“The Internet of Things: Principles - Practices - Solutions” conference, chaired by Dr. Timothy Chou in Hanoi on May 4, revealed new opportunities for many enterprises in Vietnam.

The Asia-Pacific region’s software and web developers will participate in a 24-hour app challenge focused on building products that address a persistent regional challenge: how can more micro and small businesses start exporting to foreign markets?

 The spread of WannaCry ransomware has been wreaking havoc across the world since May 12, and several Vietnamese businesses and agencies are advised to take cautions.

 Eleventh-grader Pham Huy has been issued visa to partake in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2017 (Intel ISEF 2017) in the United States.

 The spread of WannaCry ransomware has been wreaking havoc across the world since Friday, and several Vietnamese businesses and agencies are advised to take cautions.

 Google “Industry 4.0” and it takes just 0.43 seconds to bring up 700,000 results. This fourth industrial revolution will hopefully resemble a wave pushing change in Vietnam’s business community. 

 The Lac Hong University’s LH - Lightning team successfully overcame 31 other competitors to become winner at the Robocon Vietnam 2017 final, which took place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 14.

 Five Vietnamese mobile telecommunication enterprises have signed a commitment to stop spam messages.

 A club of Vietnamese scientists living in Australia’s Queensland state made its debut recently in Brisbane city with the purpose to connect Vietnamese scientists to contribute to scientific and technological development in the homeland.

 Danabus, an app for smartphones that allows users to find buses in the central city of Da Nang, has been officially launched by the city’s Department of Transport.

 Pre-paid SIM cards will no longer be available for use by those who do not update their information with their provider, according to new regulations on violations in telecommunications, IT, and radio frequencies.

 Despite being born into a poor family, Huynh Tien has had a thirst for invention. Realising farmers tend to stick to low-productivity traditional farming techniques, he worked to devise an automatic seeding machine in 2013 and a ridger in 2015. 

 Military-run telecom group Viettel’s 4G subscribers increased by 1.5 times following its official launch on April 18 and reached nearly three million by the end of April, the company announced.

Eleven teams of developers from APEC member economies will be in Hanoi from May 18 to 19 to participate in a 24-hour app challenge.

 Team MTA Racer from the Military Technical Academy overcame seven teams to win first prize at FPT’s Digital Race contest, held at Cau Giay Stadium on Wednesday.

 More than 1,000 participants including local and foreign investors, start-up businesses and investment funds will attend the second International Start-up Conference and Exhibition in Da Nang on July 21-22.

 Given the rising number of traffic accidents, five students from Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Foreign Trade University have devised an initiative of smart helmets called Mubahi.

 Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan will receive residents, solve complaints and denouncements on Friday’s morning in the third week every month.

 Representatives from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies gathered in Hanoi on May 11 for the 10th APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI-10) Meeting.

 Microsoft and the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association co-oragnised the “Technology for Good Day” event in Hanoi on May 10 to introduce a free cloud computing programme to Vietnamese non-governmental and non-profit organisations.