On the evening of December 11, the organizing committee of the 2025 National Startup Development Project announced the Top 10 finalists. Among them is CheckNow project, a product developed by the team at Nextgen Digital Technology Joint Stock Company in Hue.

This belief was shared by Mr. Ho Dac Thai Hoang, Chairman of the City Union of Science and Technology Associations, in a conversation with a Hue Today Weekly correspondent about scientific research and innovation, which is seen as the foundation for promoting the city’s science, technology, and socioeconomic development.

The organizing committee of the National Startup Project Development Program 2025 has just announced the CheckNow project - a product of Nextgen Digital Technology Joint Stock Company team - as the only project from Hue to enter the Top 20 Outstanding Projects of the National Startup Program 2025.

This was the theme of the national scientific conference hosted by the School of Engineering and Technology - Hue University (HUET), which took place on the morning of December 5.

On the afternoon of October 9th, as part of “Hue - Innovation for Sustainable Development” (Hue Innovation Day 2025) event, a forum was held under the theme “Developing the Private Economy in Connection with Heritage Economy in Hue”. The event was jointly organized by Hue Institute for Development Studies, the Department of Science and Technology, and Hue Monuments Conservation Center.

“Hue Innovation Day 2025” forum (“Hue innovates for sustainable development”) with the theme “Developing the private economy in the digital economy - Opportunities and directions for Hue” and Hue Startup Fair 2025 are being co-organized by Hue Institute for Development Studies, the Department of Science and Technology, and Hue Monuments Conservation Center over two days, October 9 and 10.

On October 1st, at the National Innovation Center (NIC) in Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, Hanoi, the Ministry of Science and Technology, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance, held an online ceremony in response to the 2025 National Innovation Day under the theme “Innovation for All - Driving National Development”.

On the afternoon of September 9, Hue City People's Committee, in collaboration with Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, held a review of the science and technology cooperation program for the 2022 - 2025 period, with a vision toward 2030, and signed an agreement on cooperation in science and technology activities between the two sides for the 2025 - 2030 period.

On the evening of September 5th, the Department of Science and Technology (S&T) organized an exhibition to showcase Science and Technology products, commercially potential products, and trademark-protected products in 2025. The exhibition is part of activities to promote the development of the Science and Technology market and to respond to the National Tourism Year 2025; the exhibition runs for two days, from September 5th to September 7th.

With the development trends of the new era, many craft villages have fallen into decline, with fragmented production, a lack of capital, and outdated technology. These difficulties are major barriers that cause traditional crafts to lose their place in today's socio-economic life gradually.