The world's leading journal of botanical systems and biodiversity, Phytotaxa, has just announced their discovery of a new plant species found in Vietnam's central province of Quang Nam.

 With high-end smartphones like Bphone 2 or affordable smartphones like Mobiistar, will Vietnamese smartphones survive amidst the vicious competition?

 The Vietnam Software Association has launched a programme to choose Vietnam’s top 50 IT companies 2017, aiming to honour the leading IT firms and connect promising partners inside and outside the country.

The second International Conference on Information Technology Outsourcing/Business Process Outsourcing in Viet Nam will be held in HCM City next October. 

 Military-run telecom group Viettel today announced that it was increasing its broadband speed for free for all its subscribers nationwide.

 The Bkav Corporation officially introduced the Bphone 2017, the second version of its Bphone, the first made-in-Viet Nam smartphone, on Tuesday.

 Vietnam is a leading information technology (IT) services destination in Asia, heard a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on August 8 on the upcoming IT service export conference 2017.

Nearly 80 professors, scientists and researchers from 17 countries gathered at an international conference themed “Star formation in different environments” that opened in Quy Nhon city on August 7.

 Software and legal documents on cybercrime prevention will soon be launched in Viet Nam.

 Software and legal documents on cybercrime prevention will soon be launched in Việt Nam.

 Vietnam is one of the top 20 countries that are at great risk of malware attacks on personal computers through USB flash drives, CDs and DVDs, according to Kaspersky Lab’s quarter two report on global security.

 Domestic mobile carriers VinaPhone and Viettel have slashed charges for data roaming services for subscribers, helping them stay connected at an extremely low rate when going abroad.

 Two tech startups from Vietnam and Australia have agreed to establish a network of laboratories for neuroscience studies, named Neuro Lab, in Vietnam.

 Vietnam has a solid foundation for information technology but must constantly strive to be globally competitive, Hajime Hotta, co-founder of Innovatube and president of Cinnamon AI Labs, said at the Ha Noi technology event on Sunday.

 As many as 120 foreign and domestic scientists are attending the conference “Nanophysics: From fundamental to applications”, which opened in Quy Nhon city, on July 31 as part of the 13th Recontres du Vietnam (Meet Vietnam) program.

 Mobile service provider MobiFone was voted by mobile users as “the most excellent 4G service quality provider” in a recent survey by the International Data Group (IDG).

 Some 43,000 4G BTS stations have been deployed nationwide, covering 95 per cent of Vietnam’s population, the 4G LTE 2017 International Conference was told.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications is developing a draft circular on mobile telecommunication network information services, reported the Vietnam News Agency.

 Two-in-three managed services providers suffer from a shortage of qualified cybersecurity staff, according to a report by Russian computer security specialists Kaspersky Lab.

 Fourth generation (4G) mobile phone services are expected to see a strong development in the country this year, accelerating the completion of national programmes such as e-Government, Smart City and Smart Agriculture.