FDI sector lifts up hardware industry (27/09/2013)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises gave a strong boost to the country’s hardware industry last year, according to Vietnam’s 2013 White Book on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) just released by the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Biggest telecom groups use clouds to save costs (27/09/2013)
Viettel and MobiFone, the two biggest mobile network operators, have pioneered in using their cloud computing to cut costs and shorten the time for service development.
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Vietnam elected chair of IAEA Board of Governors (24/09/2013)
Vietnam has been elected as the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the 2013-14 term at its meeting on September 23.
11 Vietnamese trained in aerospace technology in Japan (18/09/2013)
The Vietnam National Satellite Center (VNSC) has sent 11 officers to Japan for training in aerospace technology at five universities in Japan under the Vietnam Aerospace Center Project.
Vietnam now targets premium software outsourcing segment (18/09/2013)
After more than 10 years of doing the software outsourcing for Japanese, Vietnamese software firms believe they have accumulated enough experiences to handle more complicated with higher value contracts.
Hue city provides free wifi services (14/09/2013)
People in the former imperial city of Hue will be provided with free wifi in the administrative area and tourism spots as part of a six month pilot programme, starting from September 22.
Network operators told to cooperate, not to confront OTT developers (11/09/2013)
There are three ways for mobile network operators to go to increase their turnover amid the appearance of OTT apps, according to Le Thi Ngoc Mo, Deputy Head of the Telecom Agency of the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC).
Mobile network operators can think of collecting surcharges from OTT service use, developing OTT services themselves, or cooperating with OTT service providers in order to launch reasonable service packages.
Vietnam takes control of 1st remote sensing satellite (10/09/2013)
A French company Wednesday handed over control of Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite, the 115-kg VNREDSat-1, to the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, newswire VnExpress reported.
Vietnamese manufacture unmanned aircrafts, submarines, battleships (09/09/2013)
With simple materials, Vietnamese have successfully manufactured aircrafts and ships, not only for civil but also for military services.
Vietnamese firms incapable to act as IT consultants (09/09/2013)
Vietnam still has to hire foreign IT consultants for most of its big projects because it still lacks the experts capable enough to serve as consultants.
