HCM CITY — A four-day conference, Technology Entrepreneurs Creative Arts Mix, opened yesterday in HCM City, with the theme "Technology Transforms Our Lives".

The conference, organised by the US Consulate General in HCM City and the Strategic Alliance Vietnamese Ventures International (SAVVi), features American and local experts speaking about technology's influence on consumers in four industries: movies, media and mobile; health and personal care; biotechnology in agriculture; and technology in education.

"Our countries share a strong entrepreneurial spirit as well as an eagerness to adopt new technologies," said US Consul General Le Thanh An, who spoke on the opening day of the conference.-VNS