Viettel Telecom aims to manufacture mobile devices (13/01/2010)

HCMC – Viettel Telecom on Thursday announced it had set up a joint venture with Taiwan-based network equipment maker Accton Technology to develop carrier-grade networking equipment targeting the local telecom and customer premise equipment (CPE) segments.
The deal was signed on Wednesday, said a source from the company, adding the deal would pave the way for Viettel to develop its hardware market segment.

VN websites face hacker onslaught (12/01/2010)

As many as 1,037 websites were attacked by hackers in Viet Nam in 2009, while 461 and 342 websites were hacked in 2008 and 2007 respectively.

Foreign social networks on the way out (11/01/2010)

This year Vietnam will build its own social network to gradually replace foreign social networks like Yahoo and Google, stated Minister of Information and Communications Le Doan Hop at a meeting in HCM City on January 9.

Nuclear power opens doors, gets respect (05/01/2010)

Although the project will be challenging, Prof Pham Duy Hien explains how nuclear power will help supply efficient energy to the country and improve Viet Nam’s international standing.

Top 10 highlights for ICT sector in 2009 (31/12/2009)

The information and communications sector enjoyed a dramatic growth rate in 2009 despite the impact of the global economic meltdown, confirmed Deputy Minister Tran Duc Lai yesterday, December 30. Here are the sector’s 10 major events:
1.The laws on Telecommunications and Radio Frequencies ...

Thematic report on infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (25/12/2009)

On October 2nd, The Center of Informatics and Scientific and Technological Information (CISTI BR-VT) in collaboration with the Science and Technology Department of Ho Chi Minh City organized a seminar of infringements of Intellectual Property Rights. The representatives of departments, enterprises in the provincial area attended the seminar.

Investigation of insects damaging crop plants (25/12/2009)

The Plant Protection Research Institute of Vietnam (PPRI) has conducted a survey and sampling some diseases of plants in Xuyen Moc District. These are activities in researching of the project "Essential Investigation of the harmful pests on some crop plants” chaired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

SIIF 2009’s Organization Board awarded Golden Cup for Mr. Hoang Duc Thao and Gold, Silver Medals to Busadco (22/12/2009)

Seoul International Invention Fair 2009 (SIIF 2009) (South Korea) decided to award the special gold cup and the international accreditation to Chairman cum General Director of BR-VT Urban Sewerage and Drainage Company (BUSADCO) Hoang Duc Thao, Head of many scientific topics have been widely used in many big cities in Vietnam. The exhibition was held by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Korea Invention Promotion Association, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the exhibition attracted 463 excellent scientific works from 30 countries and territories around the world.

Opening ceremony for Nuclear Safety Executive Workshop (22/12/2009)

The 14 December 2009, the opening ceremony for Nuclear Safety Executive Workshop has been organized in Hanoi. This workshop that will run from Dec 14th to 18th, has been organized under the collaboration of Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS) and United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US.NRC).

A training course on safety and control of nuclear radiation (22/12/2009)

On September 22nd, the Center for Application of Advanced Science and Technology held a training course on safety and control of nuclear radiation. Representatives of departments, businesses related to radiation safety participated in the training course.