Several experts have expressed concerns that Vietnam's exports could be affected by the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 crisis.

  Samsung Viet Nam on October 12 officially announced it was recalling its Galaxy Note7 smartphone after reports of the device catching fire while charging.

 Vietnamese imports of telephones and components from the US soared by up to 1,288 per cent in the first eight months with turnover of US$25.6 million.

 The Institute of Material Science under the VN Academy of Science and Technology has announced its successful application of nano technology in researching and creating Nano FGC complex.

 Vietnam’s hi-tech parks are proposing a 50% reduction in personal income tax for employees working in all areas of the high-tech sector, to facilitate future investment attraction.

VietNamNet Bridge - A group of university students in Da Nang has invented a hydroponic vegetable production system by using a smartphone app. The invention won third prize at Danang Runway Startup 2016, a competition for startup ideas.

 The quality of Viet Nam's 3G network service is not low, as was written in recent reports published by global mobile application providers, who evaluate the speed of internet networks and mobile internet throughout the world.

 Viet Nam leads the weekly trend of accessing online video, with 92 per cent of respondents saying that they accessed online video on a weekly basis, Nielsen reported.

VietNamNet Bridge - The average expenditure for science and technology of Vietnamese enterprises is only 0.02% of their total annual spending. 

S-Fone, a joint venture between South Korean telecommunications company SK Telecom and Vietnamese Saigon Postel Corp. (SPT), may soon be repossessed by the Vietnamese government.

 Vietnam is participating in the fifty-sixth series of meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 3-11.

The northern region’s paddy fields in autumn sunlight look peaceful and beautiful, jogging sweet childhood memories.

  Information and technology - software jobs- offer the most competitive salaries in Viet Nam, according to VietnamWorks's Salary Insights report.

Nine globally endangered species have been discovered at Phong Dien Nature Reserve, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, through camera traps.  

 Aeronautical technologies have been researched and applied widely by many sectors in Vietnam, heard a workshop in Hanoi on September 30.

Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA) has urged mobile phone users to contact service providers when they notice abnormal account activity or suspect value-added services being activated automatically.

 The fifth International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and Diagnostics (Analytica Vietnam 2017) will be held in Hanoi from March 29-31, 2017.

 The Vietnam Web Summit (VWS) 2016 will kick off in HCM City on October 22.

  Intel will not close its Vietnam unit, said Pham An Duong, Marketing Director at Intel Vietnam, on September 28. 

  Unitel, the brand name of Viettel in Laos, reached US$1 billion in cumulative revenue in seven years of operation in the country.