A Vietnamese senior official has suggested that India increases cooperation with Vietnam in developing the software industry and human resources in this area.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to team up with the UNEP and the Hanss Seidel Foundation of Germany to support the development of energy efficient businesses.

Vietnam ’s first satellite image receiver will be inaugurated in early July, said an official from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

The 4th World Information Technology Forum 2009 (WITFOR 2009), with the theme “Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Sustainable Development”, will be held from August 26 to 28 in Hanoi.

Yahoo! Vietnam has said its Yahoo! 360 will stop operations beginning July 17 and confirmed Yahoo! 360plus as its official replacement in the market.

The Military Telecom Corporation (Viettel) said May 29 that it has completed installation of a broadband network connecting educational institutions in the city.

Vietnamese bankers are eager for the application of advanced technological solutions, particularly in network security and payment, to their services in a bid to narrow their development gap with foreign rivals and expand their operation.

Computer virus attacks have cost Vietnamese computer users an average of 327 billion VND (18 million USD) since January 2008 to Aril of this year, according to a survey by the Bach Khoa Internetwork Security Centre (BKIS).

Vietnam and Italy through three cooperation programmes beginning in 1998 have so far signed more than 60 projects on joint scientific research.

Vietnam’s first telecommunications satellite, Vinasat-1, has leased out 70 percent of its capacity to domestic and foreign clients, just one year after its launch on April 19, 2008, according to the operator, Vietnam Telecom International (VTI).

The Prudence Foundation has announced an IT scholarship programme worth 2 billion VND targeting senior high school graduates in Hanoi, central Da Nang city and Thua Thien-Hue and Nghe An provinces this year.

The Vietnam Data Communication gained three firsts at the Information and Communications Technology Awards 2008.

The Ministry of Information and Communications on April 20 launched a 2.2 million USD pilot project, funded by the US Bill & Melinda Gates (BMG) Foundation, on popularising the use of computer and the internet in Vietnam.