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Network operator identifies fake email addresses

 A number of email addresses that impersonate the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), and are used for stealing customer payments, were identified by the mobile network provider Vinaphone on Wednesday.

Illegal wood exploitation rampant at Cuc Phuong National Park

 Despite guard booths by forest rangers set up at all roads leading to the forest, many big trees have been stolen from the Cuc Phuong National Park in Thanh Hoa Province.

Viettel Global expects to acquire 50m customers

 Viettel Global Investment JSC (Viettel Global) targets increasing its customers in foreign markets by 12.9 million in 2017, bringing the total to more than 50 million.

Software designers to compete in APEC app challenge in Hanoi

 Software and website designers from Asia, including Vietnam, will gather in Hanoi on May 18-19 to compete in the APEC App Challenge. 

Microsoft Teams launched in Vietnam

 Microsoft officially launched Microsoft Teams - the chat-based workspace in Office 365, on Thursday in Viet Nam.

Minister carries out Formosa inspection

 A year after it caused mass fish deaths by discharging untreated waste directly into the sea, an inspection has found Formosa having addressed 52 of 53 environmental violations.

Khanh Hoa: Dumping site: authority holds dialogue with residents

 Construction of a reservoir to collect water leaking from the Hon Rọ dumping site in the central Khanh Hoa Province’s Ninh Hoa Commune must be completed soon, the People’s Committee has said.

Turtle conservation on Con Dao Island

 Con Dao Island is currently implementing marine turtle conservation and is home to the largest population of natural sea turtles in Vietnam.

Rare animals released back into the wild

 People in the central province of Quang Binh have released rare animals back into the wilds of nearby Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.

11,000ha of Ca Mau forest at fire risk

 Prolonged dry weather has significantly increased the risk of forest fires in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, the provincial Forest Protection Department reported.

Quang Ninh authorities probe cause of oyster deaths

 The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has asked local authorities to urgently examine and determine the reason for the mass oyster deaths in Tien Yen district.

Minister asks for Facebook’s cooperation to stop bad content

 Facebook has been asked to increase cooperation with Vietnam to block and remove bad content and fake news in this social network.

Mekong Delta faces erosion threat

 The Mekong Delta may lose half of its land to erosion because of rampant sand exploitation.

Vietnam Mobile Day 2017 on horizon

 This year’s Vietnam Mobile Day event in Ho Chi Minh City on May 20, in Hanoi on May 27, and in Da Nang on June 3 will cover more than 100 topics in mobile business trends such as mobile e-commerce, mobile business, and mobile technology.

IT manpower facing serious shortfall in quantity and quality

 The information technology (IT) sector is entering a hot growth period. However, Vietnam’s IT human resources are alarmingly lacking both in quantity and quality, as commented by deputy prime minister Vu Duc Dam.

Young Vietnamese innovators compete in Manila

 The three-member Vietnamese team, EDMTDevDTU, from Duy Tan University in Da Nang City competed in the Southeast Asia regional finals of Microsoft Imagine Cup 2017 in Manila, the Philippines.

First industrial waste power generation plant opens in Hanoi

The first industrial waste power generation plant in Vietnam was officially put into operation at the Nam Son Waste Treatment Complex in Hanoi’s outlying district of Soc Son on April 24.

Viettel gets ready for April IPO in Tanzania

Viettel Tanzania Limited Company (Halotel) is completing an IPO prospectus and corporate valuation in preparation for its IPO filing on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) in Tanzania this month, Viettel Global reported. 

Clean-up event held in Hanoi to mark Earth Day

 More than 1,000 volunteers from the US Embassy, associations, organisations and universities, joined hands to pick up garbage in Thong Nhat Park Saturday morning to mark Earth Day here.

Protective forest destroyed for Phu Yen golf course

 Phu Yen Province approved the destruction of nearly 116 hectares of forest to build a golf course despite having no legal documents to go ahead.