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Ministry of Public Security warns of Facebook scams

The Ministry of Public Security has issued a warning over scams on Facebook.

Young engineer sets up observatory to capture the stars

Looking at the glistering astrophotography images, a viewer may think they were shot by NASA's modern telescopes. But, in fact, they were created by a young engineer in the suburbs of Hanoi.

Four million-dollar projects land in Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park this year

The Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park is currently home to 91 projects which have combined investment approvals of over VND85.8 trillion (nearly US$3.7 billion).

Vietnamese students win second prize at Cyber SEA Game 2019

The Vietnam team of four students from the University of Engineering and Technology under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi won the second prize at the ASEAN Cybersecurity Competition held in Thailand.

E-government: the pillar of VN digital economy

The goal of having 30 percent of online public services at level 4 may be unattainable if the building of e-government does not succeed.

Vietnamese professor wins many international science awards

After 10 years of pursuing scientific research, Prof Duong Quang Trung, 40, is highly respected internationally for his impressive achievements.

Vietnam needs to push digital transformation

The proportion of Vietnamese enterprises that have not adopted digital transformation is about 1.5 times higher than the global average.

 

Mobile market on decline, distributors see different business results

Mobile phone sales in the Vietnamese market decreased in the last three months, which has been anticipated.

Renewable energy projects in Ninh Thuan face overloaded electricity grid

The central province of Ninh Thuan has seen a boom in renewable energy projects, especially solar power, but power transmission lines in the province have failed to handle the capacity, experts have said.

 

Students challenged to create games in 48 hours

Gameloft Vietnam is organizing a game development contest which challenges students to create games within 48 hours.

The different fates of Vietnamese mobile phone brands

While Mobiistar products have disappeared from large distribution chains, Vsmart Live have been selling like hot cakes, though both are Vietnamese brands.

HCM City seeks to boost software exports

Vietnam wants to become an innovative center in Southeast Asia, while HCM City seeks to change its export structure, focusing on services and technology.

Vietnam supports private investment in electricity transmission lines

Allowing private investors to develop electricity transmission lines is expected to be the best solution to settle the electricity shortage.

Apple turns green light on for resellers to cut iPhone prices

The selling price of officially distributed iPhone 11 6GB quoted by authorized resellers is just VND600,000 higher than unofficially distributed products.

HCM City aims to become fintech center

HCM City wants to become a financial center fir the region and the world.

Vietnamese companies facing longer downtimes from cyber breaches

Organisations in Vietnam are facing longer downtimes from cybersecurity breaches, compared to the regional and global averages, according to Cisco’s 2019 Asia-Pacific CISO Benchmark Study.

In Vietnam, 5G is still at the ‘starting’ point

There are still too many obstacles that telecom operators have to overcome before they can earn high revenue from 5G.

Vietnam's Sky Mavis secures $1.5 million funding led by Animoca Brands

Sky Mavis, the parent company of blockchain-based game Axie Infinity, closed their funding round at US$1.5 million led by Animoca Brands with participation from Hashed, Pangea Blockchain Fund, ConsenSys, and 500 Startups.

HCM City prepares to host Vietnam Information Security Day

The annual Viet Nam Information Security Day will be organised on November 21, the Viet Nam Information Security Association and the HCM City Department of Information and Communication have announced.

 

Vingroup vows to manufacture 5G telecom equipment

Vinsmart, a subsidiary of Vingroup, a conglomerate owned by the first Vietnamese dollar billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, has unexpectedly stated it will manufacture 5G equipment and will try the first products by August 2020.