Digital Transformation Center Vietnam

Green Tech describes technologies that provide innovative solutions to challenges in environmental protection, resource conservation, and energy. In the context of climate change and the protection of natural resources, this area makes an important contribution to solving global challenges. In partnership with the National Innovation Center Vietnam, the local and regional startup ecosystem and members of the Make-IT Alliance, a Green Tech Hub has been established that provides diverse services and constitutes a center of excellence for innovations concerning topics of energy, circular economy, mobility and agriculture. The Green Tech Hub works as a platform that connects various green entrepreneurship programs within Vietnam to enable tech entrepreneurs in contributing to a green, sustainable and smart economy. The Hub supports startups in three phases: the incubation of new businesses, accelerating existing businesses, and enabling startups to discover and access new markets to scale their impact.

First introduced as a term in 2011 by the initiative of the “Promoter Group Communication of the Research Union Economy – Science” of the German Federal Government, the Industry 4.0 paradigm has generated new opportunities and new challenges for SMEs. In order to increase their competitiveness and efficiency, SMEs have to enable the digital transformation of the production and logistics chains (smart manufacturing) and of products (smart interconnected objects). Industry 4.0 and the future of work interventions aim at promoting the twin transition of green and digital transformation of Vietnamese industry to overcome the middle-income trap and be well equipped for the future of production.

We adopt the Industry 4.0 Readiness approach, which consists of a series of activities and events to raise awareness about Industry 4.0 technologies and digital opportunities. SMEs are supported in formulating and implementing Industry 4.0 roadmaps and cultivate a collaborative, creative and human-centered company culture. This will allow SMEs to sustainably and effectively integrate Industry 4.0 concepts in their digital transformation journey.

A working group and governance structure help build strategic partnerships between different actors involved in the ecosystem, such as government, industry associations and academia. These different stakeholders form a network to assist the deployment of the National Industry 4.0 strategy.

Interventions are designed to facilitate knowledge exchange between Vietnamese and international policy makers. The project organizes multi-stakeholder dialogues among the local digital ecosystem in Vietnam and international experts for exchange and discussion on the implications of digital technology regulation. The Digital Transformation Center Vietnam focuses on topics such as trustworthy artificial intelligence, impact of digital technologies on the environment, and blockchain.

All activities center women, ethnic minorities, LGBTIQ+, people with disabilities and other marginalized communities. The Digital Transformation Center Vietnam commits to the “Do No Harm” and “Leave No one Behind” approach.