Explaining the mechanism of action of this method, Mr. Quang said, test participants will be gargling with salt water. This solution is then put into a test tube and placed in the test device. If in other methods, the time to return the results will take from half an hour to several hours. Meanwhile, with this method, it only takes 10 seconds to produce results, Mr. Quang shared. Bkav CEO Nguyen Tu Quang. Photo: Trong Dat To do this, Bkav uses a frequency band of light shining into the test tube containing the patient’s saline solution, which is collected by the sensor at the output. Bkav’s artificial intelligence technology will help measure how much frequency is absorbed. Different frequencies of absorption produce different types of disease, in this case Covid-19. Mr. Quang said: “The naked eye can’t recognize the difference of those absorption frequencies. We have to train the AI ​​to know which is the specimen of the Covid patient and which is the human sample. not infected with Covid-19”. According to Quang, Bkav’s method of testing for Covid-19 with saline mouthwash solution will give faster results than conventional methods. The founder of Bkav company said that compared to the method of testing Covid-19 by breath, the salt water test technology is simpler, with the investment money for a testing unit much cheaper, even almost no cost. This test method has been tested by Bkav since the end of 2020 at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases. “Initial results were recorded as positive with a recognition rate of over 90%,” Mr. Quang said. According to CEO of Bkav, this business is the second company in the world to develop saline testing technology. Previously, a company in Israel had developed this technology.

Illustration. “We don’t want to talk, because people ask me to share. Actually, Bkav researched Corona virus vaccine (Covid-19) a year ago, ”Mr. Quang told VnEconomy a few minutes ago, regarding a recent online discussion about Covid-19 and he revealed. Bkav has established a new generation vaccine research group. Bkav Chairman said that after finishing the first epidemic, around May 2020, Bkav went to meet with representatives of the Central Epidemiological Party to learn about vaccines, and this activity of Bkav came. Currently still in theoretical research phase. Mr. Nguyen Tu Quang. The new technology vaccine is like making a chemical – 3D printed – that gives the shape of a virus “to fool the body into making antibodies”. “At that time, Bkav’s Institute of AI Technology set up a group to specialize in researching vaccines and epidemic prevention issues, which Mr. Quang said he often shared. Research activities on this vaccine are still going on, ”said Bkav Chairman. According to Mr. Quang, now the new generation vaccine mainly uses technology. Vaccines are like 3D printing. Conventional vaccines have to be grown on other hosts or have real samples and then transplanted to other things before it can be replicated and vaccinated. While new technology vaccines are like creating chemicals, but in 3D printing with nanotechnology, the technology content is very high. This vaccine can be produced in large quantities, and cultured normally cannot do much. According to this leader, the field of research and production of vaccines is very potential because the technology is very high. Because you can imagine virus variation very quickly. If the traditional method of making vaccines responds to variations is many years. But the new method can be adjusted immediately by technological measures … like programming. To put it simply, it is very related to Bkav as programming anti-virus software in your computer, this is a program to create a new virus shape corresponding to a variant virus, like programming anti-virus software. So, Mr. Quang added. Vietnam’s current vaccine technology, according to Bkav President, is still using mainly culture, of course there is also new technology in culture, but the efficiency is still low – it is difficult to produce hundreds of millions of doses. Whereas the new technology vaccine is like making a chemical – in 3D printed form – that gives the shape of a virus “to fool the body into making antibodies”. This is like programming to make vaccines, and technology plays an important role. Mr. Quang also said that when he met with the leader of a vaccine manufacturing company, the leader also analyzed research and production of new generation vaccines now that the technology factor occupies more position – the computer, programming, is information technology, with a lot of content. Of course, there must be knowledge about biomedical science, so Bkav has recruited more human resources in this biomedical field. However, according to Mr. Quang, this is a long-term story, of many decades, not a day or two. And in fact, new technology vaccines have been studied for decades, so when facing the urgent “Covid” period, they were immediately brought to the market and confirmed that they are effective. Why does Bkav want to participate in this field? Mr. Quang questioned and explained to VnEconomy that, as the “Covid disaster” has been going on, the coming here will not be a nuclear weapon and a biological weapon, which everyone can see. And if there is no technology to make vaccines with new technologies, it is “difficult to survive” with viruses similar to Corona virus. Second, according to Quang, in the world today, the production of vaccines depends on several companies, so Vietnam must also master new vaccine production technologies. . “Especially in Vietnam with a hundred million people, we have to master such things, as before, other vaccines we also have to master. Bkav’s goal in entering this field is to master new vaccine technologies, and this is something technology companies must take part in, ”said Bkav Chairman Nguyen Tu Quang. And only that, according to Mr. Quang, if an epidemic occurs, Vietnam can take the initiative. Bkav’s “Vaccine Journey” is a long story with a vision of a biological weapon, after the Covid-19 story, there will certainly be more (large) countries that have more motivation to manufacture weapons. biogas, but Bkav must prepare (research vaccine) right now ”, said Mr. Nguyen Tu Quang.

