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Vietnam raked in approximately US$77 billion from the export of phones, components and computers, electronic products and spare parts during the past eight months of the year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

PSNews - VinSmart under VinGroup on May 29 officially launched the Vsmart brand and products in Myanmar. As reported, the distribution partner for Vsmart phones in Myanmar is Strong Source Group.

VinSmart Company of Vingroup on March 20 officially announced the distribution of Vsmart smartphone models in the Spanish market through the number one European consumer electronics retailer - Media Markt.

The Vietnamese mobile phone market in recent days has heated up with the appearance of two 4G/LTE models – Bphone 2 of BKAV and Vivas Lotus S3 LTE of VNPT Technology.

One in every three travelers who make online hotel bookings uses the smartphone, the second highest ratio behind laptops in terms of devices used for online bookings, according to a recent report from marketing company Criteo.

 A group of students from the HCMC Information Technology has invented Umind, a virtual assistant which can listen, understand and respond in Vietnamese. It can give strong support to elderly drivers and to the disabled.

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei Technologies has come under fire from users for "cutting corners", after it said it used a mix of less advanced and powerful chips in its flagship P10 model due to tight supplies of the parts.

Consumers in Ho Chi Minh City can now use a smartphone app to trace the origin of vegetables sold at Co.opmart, Lotte Mart, Big C and AEON supermarkets under a programme run by the city Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Digital Agriculture Association.