As internet steadily replaces traditional text messages and calls as well as smart phones are overwhelmingly popular in the market, mobile operators find it a must to come out with low-cost 3G and 4G packages.

 Technology firms have suggested that Vietnam should prep for 5G mobile services when it comes to developing the digital economy and catching up with the fourth industrial revolution.

 Local mobile carriers have proposed the Ministry of Information and Communications remove the discount cap of 20% on prepaid subscriptions. Since the limit was introduced in March, the sales of top-up cards have slumped sharply.

 Information-telecommunication-technology group FPT Corporation (FPT) has acquired 90 percent of the US-based tech advisory firm Intellinet Consulting (Intellinet).

 Vietnam’s IT group FPT has inaugurated its 7th representative office in Japan at Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. 

 With the resolve of the whole political system and the will of the people, Vietnam is ready to overcome any challenges ahead, moving forward to grasp opportunities presented by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

 Alarmeow, a wake-up call application created by a group of young Vietnamese is now available at the iOS App Store.

 A new regulation that stipulates telecommunication firms may only provide discounts for prepaid subscribers of up to 20 per cent has major problems and fails to uphold market economic principles.

 Two new species of Camellia flowers found in Vu Quang National Park in Vietnam’s central province of Ha Tinh have been entered the Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy.

 Vietnam is an outstanding economy in turning its investment for innovation into concrete results, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) Report 2018 released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on July 10. 

 The rapid development of the internet has greatly benefited users but also exposed them to increasingly dangerous cyber-attacks, forcing organisations and businesses to look for ways to protect themselves.

 Vietnam has a chance to earn more than 3 billion USD when using 5G technology, said Denis Brunetti, President of Ericsson Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.

Alarmeow, a wake-up call application created by a group of young Vietnamese is now available at the iOS App Store.

FPT Software has received approval of the Ministry of Transport, via a statement, to deploy an autonomous vehicle test in Saigon Hi-Tech Park, according to FPT’s website.

In order to meet the demand of customers, Mobifone increased the data capacity of the basic Mobile Internet 3G/4G packages by more than 6 times from July 1 abg the prices of these packages remain unchanged.

 The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) launched Vietnam’s 50 Leading IT Companies 2018 programme in Hanoi on July 3.

 The Law on Cyber Security is an important, much needed legal framework for authorised forces to be able to tackle risks and challenges from cyber space in a timely and effective manner.

 Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has recently made several requests regarding the organisation of the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2018 (ABU Robocon 2018), scheduled for August 26 in the northern province of Ninh Binh. 

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has just asked Facebook to explain why they include the Paracel and Spratly islands on a Chinese map.

Preventing Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks on national critical information infrastructure was the main topic of a seminar and drill on cyber security in Da Nang on June 29.