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VN+ launches mobile web

VietnamPlus launches mobile web to run on all platforms

VietnamPlus today launched its mobile web version, becoming the first news website in Vietnam that runs in all platforms.
Vietnam Plus today launched its mobileweb version, becoming the first news website in Vietnam that runs inall platforms – website, mobile web and mobile application.

Using new technology, the mobile web helps users to surf news veryfast. It is also simple to jump from this category to the other.

“The mobile application that Vietnam Plus started using earlier thisyear was a technological breakthrough and is able to facilitate 80percent of mobile phone users in the country to access news, but wedecided to launch this service to prove that a state-run mediaorganisation can be a leader in media technology,” said Le Quoc Minh,Editor-in-chief of Vietnam Plus .

With this mobile web service, the users now have all means to accessnews no matter where they are and what device they have, stated Mr Minh,adding that the mobile web will be upgraded in the future to add morefunctions.

Users just type the web address vietnamplus.vn on their browser of themobile phones and they will be receive the mobile web atm.vietnamplus.vn, which has a simple but attractive and user-friendlydesign.

The mobile web is in four languages – Vietnamese, English, French andSpanish.

Vietnam Plus (Vietnam+) is the Vietnam News Agency’s news websitethat was officially launched in November 2008 in four languages.

Being a late arrival to the world wide web, Vietnam Plus quicklyattracted a large number of readers as it has invested much in newtechnologies and made the most of VNA’s resources including over 1000reporters at 63 domestic and 27 overseas bureaus.

On 11th January this year, VietnamPlus officially launched Vietnam’sfirst ever multi-language telecoms service, enabling mobile users,including Vietnamese and foreigners living in Vietnam and in othercountries around the world, to read newspapers in the language oftheir choice. After four months, the service has now attracted close to25,000 subscribers./.
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