The highest number of cyber-attacks on Vietnamese websites originated from the United States and China, according to a report.

 The HCM City  People’s Committee has approved the 1/2000 scale plan for the city’s second science and technology park to be built in District 9 at a cost of around VNĐ4.3 trillion (US$188 million).

 The Ministry of Finance and the central city of Da Nang continued to lead in Vietnam ICT Index 2017, said the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Vietnam Association for Information Processing.

 Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has approved construction project of a new science and technology park on a nearly 200 hectare plot in District 9.

VN should promote IT products and services with high added value capable of deployment on a regional and global scale, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology Nguyen Thanh Hung.

The 13rd ASEAN CIO/CSO Awards 2017 honoured 26 leading(CIO) and CSO) with outstanding contributions in IT and information security in Viet Nam and Southeast Asia on Friday.

 All telecom operators in the country have reported big profits in the first nine months of this year.

 Vietnam’s international internet connections have been restored to full capacity after repairs on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) and TGN Intra-Asia (IA) cable systems were completed on September 30.

A group of Overseas Vietnamese students in Manchester city, the UK, have developed a mobile application named Tubudd in a hope to create a network that will connect foreign visitors with local tour guides in Vietnam.

Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN, the WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, has been elected Chairman of WIPO General Assembly for 2018-2019.

 Leading domestic telcos are strongly committed to expanding 4G coverage through infrastructure investment, albeit users are still modest in number about four months after the service was launched.

Techfest 2017, a technology conference, will be held by the Ministry of Science and Technology on November 14 in Hanoi with the participation of various regional partners. 

 Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 28 for Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Parvathaneni Harish who said India will continue supporting Hanoi in human resources training.

 More than 100 bio-technologies for food processing, medicine production and environmental treatment are on display at the Vietnam Technology and Equipment Market 2017 (Techmart 2017) which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 28. 

 Major mobile service providers such as VinaPhone, Viettel and MobiFone have completed preparations for mobile number portability (MNP) which allows subscribers to retain their phone numbers when switching carriers.

 The 4G download speed of Mobifone, one of the three major mobile carriers in Vietnam, is slightly faster than that of Viettel, according to test results announced by the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority.

 The first International Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)/Sensors Conference took place in Ho Chi Minh City on September 27.

 The iPhone 8 is failing to attract customers in Vietnam, with most interest being shown in the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.

 Sao Bac Dau Technologies Group won prizes in the categories of providing integrated IT systems and the most rapidly developing company at the 9th Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Awards on September 19.

 Thee major telecom network providers - Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone - started testing mobile number portability on September 21, which allows subscribers to keep existing mobile number when switching networks.