
Government-backed waste management startups to be launched
By 2030, each province will have at least five models of senior-led waste collection and sorting.

20:47, 2025/02/24
AlSC 2025 to connect local businesses with global AI opportunities
The five-day international event, themed "Innovating Futures: AI & Semiconductors Globally," is expected to provide local businesses with meaningful connections with global companies, facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experience in AI and semiconductors.

22:13, 2025/02/12
Hanoi develops e-commerce database
The database allows for identifying which tax collector supervises each taxpayer.

13:53, 2025/02/10
Deepseek in Vietnam: Quiet beginnings for new and potential AI player
Welcome to this week's Words on the Street, where we explore the latest shifts shaping Vietnam's digital landscape, and look at Deepseek's quiet but intriguing entry into an AI market where ChatGPT reigns supreme.

12:05, 2014/07/05
Da Nang applies IT in to administrative reform
Da Nang would become a modern and intelligent city thanks to processing information timely and quickly base on IT platform.

10:16, 2014/07/04
Cyber attacks a threat in VN
Viet Nam should strengthen the management of businesses operating in the IT and Internet sector in order to curb the increasing hi-tech security threats.

10:36, 2014/07/03
ICT service market grows by 10 per cent
Despite macroeconomic challenges, spending in Viet Nam for IT services increased 9.9 per cent to US$446 million in 2013, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).

15:58, 2014/07/02
Legal proceedings against spy software
The Hanoi police on June 28 started legal proceedings against Viet Hong Company for selling spy software, affecting more than 14,000 mobile subscribers.

09:30, 2014/07/02
Forgotten dragonfly species discovered in Vietnam
A new dragonfly species named Indocypha neglecta (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae) has been discovered in northern Vietnam, according to the journal Odonatologica, volume 43, in June 2014.

16:30, 2014/07/01
77 percent of Vietnamese employees use smart phones to work
The findings of the 2014 MeConomy study show that young employees under the age of 32 are becoming less dependent on desktop PCs for work and becoming more versatile using other devices to do business.

09:14, 2014/07/01
Cloned Flappy Birds turn up before imminent return of the real thing
Flappy Bird, a Vietnam-made mobile game, has been taken down from app stores by its developer. However, stories and images of the lovely bird have reappeared in sci-tech newspapers and forums these days.

11:19, 2014/06/30
Vietsovpetro and PetroVietnam prepare for facing international hackers
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has asked Vietsovpetro and PetroVietnam to prepare themselves for a possible hacker attack as it is said that international hackers plan to attack the companies’ networks.

11:11, 2014/06/30
New chairman appointed for Mobifone
Mai Van Binh, general director of Mobifone, one of the three largest mobile networks in Vietnam, has been appointed as the firm’s chair, replacing Mr. Le Ngoc Minh, before Mobifone separates from VNPT

07:41, 2014/06/30
First Vietnamese brand tablet launched
Microsoft, the Viet Son Company, and Intel Corporation officially launched the first Vietnamese brand tablet in Vietnam market, namely ROSA.

16:17, 2014/06/27
First artificial heart transplant declared a success
After nearly a month after a heart transplant, Hoang Quoc Bien, 39, a native of Quang Binh province, has fully recovered, reported the.

15:41, 2014/06/27
Database on the East Sea attacked
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MONRE) has denied assertions that its database on the East Sea was stolen by hackers.

11:56, 2014/06/27
Mobifone appoints new chair before separating from VNPT
Mai Van Binh, general director of Mobifone, one of the three largest mobile networks in Vietnam, has been appointed as the firm’s chair, replacing Mr. Le Ngoc Minh.

08:33, 2014/06/27
Three Vietnamese cited in World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds
Three Vietnamese scientists – Dam Thanh Son, Nguyen Son Binh and Nguyen Xuan Hung – have been listed in the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014 by Thomson Reuters.

11:07, 2014/06/26
Japanese minister shares experience in promoting hi-tech agriculture
Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hayashi Yoshimasa on June 25 visited Saigon Hi-Tech Agriculture Park in Ho Chi Minh City where he shared Japan’s experience in developing high-technology agriculture as well as the application of biotechnology.

14:43, 2014/06/25
Private firm “spying” on 14,000 mobile phone subscribers
The Hanoi Department of Information and Communications has recently discovered a private IT company spying on 14,140 mobile phone subscribers, using the Ptracker software.

15:36, 2014/06/23
New flora, amphibian species found in Khanh Hoa
One flora and two amphibian species have been discovered in the central provinces of Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong, creating more demand for the protection of biodiversity around the provinces.

11:04, 2014/06/23
Domain-name trade continues despite lack of legal framework
Only 20 percent of Vietnamese businesses have domain names, which opens up opportunities for businesses dealing in domain name trading.

16:47, 2014/06/20
Local scientist makes citronella mosquito cream
Truong Ngoc Bao Tran from the HCM City Technology University plans to use citronella essential oil to make a mosquito repellant cream.

11:13, 2014/06/20
VNREDSat-1 satellite capable of taking photos globally
The Vietnamese VNREDSat-1 can take high-quality pictures of any location in the world, not just in Vietnam, which could prove to be useful in the current dispute with China.