#IT news

Monkey Junior by the Early Start Company won gold prize at the ASEAN ICT Award after winning at the Vietnamese Talent Awards.

Social network’s plan to bring 1 billion people online suffers blow as American National Transportation Safety Board examines ‘structural failure’ of Aquila drone.

Vietnamese e-commerce startups are capable of competing with international companies, which are increasingly coming to Viet Nam to set up business, delegates heard at a forum yesterday in HCM City.

The VMG Media JSC has decided to sell its 62.25 per cent holding in the VNPT Electronic Payment JSC (VNPT Epay) to South Korea’s UTC Investment Co.

The second global cyber security competition WhiteHat Grand Prix 2016 will be held on December 17, according to BKAV Corporation.

Samsung Electronics has agreed to buy Harman International Industries in an $8 billion deal (6.4 billion pounds), marking a major push into the auto electronics market and the biggest overseas acquisition ever by a South Korean company.

Google, Facebook, and Twitter are under fire for their influence over the US election

A lack of effective intermediary organisations which can connect inventions with the market is a problem for the development of Vietnam’s sci-tech market, heard a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 14. 

Obstacles to investment promotion and development in IT zones across Vietnam were on discussion at a seminar held by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in Ho Chi Minh City on November 10.

First it was phones, now washing machines – US consumer safety regulator ordered the recall after more than 700 complaints and several injuries

The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has launched its 4G service on Phu Quoc Island in the southern coastal province of Kien Giang. 

Smartphones and tablets become king as the share of desktop web browsing traffic shrinks to 48.7%, according to data.

Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) will install 21,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) to facilitate 4G services throughout 63 cities and provinces across the country by 2017.

The HCMC government on October 26 asked its planning and investment department to strictly “guard the door” by thoroughly evaluating technological solutions of those projects under the city’s seven breakthrough programs.

Vietnam’s top 50 IT companies generated a total revenue of nearly VND28 trillion (US$1.25 billion) last year, according to Nguyen Thi Thu Giang, General Secretary of the Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA).