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 Vietnam’s tech giant FPT plans to build a 200 million USD artificial intelligence (AI) factory using NVIDIA's graphics chips and software, as announced on April 23 in a comprehensive strategic partnership with NVIDIA.

Vietnam’s leading ICT company FPT Software has launched a new subsidiary, FPT Semiconductor, marking a key milestone for the company as it enters the booming semiconductor industry.

 FPT Technology Corporation of Vietnam and the Republic of Sierra Leone on March 16 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation to promote digital transformation and human resources training for the African country.

FPT experts have said digital transformation can help enterprises cut cost by up to 60 percent and time needed by between 30 and 70 percent, or even 90 percent in some specific stages.

The Ministry of Information and Communications in November officially launched a new Artificial Intelligence platform named FPT.AI. 

Vietnam’s largest tech firm FPT Software has signed a partnership agreement with global software firm OutSystems to develop low-code platforms, in a bid to strengthen the foothold of both in the Japanese market.

FPT Software of Vietnam and Taiwanese system integration solution provider ThinkPower have inked an agreement on the distribution of the former’s digital transformation solution and platform in Taiwan.

The FPT Corporation and Vietnam Television (VTV) has kicked off the 2018-2019 Digital Race for all students at universities across the country and some schools in Asia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a seminar on investment attraction to Vietnam in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution with more than 40 leading businesses of the US in New York city on September 27.

Japan – one of countries leading the way in implementing the advances of the 4th Industrial Revolution, is witnessing strong investment from Vietnam’s information technology (IT) firms.

The benchmark VN-Index has ended its winning run of nine consecutive weeks under heavy profit-taking selling pressures. The market is forecast to remain volatile due to ongoing portfolio restructuring of exchange-traded funds.