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The Hanoi Times - 100 rural young people from 63 provinces and cities nationwide will be granted the Luong Dinh Cua Award for their excellent achievements in business, production, transfer of technology and building new rural areas.Among those who receive awards, there are 47 Party members, 94 men, 6 women and 18 minority youths. Most of them have income ranging from VND 70 million to VND 500 million every year, even some can earn over VND 1 billion, creating 8,000 jobs. These young role-models have also made an active contribution to the community by participating in various social and charity activities. This is the third consecutive year the Luong Dinh Cua Award is organised by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. The award ceremony will be held at the Hanoi Opera House o­n November 30.

The Hanoi Times - Research carried out by Oxfam has revealed that Vietnam is among the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change despite being o­ne of the nations least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions.This has raised worries over the possible impact of climate change upon the country’s impressive socio-economic development.

The Hanoi Times - The first National Environment Friendly Products and Technologies Exhibition and Conference (EFProtech 2009) will be held from March 17-20 at the Vietnam Exhibitions Centre in Hanoi, organisers announced at a press conference.

The Hanoi Times - Vietnam is lagging behind other regional countries in the number of internationally-registered inventions and trademarks, according to an official from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST).

The Hanoi Times - Vietnam Data Communication Company (VDC) has inaugurated o­nline training channel Mega e-learning. But they are still limited to certain subjects and VDC plans to expand them soon

The Hanoi Times - Inspectors found an estimated VND1.5 billion (US$88,600) worth of pirated software o­n computers at a Japanese and a South Korean company in Hanoi this week.

The Hanoi Times - The first prize of the 4th Vietnam Talent Contest 2008, which closed last night, went to the Vietnam International Tourism and Entertainment Information Network (http://www.skydoor.net).

The Hanoi Times - Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC) officially launched its ‘Mega E-learning’ IT training websites on Nov. 19.By accessing the websites at http://hocmai.infogate.vn or http://bea.infogate.vn. , users of internet services provided by VDC and the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group will be able to enroll in online IT training courses and sit practice tests compiled to reflect high school, college and university curricula content.VDC’s Director Vu Hoang Lien said the newly-launched service is expected to not only build bridges between teachers, students and IT-lovers across the nation, but also to create an online learning community and narrow the IT gap that currently exists between urban, rural and remote areas.The two websites will initially present lectures on a number of mainstream subjects before providing lessons with abundant and specific content relevant to a wide range of courses. Lecturers and students can communicate and exchange views with one another via email and online discussion groups, as well as forums and video conferences.In addition, the website http://bea.infogate.vn will also enable users to gain access to English training courses, featuring a range of specialised topics. Statistics released by VDC reveal that around 20,000 learners have taken part in its online training programmes during just two months of trial operations.Established in 1989, VDC has emerged as the largest internet service provider in Vietnam , with an international bandwidth rate of 20 Gbps. The company is planning to launch a number of value-added online services early next year, including MegaGames, online games, online sales and payment, online movie streaming and virtual office services. VDC also provides internet services for clients in Laos and Cambodia.

The Hanoi Times - Vietnam’s “Using VSAT IP Solution to Bring Broadband Internet to the Countryside” solution won a silver medal at the Asia Pacific Information and Communications Technology Awards 2008.

The Hanoi Times - The Vietnam Glass Association (Vieglass) has asked the Government to raise the import tax o­n construction glass products sourced from ASEAN to 20%.

The Hanoi Times - Nearly 1,000 students from around 100 colleges and universities in Vietnam will participate in the 17th IT Olympiad and the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest (Asian round) in HCM City from November 20-23.

The Hanoi Times - The telecommunications industry, particularly the mobile phone sector, has seen the most significant price reductions over the first ten months of the year in its race to lure more customers, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).Call charges during the January-October period were 12 percent lower than the average for the same period last year. These continued discounts are considered key to Vietnam ’s impressive development of its telecommunications industry over recent years.The country had almost 60 million cell phone subscribers as of October 2008, of which MobiFone and VinaPhone accounted for 30 million, and Viettel 19 million, the GSO reported.Most recently, the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) decided to apply the same charge of 909.1 VND/minute to all intra-network calls from Nov. 1, a discount of 20 percent compared to previous charges.VNPT also allowed its mobile phone arms of VinaPhone and MobiFone to offer a discount of between 30-80 percent for off-peak calls.Previously, Viettel, which has the largest number of subscribers in Vietnam and is the first to provide a call-blocking service, offered discounts of 50-73 percent for its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS).The price war has been fueled by a decision taken by the Ministry of Information and Communications allowing service providers to self-regulate their tariffs.However, experts have suggested that, in addition to lowering prices, service providers focus o­n improving the quality of their services, which is key to customer attraction

The Hanoi Times - Information communication and technology resellers are facing tough times after the widening of the dollar/dong trading band to 3% last weekend, according to CMC Distribution, a subsidiary of the local technology giant CMC Corporation.

The Hanoi Times - While regulations o­n harmful blogs are still in the works, the director of the Bach Khoa Internet Security (Bkis) Centre, Nguyen Tu Quang, spoke to Hai Quan (Customs) newspaper about how it should be done.

The Hanoi Times - An exhibition o­n safety, security and fire-fighting technologies and equipment (Secutech Vietnam 2008) opened in Hanoi o­n Nov. 11. The three-day Secutech Vietnam 2008 has drawn over 80 businesses from China, Hong Kong-China, Taiwan-China, Israel, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the US, the UK, Singapore and Vietnam.

The Hanoi Times - Apple has launched an o­nline store for the Vietnamese market. Customers can order goods o­n this site and pay by Visa or Mastercard.

The Hanoi Times - The Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park has granted investment licences to 31 projects with a total registered capital of almost 690 million USD. These projects will occupy over 100 hectares in which half of land in the park which has a total area of 1,586 hectares under a master plan approved by the government in May this year . The Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park is a joint venture between Japan and Viet Nam , with Japanese partners responsible for the project’s planning scheme and work o­n calling businesses to invest in the park. The agreement o­n the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park was in furtherance of the Viet Nam-Japan joint statement signed by the two Government leaders o­n Oct. 19, 2006. When completed, the park, which will be divided into four zones: Research and Development, Hi-tech Industry, Software Park and Education and Training, is expected to house universities and many plants that produce high-tech equipment like electronic and semi-conducting products, telecommunication, digital technology, and bio-technology

The Hanoi Times - According to research work by Pearl Research, Vietnam will have over 10 million o­nline gamers by 2011.

Hanoi Times - Tests carried out in laboratories proved eggs taken from several sources to be melamine free, a high ranking officer of the Animal Health Department, a part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said o­n November 11.The deputy head of the Animal Health Department Nguyen Xuan Duong confirmed that no melamine-contaminated eggs have been detected so far. Samples for the test were selected randomly from farms, agents and markets.Meanwhile, responsible agencies are yet to have a final conclusion about whether other food contains the harmful chemical because it takes time to conduct such tests. Those in charge of monitoring melamine o­n food will announce the results at the end of this week.

Hanoi Times - o­n Wednesday, the Ministry of Information and Communications delivered exam files to seven mobile phone service providers.