Business
Vietnam a digital advertiser's dream
More than 51 million Vietnamese access the internet, social media and apps through their smartphones daily, according to a recently released report by Appota Corporation.
Business
Business
Sci-Tech
Vietnam, Cambodia boost postal, telecoms, ICT cooperation
Vietnam and Cambodia have signed three cooperation agreements on postal services and telecommunications, information safety and digital signature.
Society
Int’l reporters interested in Vietnamese culture
International reporters who are in Hanoi to report on the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam, expressed their desire to learn more about Vietnam’s culture and people.
Society
Localities told to collect data for national digital map
All provinces and cities in the country need to finish collecting data on local addresses by the end of January so that Vietnam’s digital map project on map.itrithuc.vn can be operational by February.
World
Unitel to provide Internet access to 80 pct of Lao population
Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between Vietnam’s Viettel Global JSC and Laos Asia Telecom, sets to provide high-speed Internet access to 80 percent of the Lao population by 2020, according to Unitel General Director Cao Anh Son.
Culture - Sports
Media centre opened to serve Da Lat Flowers Festival
A media centre was inaugurated on December 21 at No.1 Le Dai Hanh Street in Da Lat city of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong to provide information and venue for reporters during the 7th Da Lat Flowers Festival starting this weekend.
Business
Industry 4.0 offers numerous challenges to SMEs
Industry 4.0 is providing numerous challenges, besides opportunities, to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in joining global value chain, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on October 23.
World
First Laos International ICT expo to be held
The first Laos International ICT Expo will be held in the capital city of Vientiane from December 14-18, according to the Lao News Agency (KPL).
Society
ABG 5 Int’l media centre opens
The Fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 5) International Media Centre was inaugurated in the central city of Da Nang on September 23.
Sci-Tech
Networks defend capacity of 3G
While customers of all mobile networks complain about slow 3G services, network operators say their 3G network capacity is large and speed is sufficient.
Business
Vietnam telecom firms all set for 4G race
Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) began commercial testing of its 4G, or fourth generation mobile telecom technology, services in HCM City and Phu Quoc Island, in early 2016.
Business
Vietnamese-invested company inaugurates 4G network in Laos
Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between Laos-Asia telecom company
and Vietnam’s Viettel telecom group, officially inaugurated its 4G
network service in Vientiane, Laos on June 23.
Vietnamese-invested company inaugurates 4G network in Laos
Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between Laos-Asia telecom company
and Vietnam’s Viettel telecom group, officially inaugurated its 4G
network service in Vientiane, Laos on June 23.
Society
Viettel supports education in Mozambique
Movitel, a joint venture of the Vietnamese military-run telecom group
Viettel in Mozambique, has become a strategic partner of Mozambique’s
education sector and will provide high-speed internet service to schools
in the host country.
Sci-Tech
Bac Giang invests heavily in IT infrastructure
The People’s Committee of the northern province of Bac Giang has
approved a funding of nearly 32 billion VND (1.5 million USD) to further
improve its IT infrastructure for efficient communications among State
agencies at all levels in 2015.
Authorities call for oversight of fraudulent retail websites
To tap the potential of online trade, stricter penalties should be
imposed on websites that engage in fraud, a government source was quoted
as saying in the Nguoi Lao Dong (Labourer) newpaper.
Businesses urged to tap VN e-commerce market
No enterprise has obtained the dominant position in the e-commerce
market in Vietnam, which means that great opportunities are still
awaiting new comers, according to an article published on the English
language news website VietNamNet Bridge.
Japan firm joins fiber-optic cable business in Vietnam
NTT East corp, an affiliate of the
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT)-affiliated NTT East Corp.
will install fiber-optic communications cables at the Nomura Hai Phong
Industrial Park in northern Vietnam.
Telecoms market steps into 3G service race
After VinaPhone and Viettel launched their new mobile
information services using 3G technology, many other telecom companies
have also announced their own plans to provid e this service ahead of
schedule, resulting in a new race in the Vietnamese telecoms market.
Global mobile association lauds Vietnam
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.
