The Mekong Delta Rice Research Institute has successfully harvested 32 Fujiura melons, whose pulp can be sun-dried and sold on the market.

A seminar focusing on Vietnamese and Singaporean cooperation in the application of e-government technology was held in Hanoi on March 10.

A science contest for sixth to ninth grade children was launched on March 10 in Hanoi.

The National Exhibition & Conference on Environmentally-Friendly Products and Technologies 2009 (Vietnam EFProtech 2009) was kicked off in Hanoi on March 17.

The country’s only nuclear reactor in Da Lat, Central Highlands Lam Dong province, marked its 25 years in operation on March 20.

The Global System Mobile Association (GSMA), which represents the worldwide mobile communications industry, has congratulated Vietnam on opening the door to a mobile broadband future.

Telecommunications industry insiders are predicting that 3G technology will be introduced in Vietnam this year.

A Vietnamese-born computer boffin, Nguyen Van Son, has registered more than 100 patents and has been honoured with twelve ‘IBM invention achievement’ awards since he joined the US-based electronics giant in 1981.

Quang Trung Software City, a pioneer which ushered Ho Chi Minh City into the ICT era, reviewed its achievements and shortcomings in the eight years since it was established at a meeting this week.

New variants of the Kido virus, which work like Trojans and can resist antivirus software, are on the rise, according to Kaspersky Lab Vietnam.

CMC Internet Security, developed by Vietnam ’s CMC Information Security Co., ranked second among five antivirus programmes that recently underwent quality testing.

Microsoft Corp is now selling Windows Internet Explorer 8, a new Web browser. It can be downloaded at http/www.microsoft. com/ie8.

The latest software, equipment and anti-virus solutions for data and web security management from major companies such as IBM, Symatech, and Nokia are on display at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi on March 24.

Cuba is a potential market for Vietnamese IT and telecom products, Minister of Information and Communications Le Doan Hop told Fernando Remirez, Secretary and Chairman of the External Relations Commission of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) Central Committee.