- School of Knowledge Science. - ICT in Knowledge Economy and Knowledge-Based Development:. - Does Vietnam really need knowledge economy and. - knowledge-based development?. - ICT in knowledge economy:. - ICT in knowledge economy and knowledge-based development. - “An economy that makes effective use of knowledge for its economic and social development. - What is a knowledge economy (KE)?. - No single definition on which scholars agree, continued debate about the nature of knowledge.. - Personification of knowledge (Greek Επιστημη, Episteme) in Celsus Library in Ephesos, Turkey.. - knowledge-based economy. - Knowledge-Based Traditional. - Knowledge-based development (KBD). - Knowledge-based development is the process of using knowledge management (KM) in the development. - processes as well as developing an economy and society that is able to capture new opportunities and to compete successfully in a sustainable global knowledge economy.. - Four pillars of knowledge economy. - Knowledge Economy. - Education and Training. - ICT in KE &. - entrepreneurship is central to the knowledge economy.. - Education And Training. - “Continual interplay between the tacit and explicit dimensions of knowledge and a growing spiral flow as knowledge moves through individual, group, and organizational levels.”. - Theory of knowledge gap, technological gap. - ICT in Vietnam since 1993. - Education and training. - Model of KE through ICT in Vietnam. - Dang Thi Viet Duc, “The Emergence of Knowledge Economy through ICT in Developing Countries: The Case of Vietnam”, PhD dissertation, 2009.. - ICT has been considered as a strategic factor of the development of Vietnam long before the KE and KBD occurred, but we can see that KE has emerged though ICT in Vietnam.. - As an enabler of KE and KBD, ICT certainly will play a decisive role in knowledge-based development of Vietnam, not only for itself.. - Recognizing the challenges and opportunities of ICT in the knowledge-based development of Vietnam, we ICT people can do more for the country.. - “The Emergence of Knowledge Economy through ICT in Developing Countries: The Case of Vietnam”.