The introduction of a new automated customs system in select localities
early this month has created problems for both officials and
import-export firms as some of them still fail to catch up with the new
technology, according to local reports.
More than 100 professors and researchers from 17 countries worldwide on
April 27 gathered at the second International Conference on Computing,
Management and Telecommunications (ComManTel 2014) in the central city
of Da Nang.
Nearly 200 policy makers, scientists, academics and senior officials
from 10 ASEAN member states are attending the 67th meeting of the ASEAN
Committee on Science and Technology (COST-67) in Singapore from April
21-25.
The ATM system in Vietnam, mostly powered by Windows XP, is still
operating safely and has so far faced no security risks after Microsoft
retired the operating system early this month, the country’s central
bank announced on April 22.
Vietnam’s FPT software corporation and Japan’s Hitachi and Zenrin groups
will help the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang carry out a project
to apply information technology in urban management.
Seventy astrophysicists from 20 countries and territories around the
world are gathering in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh,
for an international workshop on extra-solar planets that kicked off on
April 21.
Software outsourcing companies recorded high revenue growth in the first
quarter of this year and expected to maintain this momentum in the
coming months based on the contracts they have won for the entire year,
the Saigon Times Daily reported.
The Russian government's legislative commission on April 8 passed a
bill to approve a cooperation agreement between the country and
Vietnam in exploring and using aerospace for peaceful
purposes.
Science and technology have contributed greatly to raising farming
productivity and product quality during the past five years, Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat told the National
Assembly’s Science, Technology and Environment Committee on April 8.
Six teams - four from Duy Tan University and two others from the
Ha Tinh Vocational College of Technology - will represent the central
and Central Highlands regions to compete at the final round of the 2014
Robocon Vietnam Contest.
The Government has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Information
and Communications (MIC) to separate service providers under the Vietnam
Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) in preparation for their
equitisation.
As many as 160 teams from 33 universities, colleges and technical
schools throughout the country are competing in qualifying rounds of the
2014 Robocon Vietnam to earn a berth in the Asia-Pacific Robocon
Contest, which is scheduled for August in India.
