Ministry introduces national IT programme (29/10/2009)

Vietnam is gearing itself up for a future plugged-in and switched-on Government.

VN up five grades in global IT competitiveness index (27/10/2009)

Vietnam has jumped five grades to 56th out of the 66 countries and territories in the global 2009 information technology (IT) competitiveness index, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Top 50 Emerging Outsourcing Cities (26/10/2009)

A Global Services-Tholons Study For the second consecutiveyear, Global Services and Tholons identify the best 50 emerging global outsourcing cities. The study also lists the best cities for outsourcing specific functions.

Dynamic IT use key to sustainable growth (24/10/2009)

Vietnamese SMBs are having a chance to get out of the economic recession faster and seize new business opportunities by investing in new technologies, as they have less IT legacy, said Intel executives. 

Big telecom event to be held in December (24/10/2009)

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.

Computer Memory: New Material Could Dramatically Boost Data Storage, Save Energy (21/10/2009)

North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far exceeding the storage capacities of today"s computer memory systems.

The Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology received IAEA IRRS team (17/10/2009)

The October 9, 2009, at the headquarter of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the Minister Hoang Van Phong received the IAEA Integrated Regulator Review Service (IRRS) team during the framework of the IRRS mission in Vietnam from September 27 to October 9, 2009.

Opening ceremony for two weeks of the IRRS mission in Vietnam (13/10/2009)

On the Monday, the 28 September 2009 at Movenpick Hotel (Hanoi) Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety (VARANS) organized the opening ceremony for two weeks of the IAEA Integrated Regulator Review Service (IRRS) mission in Vietnam from the 27 Sep to 9 Oct 2009. The Vice Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thang addressed the opening ceremony.

VinaPhone prepares 3G service debut (13/10/2009)

VietNamNet Bridge – VinaPhone will become the country"s first mobile operator to provide third-generation (3G) technology based services from today, October 12, it has announced.

The firm said that it had successfully tested 3G-based services, including video calls, mobile TV and broadband internet services via mobile phone.

Ba Ria-Vung Tau participated in Techmart Vietnam ASEAN+3 (01/10/2009)

Techmart Vietnam ASEAN+3 with the participation of countries in the region (ASEAN, China, Japan, South Korea) and other countries in the world, the Ministry of Science and Technology,  ASEAN COST+3, People"s Committee of Hanoi and  People"s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City are co-organized. Techmart Vietnam ASEAN+3 took place in Hanoi from 17-20 September 2009. This event is a practical activitiy to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Science and Technology of Vietnam and th 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.