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HCM City to be first city in VN to be fully covered by IoT network

All of HCM City’s 24 districts will have Internet of Things (IoT) broadcasting stations installed this month, making the city the first place in Viet Nam to be fully covered with an IoT network.

 

AAG Internet cable’s shunt fault fixed

Repair work on the Asia America Gateway (AAG) undersea cable was finished at noon on Saturday, four days earlier than expected.

 

Vietnam gears up to develop a digital economy

VietNamNet Bridge - The vigorous growth of the internet and technology in Vietnam is expected to provide a platform to support the development of a digital economy.

Internet once feared to threaten national security

Do Trung Ta, as a member of the Communist Party Committee, at the 1996 Central Conference II, asked for permission to bring the internet to Vietnam, with strong belief in Vietnamese technical staff. 

How much do members of the online community earn?

VietNamNet Bridge - A new class of young rich people, born in the 1980s and 1990s, are earning billions of dong a month from the internet.

Get copyright protection on the Internet

 VietNamNet Bridge – The contents often associated with copyright infringement on the Internet include articles, images and videos.

Fraudulent school “services” offered on the internet

VietNamNet Bridge – So-called black school services are increasing on the internet - attending class for others, sitting exams under others’ names and forging student cards and university degrees.

Is it time to say goodbye to the AAG internet connection?

VietNamNet Bridge – Telecom groups have been urged to think of alternative solutions to AAG, the optical cable system that has had many recent breakdowns and slow internet connections.

Realty transactions to be carried out via internet: survey

Land and house buyers and sellers will increasingly carry out their transactions via internet, according to CBRE, a multinational real estate service provider, and Genesis, a Chinese investor and real estate developer.

North Korea struggles to stay online

 North Korea appears to have suffered a second internet blackout, according to internet performance measuring firm Dyn Research.

Internet service in Vietnam resumes

VietNamNet Bridge – The undersea international cable AAG (Asia Pacific Gateway) that connects Vietnam to the internet with other countries was fixed one day earlier than scheduled, according to the AAG operating unit.

Internet repair to be longer than expected as new cable break found

VietNamNet Bridge - The undersea international cable has a new break located 68 km from the Hong Kong mainland station, and repairs to restore internet connections will take longer than previously predicted, according to the operating unit of AAG.

Internet in VN to resume normal operations early next week

 VietNamNet Bridge - The repair of an AAG subterranean optical cable will be completed four days earlier than expected thanks to better weather.

Telcos gear up for 3G deployment, prepare for 3.5 and 4G

 VietNamNet Bridge – The three biggest mobile network operators, MobiFone, VinaPhone and Viettel, have raised 3G access speed sixfold in an aim to satisfy increased demand.

Internet streaming worries cinema world

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts are worried that websites violating copyright are killing the country's cinema industry.

ISPs hesitant in implementing IPv6 for fear about standards

 VietNamNet Bridge – The big enterprises such as Viettel, VNPT and FPT have been moving very slowly with their IPv6 plans, because the State has not released the required standards for IPv6.

Internet in Vietnam fully recovered after two weeks

After more than 2 weeks, the AAG (Asia America Gate Way) international sub-marine cable was completed repaired and the Internet connection from Vietnam to the world has been fully restored.

Vietnam to use social networks, Internet to promote tourism

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s tourism will be promoted on social networks, smart phones and the Internet, according to the national tourism promotion program for the 2013-2020 period recently approved

“Free wi-fi” cause headaches to mobile network operators

 VietNamNet Bridge – More and more people have the opportunities to use wi-fi free of charge, which has vexed mobile network operators.

Internet becomes more mobile

 VietNamNet Bridge – As much as 50 per cent of internet page viewing in Viet Nam will go to mobile by the second half of 2014, according to a report by the Ministry of Information and Communications.