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FPT Shop opened 30 laptop centres across the country on January 22.

Vietnam’s smartphone market has seen a number of new names this year, besides Samsung, Oppo and Apple which have been dominant in the market for many years.

Vietnamese mobile phone manufacturers face severe competition, and struggling to retain market share, from foreign players across segments, experts warn.

Vietnam’s e-commerce industry has seen booming, at an annual average growth of about 30 – 35 percent, in recent years but incompatible development of logistics, payment and support services may lead t

Five Vietnamese e-commerce platforms were named among ten most visited sites in Southeast Asia in the first half of this year.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has issued a decree asking businesses to enhance customer information privacy after an alleged breach of mobile retail chain The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World) revealed personal information of more than five million customers.

The Vietnam ICT Press Club recently announced the top 10 ICT events in 2017. This is the result voted for by more than 50 journalists in the information technology sector, from some 40 media agencies nationwide.

ZaloPay e-wallet, developed by VNG Corportion, aims to open about 1,000 new points of sale in 2018, according to Phan Thanh Thao, business development director of Zalo Pay.

Vietnam is the fastest-growing market in South East Asia in terms of mobile e-commerce growth, says the latest report on Southeast Asia’s 2017 e-commerce status by iPrice.

iPhone X – Apple’s latest iPhone product – will officially be sold in Vietnam from December 8.

Vietnam’s revenue from information and communication technology in 2016 reached nearly 68 billion USD, posting an 11.49 percent year-on-year increase.

Information technology group FPT Corporation (FPT) has announced it will reduce its ownership in its retail arm FPT Technology Production Distribution and Retail to below 50 percent.

Mobile phone sales, which did not see the usual spike during last month’s festive season, seem set to surge in the run-up to the Lunar New Year (Tet).

Ho Chi Minh City has announced measures to ease traffic congestion, which has worsened recently, during the upcoming festival season.

Vietnamese mobile phone brands have been displaced from the market by high-quality foreign products and low-priced Chinese ones.

Vietnam’s consumer loans hit a five-year record high of 15.12 billion USD last year, according to a new report from local market research company StoxPlus.

Software giant FPT is planning to seek investors for its FPT retail and trading segment this year, according to FPT’s website.

The world's leading mobile phone manufacturer Apple Inc. plans to invest up to 1 billion USD to build an Asia-focused database center in Vietnam, according to local media.

Telecom firm FPT Corporation (FPT) announced revenue of more than 40 trillion VND (1.79 billion USD) in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 14 percent.

FPT Corporation (FPT) released its first-half financial report, citing pre-tax profits of 1.35 trillion VND (63.3 million USD), a 10 percent increase over last year's figure.