The Asia America Gateway (AAG) undersea cable broke down on August 23, the fourth incident so far this year, affecting Vietnam’s international internet connections. 

The Ministry of Information and Communications has decided to relieve Cao Duy Hai of his duty as member of the board and general director of MobiFone for serious violations in a deal in which the mobile carrier had acquired a 95% stake in AVG.

 Since its inception, the Saigon Hi-Tech Park has become an incubator for innovation and a centre for technology transfer in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern region.

A report by the Ministry of Industry and Trade this year showed that the number of Vietnamese enterprises interested in investing and applying new technologies was still modest.

Three Vietnamese teams have hacked their way into the final ten of the global-scale cyber security competition, Whitehat Grand Prix 2018, after surviving the 24-hour online qualification round on August 18 and 19 in Hanoi.

 National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines inaugurated a flight simulation complex (SIM), the first of its kind in Vietnam, in Ho Chi Minh City on August 21, marking a breakthrough in the firm’s pilot training strategy.

 Vietnam has seen remarkable development in artificial intelligence (AI) and the country needs to take full advantage of AI for its development, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy. 

 The sixth robot talent contest ‘Robot Robotacon – WRO 2018’ took place on August 18 – 19, 2018 in the Military Zone 7 Competition Center, in Phu Nhuan District of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). 

 The Programme of Connecting Vietnam Innovation Network 2018, which gathered hundreds of talented Vietnamese in the fields of science and technology, was launched in Hanoi on August 19.

 All In Station (AIS), a blockchain and start-up support space, is launched in HCM City today.

 The availability of a series of new foreign domain names in the Vietnamese market is offering more choices to local companies and opening up new opportunities for domain name registrars.

 A Vietnamese team is participating in the “2018 FIRST Global Challenge” international robotics competition for junior and high school students, which opened in Mexico on August 16. 

 Military-run telecom provider Viettel has announced a roaming fee reduction of up to 45 percent for calls, texts and data applicable to all subscribers in Indonesia from August 15 to September 14.

 Two Vietnamese teams will compete at the annual Asia Pacific Robot Contest (Robocon) 2018, being held at Ninh Binh Sports Centre in Ninh Binh city on August 26.

 A Facebook representative has refuted information saying the US company has set up a representative office in Vietnam.

 The Ministry of Planning and Investment has co-ordinated with various other ministries and agencies to create a programme to connect the country’s innovation networks.

 The Rencontres du Vietnam (Vietnam Meeting) on very high energy phenomena in the universe opened in Quy Nhon city of the central province of Binh Dinh on August 13.

 The Government of Vietnam considers the fourth Industrial Revolution, especially aspects concerning artificial intelligence, a huge opportunity for Vietnam to become a modern, industrialised nation in the near future.

 Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group has appointed Do Manh Hung as general director of Viettel Global – the international investment arm of Viettel.

 Vietnamobile Telecommunications JSC (Vietnamobile) has announced it is reducing its subscribers’ phone numbers from 11 digits to 10 by changing two of the prefixes from September 15.