The activities of Vietnam's innovative start-up ecosystem in 2019 have made significant progress, with a rapid increase in the number of investment funds for startups as well as incubators and common workplaces.

Continued application of information technology will help Vietnam gain more specific results in implementing technology development projects, taking advantage of the opportunity of the 4.0 revolution.

On June 10, 2020, in Hanoi, Ministry of Science and Technology held a meeting with leaders of Thai Binh province on the implementation of the Program of coordination between the Ministry of Science and Technology and the People's Committee of Thai Binh province 2012-2015 and orientation to 2020 with the goal of making science and technology a driving force of the country's industrialization and modernization process in the spirit of the Resolution of the 11th National Party Congress of Party and Resolution of Thai Binh Provincial Party Congress for the term of 2010-2015 and term of 2015-2020.

The "e-government training program of 100 experts" has just opened the first direct training course. The program aims to train IT staffs to become the core force and the nucleus to deploy e-Government at ministries, branches and localities.

The 1Office enterprise administration platform has just been launched. This is one of the digital platforms "Make in Vietnam" selected by the Ministry of Information and Communications to introduce and sponsor the media to promote a comprehensive and wide-ranging digital transformation.

Québec is not only strong in research in universities but also very strong in cooperation with industries. Therefore, this could be a basis for the two sides to develop their potential and promote cooperation in the future.

Recently, the Regional Research and Development Institute of the Ministry of Science and Technology has signed a contract with Moc Huong enterprise in Cao Bang province, whereby the Institute committed to consulting, supporting and transferring the production process of organic fertilizer from arrowroot wastes, with a capacity of 1,000 tons / year, helping businesses handle wastes and by-products during the production of arrowroot products.

The Southern Department of Science and Technology collaborated with the Center for Young Science and Technology Development, Ho Chi Minh City Communist Youth Union to launch a contest to search for creative products based on IoT and AI platforms to propagate and educate traffic safety practices in the community.

The Prime Minister has just approved the Program on research and development of seed production for agricultural restructuring for the period of 2021-2030.

The Ho Chi Minh Prize and the 6th State Prize for Science and Technology (Prize) have started to consider and give prizes to the grassroots level from December 1, 2020. The Councils of awarding prizes from the grassroots level to the ministries, branches and localities should pay attention to the procedures and dossiers to ensure compliance with regulations to avoid errors.