PM approves list of priority technologies for research and development [Vietnam News, Hanoi / Asia News Network]
Dec. 21 HÀ NỘI Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a list of priority technologies for research and development in a bid to facilitate participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
These belong to four areas, digital technologies, physics, biotechnology, and energy and environment.
Digital technologies include artificial intelligence, internet of things, big data analytics, blockchain, cloud computing, quantum computing, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, intelligence-remediation-adaptation cyber security, and precision agriculture.
Physics includes robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, 3D printing, nanotechnology, technology for designing and manufacturing micro and small satellites, and photonic technology.
Update: December, 20/2020 - 17:23 | A robot working on the car assembly line of Việt Nam s Vinfast on display at an Industry 4.0 exhibition in Hà Nội. VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hùng HÀ NỘI Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a list of priority technologies for research and development in a bid to facilitate participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. These belong to four areas, digital technologies, physics, biotechnology, and energy and environment. Digital technologies include artificial intelligence, internet of things, big data analytics, blockchain, cloud computing, quantum computing, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, intelligence-remediation-adaptation cyber security, and precision agriculture.
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Members of the Prize Council for The VinFuture Prize come from diverse sciences and professional disciplines, cultures, and viewpoints, including Nobel Prize laureates.
Vietnam’s dollar billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong and his wife, Pham Thu Huong, on Sunday debuted The VinFuture Prize to reward global scientific and technological excellence, with the couple already committing an initial US$100 million to fund the foundation that presents awards annually.
The VinFuture Prize is the first global science and technology award from Vietnam and one of the world’s largest annual prizes in the fields, the Southeast Asian country’s largest conglomerate Vingroup, where Vuong is founder and chairman, said in a statement the same day.