Panellists discuss digital transformation in Vietnam at the Australia-Vietnam Tech Forum that opened in HCM City on April 12. Vietnam has a national agenda for utilising “Industry 4.0” technologies to improve productivity and accelerate economic growth. Rebecca Ball, senior trade and investment commissioner at Austrade, said the Australian Government supports ASEAN in its development of sustainable smart cities, including Vietnam. The seminar concentrated on evaluating research and knowledge transfer in Vietnam, as well as measures to develop an excellent framework for this work to be suitable for the higher education context in Vietnam. Participants were treated to musical and martial art performances, traditional dishes, traditional calligraphy and tea ceremony of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.
