Irdeto, a world leader in digital platform security, has been selected by K+ to provide end-to-end multiscreen support for the launch of its first commercial over-the-top (OTT) service.

 Vietnamese technology giant the VNG Corporation (VNG) has purchased 38 per cent of the Tiki Corporation, the owner of the e-commerce website Tiki.vn, for VND383 billion ($17.16 million).

 The Lac Hong University’s LH-FF team successfully overcame 31 other competitors to become winner at the Robocon Vietnam 2016 final, which took place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 14. 

 The Vietnam-EU cooperation in the science and technology field is auspicious, said the Head of Unit for Strategy on International Cooperation under the European Commission’s Directorate General of Innovation & Research.

 Vietnamese students have shined at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF 2016), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, which took place in the US from May 8-13.

 The military-run telecommunication group Viettel officially provided SIM cards using 4G technology for new subscribers on May 12, a move to realise its plan to offer 4G services to a large extent.

 The ASEAN-EU Science, Technology and Innovation Days (STI Days) kicked off in Hanoi on May 10, serving as a platform for scientists, policymakers and innovation companies from the two blocs to boost cooperation in the fields.

Electronics giant has three IT complexes in Ho Chi Minh City and Bac Ninh and Thai Nguyen provinces, where 86.6% of its IT staff are employed.

 The rate of IPv6 usage in Viet Nam was reported at only 0.03 per cent, 300 times lower than the world's average rate at 10.4 per cent.

 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, the world’s top smartphone maker from the Republic of Korea, is planning a production run of 200 million smartphones in Vietnam this year.

  Vietnamese exports of software have risen dramatically but sales in the domestic market fell during the 2011-2015 economic downturn, according to the Viet Nam Software Association (VINASA).

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has been working with the Ministry of Public Security to investigate violations by gaming companies.

Despite $90.6 million in funding from the state budget, the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences with over 2,000 staff, had only 22 scientific articles published in international magazines over the last five years.

Preparations are underway among smartphone manufacturers for the introduction of 4G in Vietnam.

Nearly 27,700 ".vn" domain names were created in the first three months of this year, increasing the total number of ".vn" domain names to 354,608.

 A cyber security solutions contest for public administrative management will take place in Hanoi from September 22-25.

  The final round of the 2016 Vietnam Robocon Competition will take place in the northern province of Ninh Binh from May 9-14, gathering 32 teams from around the country.

 Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Pham Hong Hai has been introducing Vietnam’s policies and solutions in recent years to narrow the digital gap between urban and rural areas, and between the rich and the poor. 

The Ministry of Science and Technology worked with a visiting delegation from South Korea’s Institute of Industrial Technology and enterprises in HCM City on May 5 to share information and promote cooperation in this field.

Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group, operator of the Vinaphone network, reported the highest growth in profit in the first quarter of  2016, according to the three telecom companies’ recent reports.