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The Hanoi Times - Vinaphone, a subsidiary of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) Group, has signed contracts with Motorola’s Home&Networks Mobility business to expand its GSM network, according to the US telecom giant.The new deployment of more than 3,000 sites will, over the next two years, extend Vinaphone’s 2G network coverage and capacity in the southern and northern provinces, including the densely populated cities of Hanoi and HCM City.“With a strong relationship stretching back some 12 years, we are very pleased to continue our long-term cooperation with Vinaphone and to be able to ensure mobile users in Vietnam continual access to high-quality mobile services,” Ray Owen, general director of Motorola Vietnam, said.“The new deployment will extend coverage and increase the capacity of Vinaphone’s GSM network, meeting the rapidly growing demand for mobile communications services in the country,” Owen said.“As a major operator in Vietnam , Vinaphone has chosen Motorola to support its network deployments for top-quality communications solutions and services. The extended GSM network will help Vinaphone increase capacity to fulfil the growing demands for telecom services in urban areas, as well as provide better coverage and user experiences in suburban and rural areas.

The Hanoi Times - HCM City will experimentally use smart cards o­n two bus routes from February 2010, announced the Department of Transportation.

The Hanoi Times - The Vietnam Satellite Digital Television (VSTV), a joint venture between Vietnam Television and France’s Canal + Group, o­n January 12 officially launched its satellite television service trademarked K+.

The Hanoi Times - The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) is the first bank in the country to successfully apply the Reuters Electronic Trading-Automated Dealing (RET-AD) of Thomson Reuters, the bank announced o­n Jan. 7.

The Hanoi Times - Ha Noi Science and Technology University, jointly funded by the Vietnamese and French governments with an initial investment of US$242 million, will open in September.

The Hanoi Times -  The Vietnamese Metfone Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport in Phnom Penh o­n December 29 to provide 2,000 free connections to Cambodian schools.Metfone will offer free Internet connections and related equipment worth US$5 million to all State-owned schools, educational centres, universities, colleges and the ministry’s offices. In addition, it will present scholarships to hundreds of outstanding Cambodian students and pupils.The project will be divided into three phases: in the first phase, Metfone will provide Internet connections to 300 schools and the ministry’s offices in 24 provinces and cities, and 334 computers and 10 virtual private networks to the ministry’s offices in Phnom Penh.In the second phase from 2010-2012, Metfone will present Internet connections and computers to 500 more schools and 193 more district’s educational departments. In the third phase from 2013 to 2015, Metfone will complete the project.Speaking at the signing ceremony, Cambodian Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, Im Sethy reaffirmed that the project will accelerate the application of information technology to his country’s educational system and the development of human resources.  

The Hanoi Times - The Government has urged the Hanoi People’s Committee to speed up renovation of the urban transport system in order to tackle traffic jams in the city.

The Hanoi Times - The 3G network was launched, Yahoo!360 closed and new laws o­n telecommunications were approved.Here we list the top 10 information and communication technology events of the year.

The Hanoi Times - Nearly 500 representatives of scientific and technological organizations met o­n December 26 to review the role and contribution of scientific-technological organizations to the country’s development as well as to identify difficulties and barriers.

The Hanoi Times - Improving the use of renewable energy is o­ne of the ways to protect the environment and ensure energy security in a period dominated by the dramatic effects of global climate change, according to vice chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Nghiem Vu Khai.

The Hanoi Times - Vietnam launched o­n Monday the defence website of the association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) as it will assume the rotating presidency of the bloc in 2010.

The Hanoi Times - Twenty-two products and solutions in four aspects, including sectorial-level IT solution and product, packaging software – commodity software, Vietnam brand name computer and e-commerce product, have been awarded the Vietnam ITC Cup 2009.

The Hanoi Times - Viet Nam’s first o­nline medicine transaction floor will be open late this month at the web address www.santhuoc.vn.

The Hanoi Times - The Vietnam Telecom International (VTI) company, a member of VNPT, o­n Nov. 27 inaugurated Vietnam’s hook up point for a 20,000 km submarine optical cable network that will connect the country, along with seven other countries across the Asia Pacific region with the US.

The Hanoi Times - The Overseas Labour Management Department, under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs held a press conference o­n November 27 to unveil its new website at www.dolab.gov.vn.

The Hanoi Times - The Vietnam International Communications Expo 2009 and the International Exhibition o­n Electronics Products in Vietnam 2009 (Vietnam Comm 2009 & Vietnam Electronics 2009) is o­ne of the biggest events in the fields of telecommunications, information technology, communications and electronics in Vietnam.

The Hanoi Times - Scientists of the Army Medical Academy have successfully researched and applied cellular biomass technology to grow the world’s most precious Ngoc Linh ginseng in a laboratory.

The Hanoi Times -  An Exhibition o­n Electronics, Communications and Information Technologies and Vietnam IT Week 2009 (eCIT Vietnam-IT Week 2009) will be held in Hanoi from December 10-14.

The Hanoi Times - Mobile phone service provider Vinaphone officially launched its Vinaphone 3G network o­n October 12.

The Hanoi Times - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung officially launched the Vietnam government web portal on Saturday, which although it was actually finished in 2006, took another four years to connect government ministries and agencies.