICT) businesses in Vietnam in 2021. 

NDO/VNA - Google in cooperation with the National Cyber Security Centre has launched the Google Safety Centre and the Safer Programme with Google for Vietnamese users. 

NDO/VNA - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, on October 7 morning suspended the launch of its fifth Epsilon solid-fuel rocket that is expected to carry nine small satellites, including Vietnam’s NanoDragon. 

German Benjamin List and Scottish-born David MacMillan won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on October 6 for developing new tools for building molecules that have helped make new drugs and are more environmentally friendly. 

NDO/VNA – The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) and the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications on October 5 presided over the deployment of 2021 ASEAN Computer Emergency Response Team Drill (ACID 2021) for members of the emergency response network and IT units of ministries and agencies nationwide. 

NDO/VNA – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has rolled out a campaign to detect security loopholes on COVID-19 prevention and control tech platforms. 

NDO - “Made in Vietnam” NanoDragon satellite developed by the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, will be launch into outer space between 7:51.21-7:55.16 am (Hanoi time), on October 7, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). 

NDO - The application of digital technology is considered the key to opening a new future for agriculture, ending the small, inefficient production model and lack of value chain linkages that have persisted for many years. However, in order for digital transformation to truly bring its strengths into play in new-style rural building, it is necessary to combine both policies and people's intellectual level to ensure successful digital transformation. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnamese ICT enterprises have benefited greatly from the fast digitalisation trend, with their revenues rising despite the COVID-19 pandemic.