How to boost Vietnam’s IT? (27/08/2009)

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) is developing a scheme to turn Vietnam into a powerful country in terms of telecommunications and information technology. The Vietnam Economic Times talks with Do Trung Ta, the Prime Minister’s IT envoy cum chief of the National Steering Board for IT, about this scheme.

Scientists discuss nuclear power in Vietnam (25/08/2009)

Some 240 experts from 40 foreign and local organisations participated in the 8th national conference on nuclear technology and science in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, from August 20-23.

Viet Nam plans to be IT powerhouse (19/08/2009)

Viet Nam plans to become one of the world’s most powerful countries in the information and communication technology industry, according to Le Doan Hop, Minister of Information and Communications.

Testing successfully a model of breeding seabass (11/08/2009)

Mr. Vu Dinh Chuan who resides in Nam Hai Village – Tan Hai Commune, Tan Thanh District, is selected to experiment with the model. Indeed, previously, Mr. Chuan had kept seabass in the area used previously for keeping shrimp but failed. However as well as the shrimp before, the seabass breeding by him also failed, leading to some surface area of his is unused and waste.

Preliminary wrap-up 3-year collaboration activities between BR-VT Farmers Association and the DoST (11/08/2009)

On the date of July 2nd, 2009 the conference of preliminary wrap-up of stage 1 (2006 - 2009) the co-ordinate program between the Vietnam Farmers Association of Baria-Vungtau Province and the Provincial Department of Science and Technology has been conducted.

6 enterprises supported expense in order to build ISO, HACCP standards (11/08/2009)

According to information from Department for Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control of Baria-Vungtau Province, in the stage 1 in 2009, 14 enterprises have filed for supporting expenditure of registration to build a quality management system of ISO, HACCP.

There have been 6 enterprises which are reviewed and provided expense including: T.D.C Ltd Company (ISO 22000), Vungtau Oil Services Company (HACCP), Song Hong Ltd Company (ISO 9001:2008), Nhat Nam Ltd Company (ISO 9001:2000), the Branch of Nhat Nam Mechanical Factory (ISO 14001:2004), South-Eastern Asia Paint Ltd Company (ISO 14001:2004).

IT prodigies honoured (06/08/2009)

An awards ceremony for the “IT competition for young people” has been held in Hanoi Municipal Theatre.

Viruses attack 5.3 million computers (05/08/2009)

Nearly 3,300 computer viruses were discovered in the country in July alone, according to the network security firm Bach Khoa Internet Security Centre (BKIS).

Vietnam escapes list of top ten countries for copyright infringement (28/07/2009)

For the first time, Vietnam is not on the list of top ten countries for software copyright infringement. 2009 is also the first year that the country has been named one of the top ten countries for software outsourcing by E-readiness.

Training vital to develop IT services (28/07/2009)

The Government must create a new agency responsible for training employees for the burgeoning software and IT services industry, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has said.