As Internet use in Vietnam continues to rise, avoiding online security threats will become even more difficult, said Vu The Binh, Vietnam Internet Association (VIA) General Secretary.

Vietnam will work to raise the quantity as well as quality of applications for inventions in the coming years, delegates said at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on October 23. ​

Fifteen teams from eight countries, including two Vietnamese teams, have been selected to present their smart city building solutions at the Demo Day of the Global Smart City Innovation Challenge for Vietnamcompetition in November.

Global IT platforms such as Google and Facebook should be required to establish legal entities in Vietnam in charge of conforming to the country’s laws, a representative of VTC Mobile has proposed.

Military-run mobile carrier Viettel has piloted its My Parking app to allow car owners to find a parking lot and pay parking fees on several streets in downtown Ho Chi Minh City.

A series of training workshops on Research 123, a toolkit that assists researchers in getting their papers published internationally, opened in Hanoi on October 23.

The Asian Science Park Association (ASPA) convened its 21st annual conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 20, gathering over 400 participants from across the globe.

According to a report from the BKAV Technology Group, 15 million computers in Vietnam were infected with viruses in the third quarter of 2017, with half of them infected via USB connections.

Singaporean businesses want to cooperate with their Vietnamese counterparts in digital technology to serve industrial development in each country, said President of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation Douglas Foo.

Vietnam’s leading communication service provider Viettel Group opened an exhibition in HCM City on October 14 to display its achievements and preparation for the 4.0 industrial revolution.

The Ulatech Joint Stock Company launched a car-hailing app for smartphones called “ULA” in the central city of Da Nang on October 14.

Vietnam should have a long-term programme on mycological researches as the country has a tropical climate, a favourable condition for developing fungi.

A two-day workshop opened in Hanoi on October 12 to discuss cyber policies and cooperation among Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV).

Some 400 delegates from 20 countries and territories will attend the 21st Annual Conference of the Asian Science Park Association (ASPA) scheduled for October 19-21 in Ho Chi Minh City.