Microchip makers forecast to grow
Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee has approved a programme until 2020 on the microchip manufacturing industry that calls for…
Vietnam to develop credit information database
Vietnam aims to develop a national credit information database to assist the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to manage and…
Mobile operators expect Tet text barrage
Major mobile network operators in Vietnam have warned mobile users to avoid eagling and texting on lunar news year’ eve…
Geomagnetic storms to intensify this year
Scientists forecast around 40-45 geomagnetic storms would hit Vietnam this year with more powerful intensity than in previous years. Associate…
Technology supports fishermen’s operation at sea
A project on monitoring fishing boats, fishing grounds and aquaculture resources using satellite technology, known in short as Movimar, is…
Two new research academies open
Two new national research academies, the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, formally…
Int’l travel mart in Hanoi to kickstart tourism year
Up to 400 Vietnamese and foreign tourist companies are expected to attend the Vietnam International Travel Mart in Hanoi in…
Hanoi forecasts 35 pct tourist growth during Tet
Hanoi ’s tourist industry expects the number of travellers will increase by 35 percent during the nine-day Tet (Lunar New…
British-owned cruise ship docks at Quy Nhon port
The Minerva, a 5-star cruise ship carrying 500 tourists and 200 crew members, docked at Quy Nhon port, coastal Binh…
UK magazine readers vote Hoi An as top city
Wanderlust, the UK’s leading travel magazine, has declared Vietnam’s Hoi An city the world’s Top City in its latest Readers’…