This book presents selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Information Technology and its Applications (CITA 2024) which took place on July 19–20, 2024. The 13th CITA will be hosted by the Vietnam-Korea University of Information and Communication Technology (VKU), a member of University of Danang, with the supports of the researching and training institutions belonging to ASEAN Consortium for Innovation and Research (ACIR) as well as Vietnam ICT Association of Faculties-Institutes-School-Universities (FISU Vietnam). The conference will take place in Da Nang City and Hoi An City which are beautiful and livable cities in Vietnam.
All papers submitted to CITA 2024 are reviewed seriously, closely, and thoroughly by 02-04 reviewers with appropriate expertise, with professional advice from reputable scientists in the fields of information and communication technology. 
Over the past 13 years of establishment and development, CITA has become an international scientific conference with a prestigious brand in the scientific community not only in Vietnam but also around the world in the field of ICT and digital economy. For this edition of the conference, we have received in total 173 papers whose authors come from over 25 countries around the world. Only 43 papers of the highest quality were selected for oral presentation and publication in this LNNS volume. The average rate of papers accepted by this volume is about 25%.
 Papers included in these proceedings cover the following topics: data science and artificial intelligence, image and natural language processing, software engineering and information system, network and communications, and digital economy. The accepted and presented papers focus on new trends and challenges facing information technology and its applications. The presenters show how research works can stimulate novel and innovative applications. We hope that you find these results useful and inspiring for your future research work.