On August 18, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Southern Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Science and Technology held a workshop "Evaluating the effectiveness of the selection and inspection methods for the tasks of the National Science and Technology Program for enterprises".

According to the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City, the digital economic development target of Ho Chi Minh City by 2025 with GRDP (total product in the area ) increasing by about 8% annually; the service sector's share in the GRDP is over 60% and the digital economy contributes 25% (by 2025), 40% (by 2030) in the GRDP. Therefore, digital data plays a very important role and Ho Chi Minh City has a clear strategy for this resource.

One of the important factors when assessing Viettel's development potential in Southeast Asia and globally is Viettel's successful expansion into the international market.

In order to receive the opinions of experts on the detailed content of implementing policies on Startup Innovation in Resolution No. 98, specifically for 02 groups of tax exemption and non-financial support policies. At the same time, listen to the plan on how to organize Innovation and Startup Week 2023 to improve in organizational stages and match the needs of the community.

On August 18, 2023, Technical Standards, Metrology and Quality Center 1 under the Directorate of Standards, Metrology and Quality (SMQ) cooperated with Vinh Phuc Department of Science and Technology to organize a conference "Strengthening, renewing to improve the efficiency of SMQ management, technical support for verification, calibration and testing" and signed a memorandum of understanding.

On August 18, 2023, in Hanoi, the Institute of Livestock Production (NIAS) collaborated with Khon Kaen University (Thailand) to organize a workshop on "Effective use of agricultural biomass and forage crops for beef livestock." The conference attracted the participation of many managers and scientists from Vietnam and Thailand.

On August 18, 2023, Directorate of Standards, Metrology and Quality organized a professional workshop in August on lean management - the journey of change from thinking to action. The workshop aims to exchange and share to raise awareness and action for lean governance.

On June 27, 2023, Quang Nam Province People's Committee province issued Plan 4063/KH-UBND on the organization of the fourth Quang Nam Province Innovation Startup Festival – TechFest Quang Nam 2023 with the theme: "Spread the nation's startup aspirations."

Within the framework of the fourth Quang Nam Provincial Innovation Startup Festival - TechFest Quang Nam 2023, Quang Nam province organized a display and introduction of products, technologies and equipment of the Departments of Science and Technology, institutes, universities and domestic and international businesses.

On August 24, 2023, Can Tho city Department of Science and Technology established a Council to accept the results of the project "Completing the production process and developing products from Ha Chau strawberry." The study is carried out by MSc. Nguyen Hong Xuan. Can Tho Technology and Technology University is an implementation agency.