IoT Innovation Hub opens in Việt Nam
A worker of the IoT Innovation Hub introduces a parking sensor application. — VNS Photo Khánh Vân
Its aim is to foster IoT innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.
The hub will provide the platforms to support start-ups and promote innovation-based entrepreneurship, serving as a learning and education tool as well as a research and development platform that focuses on accelerating Việt Nam’s advancement in IoT and the 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0).
Targeting mobile operators, enterprises, students, researchers and local start-ups, the hub seeks to empower and enable the users to co-create, develop and trial IoT applications as well as support commercialising their applications.
The centre is expected to lay the innovation foundation to accelerate the adoption of the Industry 4.0 and help realise the nation’s full socioeconomic potential through the sustainable benefits of industry digitalisation and transformation.
Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngọc Anh said IoT was the foundation of Industry 4.0 and the hub would provide innovative platforms to support businesses as well as create a favourable environment for young people to study, create and acknowledge latest trends in IoT.
Head of Ericsson Vietnam and Myanmar Denis Brunetti said establishing the hub was in line with Government’s vision for the accelerated adoption of Industry 4.0 to propel the next wave of inclusive and sustainable economic growth and socio-economic development.
It would serve to broaden the knowledge base of IoT and Industry 4.0 and act as a learning and education center for industry, academics and the start-up ecosystem in Việt Nam, he said.
Initial key activities of the hub will include training workshops and a contest on IoT Innovation Challenge.
The hub was launched by the Ministry of Science and Technology and Swedish company Ericsson following the Strategic Innovation Partnership Agreement signed between the ministry and the company in November 2018.
VNF ( VNS )
Recommended

Vietnam News Today (May 17): Vietnam and United States Boost Financial Cooperation

Strengthening Vietnam-Thailand Relations: Toward Greater Substance and Effectiveness

Vietnam News Today (May 16): Nha Trang Listed Among Top 15 Global Summer Destination in 2025

Four Notable Outcomes of General Secretary To Lam’s Four-nation Tour

Vietnam News Today (May 15): Vietnam Looks for Stronger Cooperation with RoK in New Era

Vietnam News Today (May 14): US Businesses Affirm Long-Term Commitment to Vietnam

Vietnam News Today (May 13): Vietnam Maintains High Human Development Index Despite Global Slowdown
