The number of people using smartphones, among mobile phone users, accounts for 84 per cent in 2017, compared to 78 per cent a year ago.

 VIF17 co-hosted by Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam and Ministry of Information and Communications on November 27 and 28.

Vietnamese agencies, businesses and organisations are constantly innovating and experimenting with the latest technologies, making every effort to keep themselves up-to-date.

 Coc Coc, a Vietnamese web browser and search engine, has updated information on about 1.2 million service locations on its digital map -- Coc Coc Map. The map runs on both PCs and mobile phones.

Threats to information safety and cyber security are becoming more and more serious as technology progresses and Internet becomes increasingly popular, experts said on Thursday at the 2017 Viet Nam Information Safety Day conference.

 Recently-released Nielsen Vietnam Smartphone Insights Report 2017 reveals latest trends in smartphone use around the country.

 Similar threats of being a country bumpkin and so on were, and are, common admonishments delivered by adults, as though farming was an undesirable pursuit, instead of the most essential one for human survival.

 The number of internet users in Vietnam has reached 50 million, equivalent to 54% of the population, after two decades since the country officially joined the global interconnected network. 

The VN Internet Association has announced the list of the most influential people and businesses contributing to the internet’s development in Vietnam at Internet Day 2017 and the anniversary ceremony held to mark 20 years of the internet in Vietnam.

 Nokia stakes out market share of 6% in third quarter against Apple's 4%, with Samsung and OPPO still reigning supreme.

 The Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) launched a ceremony to launch the Vietnam-Korea Institute of Science and Technology (V-KIST) in Hanoi on November 21.

 Article 34 of Clause 4 in the draft Law on Cybersecurity has not yet received support from foreign firms and local law makers because it will affect firms’ performance as well as Vietnam’s steady march towards a digital economy.

 Milestones in 20-year-old Internet use in Vietnam

 Ho Chi Minh City and military telecom group Viettel signed an agreement on November 17 to develop the southern metropolis into a smart city during 2017-2020.

 Over 5,000 toxic videos have been removed from Youtube, Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan told legislators on Friday.

 Associate Professor Nguyen Ngoc Dien, Vice Rector of the University of Economics and Law under the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, has become an official member of the French Academy of Overseas Sciences.

 Le Van Chung could not hide his happiness when his seven-member team from Duy Tan University won first prize in the information technology (IT) category at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2017 held on Thursday evening.

 iPhone X – Apple’s latest iPhone product – will officially be sold in Vietnam from December 8.

 The Viet Nam Internet Forum 2017 (VIF17) will take place at the Ha Noi Museum on November 27-28.

 Vietnam’s fixed line market has seen a significant decline after peaking in 2009, according to Reportbuyer, a leading industry intelligence solution that provides all market research reports from top publishers.