Make in Viet Nam digital technology products are highly appreciated by international experts

The program to support and accompany Vietnamese digital technology businesses to conquer foreign markets was launched by the Ministry of Information and Communications from February 2023. In his speech at the first conference of this program, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung clearly pointed out: "Going abroad is a difficult but glorious task, a mission to help Vietnam turn into a dragon, a tiger, and become a developed country with high income by 2045".

The orientation to promote Vietnamese digital technology businesses to reach foreign markets has achieved impressive results in 2023, when there are up to 1,500 digital technology businesses with revenue from foreign markets, an increase of more than 7% compared to 2022; Total revenue from foreign markets is estimated to reach 7.5 billion USD, up 4% compared to 2022.

In the last days of the Year of the Cat 2023, Vietnam's ICT industry continued to receive good news, when for the first time Vietnam won the leading position in the number of gold medals at the ASEAN Digital Awards 2024 held in Singapore on January 31 and February 1. In 6 categories of ADA 2024, Vietnam received 2 Gold awards and 2 Silver awards in 3 categories Digital Content, Digital Inclusion and Digital Innovation.

ASEAN Digital Awards - ADA is one of the largest and most prestigious awards for software and digital technology solutions from ASEAN countries. The award has been held annually since 2012. Nominations are scored and evaluated based on many strict criteria by a jury of experts representing 10 ASEAN countries and 3 guest countries (Japan, China, Korea).

In 2024, VinBrain's "DrAid™ CT Liver Cancer" won the Gold award in the Digital Innovation category; “ICANKid-Play and Learn” by Galaxy Education JSC received the Gold award in the Digital Content category. MobiFone's MobiAgri digital agriculture platform and FPT IS's VioEdu online education system both won Silver awards, in the categories of Digital Inclusion and Digital Content, respectively.

The announcement and awarding ceremony of the ASEAN Digital Award 2024 took place on the evening of February 1, within the framework of the 4th ASEAN Digital Ministerial Conference on the topic "Building a reliable and inclusive digital ecosystem". According to Dr. Nguyen Thanh Tuyen, Deputy Director of the Department of ICT Industry (Ministry of Information and Communications), judge of the 2024 ADA Award, since the first time the award was organized with the old name ASEAN ICT Award - AICTA in 2012 until now, Vietnam has won high awards many times, but this year is the first time the Vietnamese delegation has the highest achievement.

During the judging process of the final round of the ASEAN Digital Award 2024 in Singapore, international experts highly appreciated Vietnam's digital technology products and solutions. At the awards ceremony, when together with Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam presented awards to Vietnamese products, Ms. Josephine Teo, Singapore's Minister of Communications and Information, said she was very impressed with the development of Vietnam's digital technology industry as well as the success of Vietnamese businesses recently.

As the Vietnamese representative participating in the Board of Examiners scoring the final round, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Tuyen recounted that after listening to the VinBrain representative present about "DrAid™ CT Liver Cancer" - a solution using AI technology, computer vision and advanced image alignment technologies to early detect abnormal liver tumors from CT images, international judges expressed interest, and someone asked for the contact phone number of the developer.

"Sharing on the sidelines, the Thai and Cambodian judges evaluated Vietnam as a pioneer in AI application. They also wanted to learn about Vin's model, about Vietnam's experience in applying AI. In addition, the Japanese, Korean, and Malaysian judges were also very impressed with the development of Vietnam's digital technology industry. They considered Vietnam a "digital emerging" of ASEAN", Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tuyen added.

Follow and support businesses throughout the process

Not only did the group of businesses whose products entered the final round go to Singapore to participate in the final round of competition, the group's activities to support Vietnamese digital technology businesses in reaching the ASEAN playground No. 2024 began about 6 months ago, when the award was launched and applications were received.

Talking to VietNamNet reporters, a representative of FPT IS, the VioEdu solution developer, said that the achievement VioEdu has just achieved is thanks to the especially important support from the Ministry of Information and Communications. During the preparation process, the Ministry of Information and Communications has closely accompanied businesses in general and FPT in particular throughout the time of participating in the 2024 ASEAN Awards, from selecting nominations and categories; Completing documents to providing comments on presentations.

Specifically, experts from the Ministry of Information and Communications advised and supported FPT IS in choosing the most suitable category for the VioEdu solution; Consulting on making documents closely following the award criteria based on experience accompanying Vietnamese businesses over many years. Judges from the Ministry's ICT Industry Department also gave direct comments on the slide structure and introduction clip, shared experiences on how to present, and answer questions from the Board of Examiners to achieve high efficiency. For example, after receiving comments, FPT IS's clip was well adjusted and then highly appreciated by the judges.

"During the exam process in Singapore, the Ministry of Information and Communications connects representatives from units in Vietnam to meet and exchange experiences. The Ministry also always follows up and provides spiritual support, experience and information to ensure the best exam conditions for all exam teams", FPT IS representative emphasized.

As one of the major and prestigious awards in the ASEAN region in the field of digital technology, as well as many other international awards, the former AICTA and now Digital ASEAN pay great attention to the universality and globality of the product. This, according to the representative of the Department of ICT Industry, was proven through the judging results, when the products of Vietnamese enterprises that won Gold awards this year were "ICANKid - Learning through play" and "DrAid™ CT liver cancer" were both assessed as having the ability to develop and expand into regional and global markets.

When reviewing the schedule, analyzing the pluses and minuses of each Vietnamese enterprise in preparing presentation slides, introduction clips, controlling presentation time... at the award final round, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Tuyen said: To win the Gold award, in addition to the prerequisite factor that the product must be excellent and global, other important factors are also a meticulously prepared presentation, providing full information closely to the award criteria and especially the presenter needs to control well. time, answer the examiner's questions confidently and convincingly.

The representative of the Department of ICT Industry further informed that many support activities for businesses whose products won the ASEAN Digital Award this year will be implemented by the Ministry of Information and Communications in the coming time such as: Promoting digital technology products on mass media; investment promotion support, trade promotion and consulting to support product commercialization for domestic and foreign markets; introduce to ministries, branches and localities for testing and pilot implementation; Support building national brands...

| In participating in the AICTA awards from 2012 to before ASEAN No. 2024, agencies, organizations and businesses in Vietnam have won many high awards, including 6 Gold awards with products: FPT.eHospital of FPT (2012); Da Nang e-Government solution developed by the Da Nang Department of Information and Communications and Tienganh123 website of BeOnline (2015); Monkey Junior software by Early Start (2016); ViettelStudy's online learning social network (2019); “physician assistant” DrAid for Covid-19 by VinBrain (2021). |