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Vietnam fears for lacking STB to implement digital terrestrial TV program

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:53:43 GMT

(VietNamNet Bridge)-The Ministry of Information and Communication is discussing the way of propping up set top boxes (STB) to people in the implementation of the national program on TV digitalization. Meanwhile, VTC has delayed its STB production project.

Vietnamese students win fourth prizes at Intel ISEF 2013

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:36:36 GMT

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Two groups of Vietnamese students from the Ha Noi-Amsterdam and Le Hong Phong high schools have been awarded fourth-place prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF).

ADSL services less attractive amid new technologies

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:57:22 GMT

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Big ADSL service providers, namely VNPT, Viettel and FPT have offered big preferences to new subscribers registering services in May 2013. They have to try every possible measure to prevent the sharp fall in the number of ADSL subscribers, blamed on the application of new technologies.

Telcos to be licensed to do broadcasting and transmission

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:40 GMT

(VietNamNet Bridge)-The State has decided to form up a competitive broadcasting and transmission market, considering allowing more capable telecom groups to provide the services.

Digital content firms join forces to stimulate IPv6 users

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:38:55 GMT

(VietNamNet Bridge)-The “deployment” of IPv6 in Vietnam has been going slowly because of the reluctance of enterprises, especially digital content firms.

Online sellers & buyers swindle each other

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:08:10 GMT

(VietNamNet Bridge)-The number of successful e-commerce transactions has been increasing rapidly, while the number of swindle cases has also increased accordingly.

State agencies to be inspected and ranked for e-documents exchange

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:37:59 GMT

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Minister of Information and Communication -- Nguyen Bac Son, has stated that the ministry would take actions to boost the exchange of e-documents among state agencies.

Telecoms carriers to announce services quality on websites

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:03:44 GMT

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Telecoms carriers have to provide information on their own services’ quality in a “Management of service quality” section on their website, according to Circular No.08/2013/TT-BTTT of the Ministry of Information and Communications, which took effect on May 10.

The cutthroat competition among OTT apps kicks off

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:24:30 GMT

(VietNamNet Bridge)-Too many firms have jumped into the OTT market, both domestic and foreign, which have spent multi billions of dong to advertise the apps. Only those who can spend money like water can win the competition.

Vietnam will have second remote sensing satellite

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:23:00 GMT

(VietNamNet Bridge)-VNREDSat-1B is the next remote sensing satellite that Vietnam intends to launch into space with the cooperation of Belgium, after the successful launch of the first earth observation satellite.