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Vietnamese sell Huawei phones after US imposes ban on company

The news that Google has canceled cooperation with Huawei has raised concern that Huawei phones cannot be updated with Android software.

Netflix to be accused of tax arrears in Vietnam

Local competitors are complaining about Netflix which they claim is dodging its tax obligation and does not supervise content in line with Vietnamese laws, reported VN Investment Review.

Facebook, Google, YouTube remove offensive content following Vietnam’s request

Global tech giants namely Facebook, Google, and YouTube have deleted from its platforms a number of offensive content at the request by the Vietnamese government.

Poor student earns PhD, becomes first drone manufacturer in Vietnam

He once earned his living by picking up trash on Nhieu Loc Canal, failed the university entrance exam and had to go to intermediate school, but later got a scholarship to study in the US and obtained master’s and doctoral degrees.

Vietnam minister wants local social networks to compete with Facebook, Google

 The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) expects Vietnamese social networks to have the number of users equivalent or higher than that of Facebook in Vietnam (60 million) and take 60 - 70% of the market by 2022.

Google: An A to Z of search results

 Google now handles more than three billion searches a day. The vast majority are for complete words or phrases. But premature pushes of the enter key mean many end up being for single letters too.

Google hit with €4.3bn Android fine from EU

 Google has been fined a record €4.34bn ($5bn; £3.9bn) over Android. The European Commission said the firm had used the mobile operating systemto illegally "cement its dominant position" in search.

9X generation math talent works at Google after turning down initial offers

Besides its 2018 list of 30 Under 30, Forbes has also named the 10 most promising faces are believed to go far in their fields. One of them is Pham Hy Hieu.

Ministries disagree on solutions to collect tax from Google, Facebook

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) wants the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to instruct commercial banks to withhold taxes from transactions with Facebook and Google, but SBV said it is not authorized to do so.

Google in historic 'right to be forgotten' challenge

 A businessman has taken Google to the High Court in London in what is being seen as a landmark case over "the right to be forgotten".

Finance Ministry vows to tighten management of cross-border services

Under a proposal by the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the payment for cross-border services will be made through the national payment portal NAPAS, a unit belonging to the State Bank. 

Google faces mass legal action in UK over data snooping

 Google is being taken to court, accused of collecting the personal data of millions of users, in the first mass legal action of its kind in the UK.

Draft law requires Facebook, Google to set up data centers in Vietnam

A draft law on cyber security requires foreign companies providing internet and telecommunication services in Vietnam to have operation licenses, a representative agency and an open data center in the country .


Digital content firms want Google, Facebook to set up legal entities in VN

Vietnamese digital firms have urged the government to take necessary measures to force cross-border service providers to set up legal entities in Vietnam and fulfill tax obligations.

Google offers bug bounty to clean up mobile apps

 Google is offering security experts a bounty to identify Android app flaws as the Alphabet Inc unit seeks to wipe out bugs from its Google Play store.

Google launches new phones, speakers in hardware push

 Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday unveiled the second generation of its Pixel smartphone along with new voice-enabled home speakers, redoubling its commitment to the hardware business 

Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling

 Executives from Facebook, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Twitter have been asked to testify to the U.S. Congress in coming weeks as lawmakers probe Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election, 

Amazon says Google has pulled YouTube from Echo Show device in tech face-off

 In a rare public feud between large technology companies, Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday its Echo Show devices could no longer play videos from YouTube 

Google redesigns mobile search app with personalized 'feed'

Google on Wednesday announced an overhaul of its search app on mobile phones to include a personalized feed of links about hobbies, travel, sports and other topics, a move that puts the search company ...

With Alphabet, Google faces a daunting challenge: organizing itself

Google’s self-professed mission is to organize the world’s information. But a company known for engineering excellence is still trying to solve the very human problem of how to organize itself.