A smartphone production line of Vinsmart. The smartphone is the essence of technology, Mr. Quang replied. Mastering the core technologies when researching, designing and manufacturing smartphones is to have grasped the most difficult and newest technology areas of the world. World trends are bringing everything into phones, so humanity’s latest technologies will still revolve around smartphones. Smartphone manufacturing businesses will also be able to make many other types of products derived from this technology. “The country that wants to be the next dragon must master all these technologies,” replied Mr. Quang. Vietnamese-branded phones appeared in Vietnam quite early, but Bkav is one of the rare companies that owns a smartphone factory in Vietnam. The company has produced many generations of Bphone for both domestic and foreign markets. However, up to now, the company has not announced their smartphone market share in Vietnam. Another Vietnamese enterprise that just entered the smartphone market but already owns the core technology is Vinsmart. The company bought a controlling stake in BQ, a technology enterprise in Spain, as the foundation to build a domestic Vsmart factory. Recently, to stay ahead of 5G, the company has spent tens of millions of dollars building a research and development team, and also owns a Qualcomm patent to produce equipment in the 5G ecosystem. Vinsmart sold the Aris with 5G connectivity, and brought many products to Myanmar, Russia, the US and Spain. The company also has a rare smartphone hidden under the screen in the world. Owning core technology and patents is very important to many technology companies and countries. In Vietnam, the government has issued an Intellectual Property Strategy up to 2030 to develop and strengthen the country’s intellectual property ecosystem. The strategy includes centralized development plans for IP-intensive industries. Vietnam’s intellectual property score on the Global Innovation Policy Center’s (GIPC) International IP Index increased the most among Asian economies in 2020. Patents in particular, as well as intellectual property in general, are the main driving force behind the growth of many economies. For example, IP-intensive industries account for more than 38.2% of US GDP and 45% of EU GDP. “Big technology companies own a lot of patents because these patents are at the heart of the innovations they create. Patents are also a way to differentiate companies and their products from competitors ”, Mr. Thieu Phuong Nam – Director of Qualcomm Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia – told ICTnews about the importance of the department. patents.

Illustration. Bkav Technology Group Chairman, in the information just shared on his personal page, said that before the “chip crisis” taking place around the world, Bkav had to collect and only collect a batch of 8,000 parts for AI View camera. Mr. Quang said that the world is having a dual-chip semiconductor crisis – Bkav Chairman acknowledges that he is an electronics manufacturer and an insider. According to Mr. Nguyen Tu Quang, the reason for saying that the double crisis is for two reasons at the same time leading to the scarcity. First, due to the trade war between the US and China, Huawei was punished. To survive, they (Huawei – PV) had to buy enough chips to use for two years, sources from Bkav’s partners said such data. Also because of the trade war, other Chinese companies such as Xiaomi and Oppo reserve the possibility of being punished as with Huawei, so they also try to collect chips. Other Chinese companies such as Xiaomi, Oppo have been able to be punished like with Huawei, so they also try to collect chips. The second reason, according to Mr. Quang, the Covid-19 epidemic caused a social stagnation. Therefore, at the beginning of service manufacturers forecast low yields. They failed to anticipate the worldwide trends in work, study, distance conferencing, and home electronic entertainment. This led to a sudden increase in demand for computers and game consoles. The supply chain of the technology industry is very specialized in specialized assignment, emphasized Bkav Chairman. Accordingly, in terms of chips, almost all major chip design companies such as Qualcomm, MTK, and more recently Intel have hired TSMC or Samsung to mint chips for them. These two companies account for 81% of the world chip casting market and cannot increase production capacity immediately. Mr. Quang also said that Bkav is an original manufacturer, working directly with chip suppliers such as Qualcomm, Intel, Samsung, SKHynix. The Bkav leader shared that, with the most recent quotation from chip manufacturers to Bkav, many components have Standard Lead time, also known as standard delivery time, up to an unreasonable level of 10 months. Therefore, in order to overcome this situation, technology product manufacturers such as Bkav have had to gather products, make efforts to find around the world for partners to change their business plans and thus they have redundant lots. Event link is not used anymore “This purchase and sale is very bustling and there is a phenomenon of buying and selling”, said Bkav Chairman Nguyen Tu Quang. Specifically, last week, according to Mr. Quang, Bkav’s international purchasing team collected a batch of 8,000 components for AI View cameras. Mr. Quang said that this will take place every day and for a long time, possibly until next year, with all manufacturers of technology products around the world.

Bkav will have 5G smartphone. Illustration

Bkav media representative affirmed that the next generation of Bphone will have a 5G connection. In addition, Bkav will produce high-end phones. However, the specific time to launch the product has not been revealed. This person also did not say whether to launch Bphone this year or not.

Talking about the basic features of 5G, he said they include high speed, low latency, the ability to connect large numbers of IoT devices. These features mainly serve a future IoT world, real-time services with low latency such as Smart City utility, Smart Factory, but not on smartphones.

As usual, Bkav will launch new Bphone annually since 2015. Last May, Bkav launched 4 models B40, B60, B86 and B86s. In particular, the B40 and B60 have been delayed many times, have not yet been released to the market, and then changed to become a smartphone specializing in security, sold to Europe – according to Nguyen Tu Quang.

5G has become an important keyword in Vietnam in the last two years in the telecommunications field. All 3 operators Viettel, MobiFone, VinaPhone are testing 5G broadcasting in the central areas of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. Carriers are continuing to expand this coverage.

Some smartphones in Vietnam have been registered with carriers to be able to connect to 5G. Typical models include: Samsung S21 series, Oppo (Find X2, Find X2 pro), Xiaomi (Mi 10T Pro 5G, Poco F2 Pro), ZTE (AXON 10 pro 5G), Realme (Realme X50 pro 5G), Huawei (P40, P40 pro, P40 Pro Plus). Although the iPhone 12 series is not yet official, some people have already caught up with 5G.