The broadcasting of analogue terrestrial television will be ceased in several northern and southern localities before July 1.

The paucity of skilled IT (information technology) workers in the country was highlighted on February 13 as the FPT Corporation opened its second software village, F-Ville 2, in Hanoi.

CMC Telecom has begun construction of its 2,000km cable express system through Vietnam.

Overseas Vietnamese play an important role in developing Vietnam’s economy by contributing their talent and intelligence in the science and technology field, a deputy minister of Science and Technology said recently in HCM City.

It appears that Vietnam is best placed to become Southeast Asia’s Silicon Valley while most members of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) have ambitions of developing competitive technology sectors, “Asia Correspondent” said in a recent article.

Almost 600 billion VND (some 27 million USD) will be invested in a hi-tech agricultural area in Can Giuoc district, the Mekong Delta province of Long An, to create favourable conditions for enterprises, farms, households.

Biologists have found 22 animal species, including nine endangered ones, through a wildlife supervision programme in the Ba Na-Nui Chua Nature Reserve near the central city of Da Nang.

Telecom businesses will change area codes for landline numbers of 59 out of the 63 cities and provinces from February 11, 2017.

Thirteen cities and provinces nationwide are slated to have their area codes for landline numbers changed to a three-digit number from February 11.

The following are the top ten information and communication technology (ICT) events in Vietnam in 2016.

The three telecommunication groups under direct management of the Information and Communications Ministry (MIC) will have to develop their equitisation plans in 2017, according to Minister Truong Minh Tuan.

Mobile phone operators said they are making preparations to avoid network congestion during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

Repair work on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) and Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) submarine fiber optic cable lines has been basically completed.

Vietnam’s first astronomical observatory will be put into operation in March this year in the central province of Khanh Hoa.