The national security service has identified two teenagers as the hackers behind recent attacks on the websites of several domestic airports, the Ministry of Public Security said on March 13.

 Nine teams, including 50 students from seven universities in Viet Nam, will participate in the Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2017 – Make the Future Singapore 2017, to take place in Singapore from March 16-19.

 Viettel has been ranked second on a list of the most valuable telecommunications brands in Southeast Asia in 2017, compiled by the UK-based Brand Finance.

 As part of plans to improve the startup ecosystem in the country, Vietnamese universities are developing student innovation and startup programmes.

 The 13th Meet Vietnam programme features 13 international workshops and five training courses on science in central Binh Dinh province’s Quy Nhon city from March 6-10.

 Vietnamese information and technology corporation FPT has won a key IT contract worth US$11.3 with Ministry of Finance and Planning of Myanmar.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has requested network operators to withdraw and deactivate nearly 20 million pre-activated SIM cards and banned the sales of these SIM cards, however, many stores continued selling them online.

 Government controlled telecom equipment maker VNPT and mobile network operator Viettel Group have announced plans to hit their rivals hard and gain global market share in 2017.

Mobile World Group (MWG) is set to open its first store in Cambodia, called BigPhone.com, General Director Tran Kinh Doanh confirmed with VET.

The Minister of Information and Communications has asked the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information to punish cases in which Vietnamese enterprises’ advertisements with inappropriate content featured in YouTube videos.

 The individual prize of the annual Kovalevskaya awards 2016 went to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Kim Phi Phung, a lecturer from the University of Natural Science under the Vietnam National University – HCM City.

 An overseas Vietnamese businessman will invest US$1 billion in Facecar, a Vietnamese car-hailing startup, according to local media.

 Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi launched its robotic systems for joint and neurological operations on March 1, making it the first medical facility in Vietnam to employ the technology.

 Viettel is the only Vietnamese company attending the Mobile World Congress (MWC) currently underway in Barcelona, Spain.

 A “German Science Day” was organised in Ho Chi Minh City on March 1 on the occasion of 20 years of scientific-technological cooperation between Vietnam and Germany.

Today, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and US tech giant Microsoft Corporation signed an MoU to promote collaboration, particularly in the information technology development. 

The State Agency for Technology Innovation (SATI) under the Ministry of Science and Technology and its partners from the Republic of Korea have signed a cooperation agreement on energy-saving technology transfer.

Lecturer Nguyen Kim Phi Phung of the Nature University’s Chemistry Faculty has won the International Kovalevskaia Award.

 Ton Poh Fund, an open-end fund managed by Thailand's Ton Poh Capital, has paid $11 million to purchase 1.5 million shares of Mobile World Investment Corp (MWG), a major mobile phone distributor in Viet Nam.

 P&G, Yamaha and more have to take responsibility for “having their advertisement shown on illegal videos” on Youtube, according to local authorities.