The first strategic start-up investment deal in promoting a chatbot application in food & beverage (F&B), GonJOY, was signed on Tuesday between EM AND AI joint-stock company and an investor from Spain worth US$500,000.

Da Nang has recently launched an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for public service to promote easy access to information on administrative procedure, traffic, healthcare, food safety, tourism and business registration.

The emerging trend of online tourism becomes a momentum for Việt Nam’s agencies to change.

Since November, 2017, visitors to the central coastal city of Đà Nẵng have been able to easily access to all tourism-related information via a smartphone-based app called Danang Fantasticity, which incorporates a smart chatbot.

Following a six-month trial, the central city’s tourism department has officially launched a chatbot application called the Danang FantastiCity chatbot to promote easy access to information on tourism and events.

A team calling itself "Three Idiots" was named the winner of the first Wonderful Đà Nẵng tourism experience contest at an awards ceremony in the central city yesterday.

Đà Nẵng Centre for Tourism Promotion has launched its new mobile app -- Danang FantastiCity Ver 2.0 -- a free application for smartphones, available for IOS and Android via 3G or Wi-Fi.

The city’s Department of Tourism officially launched a mobile phone software application, Danang FantastiCity, to help plan tours and find tourist information in Vietnamese and English.