Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized that, in the last 20 years, innovation has proved to be an important motivation to increase productivity, efficiency, growth and national competitiveness in the long term. Therefore, innovation has become "the key to success" and one of the most critical "effective means" in the socioeconomic development strategy of most countries and territories.

"Without boldly investing in science, technology and innovation, we will be stuck in the pits of low productivity, low added value and the middle income trap of our own," the Prime Minister said.

According to Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung, ministries and the Government are committed to accompanying enterprises and individuals to innovate. He also affirmed: "We can be proud of the advancements of the country's technology, however, the existing challenges should not be ignored. In order to overcome challenges and take advantage of new technologies, we need to continue striving and contributing to the development and innovation of the country, thus helping with its faster and more sustainable development."

As a large corporation at the forefront in science and technology of the country, CMC aims to not only become a digital corporation, but also assist enterprises and organizations to speed up their digital transformation and promote the innovation movement in the Vietnamese business community.

Mr. Nguyen Trung Main, Chairman of CMC's Board of Directors said: "Being fortunate to have a digital transformation strategy early, CMC always believes its mission is to create digital infrastructure, services and solutions to help other enterprises harness the power of the digital economy and achieve successes of their own."

Mr. Nguyen Trung Chinh - President of CMC shakes hands with Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung at the Expo

According to Mr. Nguyen Kim Cuong - Deputy General Director of CMC TS at the seminar of "Digital Transformation in Smart Business" within the framework of the event, despite the influence of Covid-19, the corporation has built the open platform ecosystem C.OPE2N on the foundation of the alliance between CMC and its senior partners to bring solutions and products to enterprises and organizations in a quick and convenient manner through a single portal.

According to Mr. Cuong, with 3 main business segments: Technology solutions, Telecommunications infrastructure and IT service provision to the international market, CMC has carefully prepared the scenarios for Covid-19. Strategic steps taken by CMC include (1) Focusing on improving in-house capacity and taking advantage of available resources, and (2) Eliminating ineffective businesses to focus on survival.

C.OPE2N is one of the "sweet fruits" obtained by CMC thanks to smart digital transformation in the past year. The open infrastructure platform includes Multi-Cloud  infrastructure and dozens of available solutions, products and services. It also allows service provision and application development based on the latest digital transformation technologies, such as Big Data, IoT, Blockchain, etc.

Mr. Nguyen Kim Cuong - Deputy General Director of CMC TS at the seminar of "Digital Transformation in Smart Business”

Many outstanding products of C.OPE2N, which are recognized by governmental agencies and reputable organizations, both domestically and internationally, contain a large amount of core technologies of digital transformation, such as the next-generation security solution CMDD, CMC Cloud platform, or the face recognition solution CIVAMS. Face.

CMDD uses AI to detect anomalies, analyze and identify behaviors of malicious codes at a speed many times faster than traditional products on the market. The product has just been awarded the VB100 certification by Virus Bulletin with maximum score, and is ranked in the top 17 best anti-malware products of the world in the evaluation period.

CMC Cloud is one of the five prominent "Make in Vietnam" cloud platforms. On this platform, CMC has developed a wide range of services using artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics for many sectors, such as retail, ecommerce, supply chain systems, etc.

CMDD and CMC Cloud are two of the most prominent "Make in Vietnam" solutions for Industry 4.0, as selected by Ministry of Information and Communications at the Ministry's year-end ceremony on 12 January.

CIFAMS.Face was ranked in the Top 10 potential Make in Vietnam products in 2020. This is an AI-based face recognition solution which is currently being deployed for human resource management at CMC Corporation.

With its highlights and achievements, CMC Corporation aims to become a global digital corporation and the leading provider of digital transformation solutions, including digital infrastructure, digital solutions and digital services to the region and the world, and earn the revenue of 1 billion USD in 2025.