Impressed with Ho Chi Minh City's implementation of digital transformation

Mr. Tim Paolini, Asia- Pacific -Middle East project director of Google for Education, affirmed this at a working session with Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong on November 1.

Mr. Tim Paolini, Asia- Pacific - Middle East project director of Google for Education, presented a set of books on artificial intelligence to Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong - Photo: GFE

At the meeting, Vice Chairman Bui Xuan Cuong emphasized that Ho Chi Minh City is determined to be a pioneer in digital transformation, especially in the field of education .

Therefore, the city hopes that Google for Education will continue to participate in the digital transformation activities of the education sector to deploy support programs for students and teachers such as training teachers to apply AI in teaching and school management; mobile digital classroom solutions; deploying AI virtual assistant solutions for students with disabilities to support them in their learning and daily activities...

Mr. Tim Paolini said he was impressed with the implementation of digital transformation in Ho Chi Minh City as well as the strong efforts of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training in digital transformation of the education sector.

The meeting aimed to review one year of cooperation after Google for Education officially submitted a letter of commitment to support digital transformation of education in Ho Chi Minh City, and at the same time propose a coordination strategy of Google for Education in the coming time.

Accordingly, this unit proposed that in the next 5 years, it will focus on 4 main focuses in cooperation with the Ho Chi Minh City education and training sector in 4 areas: improving teacher capacity; promoting digital transformation with artificial intelligence (AI); deploying a comprehensive data management system and connecting international resources.

Many digital transformation activities in education

Up to now, AI Education (a fully authorized unit in Vietnam of Google for Education) and the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City have coordinated to implement many digital transformation activities in education such as improving digital capacity for teachers and students; supporting infrastructure and equipment from Google for the Department of Education and Training and schools...

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/an-tuong-voi-viec-tp-hcm-trien-khai-thuc-hien-chuyen-doi-so-20241101174213725.htm