Technology

Viet Nam’s start-up ecosystem is entering a phase of rapid growth, supported by a range of breakthrough policies aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation. However, a deeper look shows that the start-up ecosystem still faces many bottlenecks, making it difficult for projects to move into real-world application and establish a foothold in the market.

Towards the goal of Net Zero by 2050, the green transition is becoming an inevitable requirement of the development process. However, between technological potential and implementation capacity, a significant gap remains as mechanisms, resources and the innovation ecosystem have yet to keep pace.

To make a breakthrough in science and technology, it is not enough to rely solely on State resources. It is also essential to fully harness the role of private economic groups in providing leadership, making investment and helping to build innovation ecosystems right from the classroom.

From April 6, programmers, students, scientists, engineers, research teams, founding teams, start-ups, and technology firms can submit entries for the Au Lac Grand Prize through its official website to compete for the sole award worth 1 million USD.

An Asia-wide hackathon aimed at developing technological solutions for environmental sustainability has been launched for students across the region, offering total prizes worth 24,000 USD.

Viet Nam is facing a significant shortage of semiconductor engineers as the industry expands rapidly, requiring stronger linkages between education, businesses, and international partners to develop its workforce.

Known as Plan 428, Ha Noi Metro’s initiative to use digital identification and authentication, along with biometric recognition at metro stations, has delivered a more modern, secure and convenient travel experience for the capital’s residents, contributing to the development of a smart and sustainable public transport system.

A new wave is taking shape in Viet Nam. Localities across the country are stepping up the implementation of policies, institutions, and new models, turning innovation from a slogan into concrete action.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung paid a working visit to Italy and Germany from March 18 to 25, 2026, with the aim to promote a wide range of cooperative activities in innovation and technology start-ups.

According to Nguyen Quyet Chien, Secretary-General of the Viet Nam Union of Science and Technology Associations, the building of a centralised digital data platform not only meets urgent requirements but also opens up the ability to effectively exploit “digital resources”, towards forming a shared data repository to serve governance and operations, and create additional momentum for the development of the entire system.

Over 41 years of operation, the Kovalevskaia Award has been presented to 23 collectives and 58 female scientists with outstanding achievements, whose research has made significant scientific and practical contributions.

Nearly 4,000 students and teachers took part in FSchools Open STEM Day 2026 — a technology festival featuring AI and robotics competitions alongside a wide range of creative tech activities.

The Anti- Counterfeiting Technology Institute (under the Viet Nam Association for Anti-Counterfeiting and Trademark Protection) held a ceremony in Da Nang on March 21 to announce the appointment of a deputy director as well as to launch its representative office in Da Nang.

Viet Nam is revising its priority high-tech portfolio to better align with global innovation trends and evolving development demands in the years ahead.

The strong momentum from the private economic sector is placing new demands on state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to undergo substantive transformation in order to affirm their role as a pillar of the national economy. This role should not rely solely on capital scale and asset size, but must be established through the capacity to lead in core technologies, innovation, and modern governance standards.

Viet Nam will hold its first-ever public auction of two-character “.vn” domain names in 2026, marking a significant step in unlocking the value of scarce national digital assets.

Viet Nam has authorised satellite internet provider Starlink to operate after regulators granted licences for low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite telecommunications services, enabling the company to begin commercial deployment.

In the context of increasingly intense global technological competition, mastering strategic technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors and blockchain has become a vital condition for ensuring national autonomy, data security, digital sovereignty and long-term development capacity.

In the current stage of development, Viet Nam has set the goal of establishing a new growth model, with science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation as the primary driving forces, and regards this as a key condition for overcoming the middle-income trap.

With the advantage of more than 19,000 hectares of water surface of Thac Ba Lake, in recent years Yen Binh Commune, Lao Cai Province, has actively invited and created favorable conditions for enterprises and cooperatives to invest in applying scientific and technical advances to cage fish farming on the lake, contributing to improving people’s income and living standards.