The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has  ordered the Vietnam Environment Administration to investigate media reports about environmental pollution caused by Vietnam Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited.

 Tonnes of young shrimps and fish have recently been released to the wild across the Mekong Delta region for the restocking of marine resources.

 Representatives from nearly 50 leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) firms attend a forum to promote Vietnam-Japan ICT cooperation in Tokyo on March 31.

 The People’s Procuracy of Central Highlands Dak Nong Province has arrested the former director of a forestry company as part of an investigation into the destruction of 2,000 hectares of forest.

 Polluted river water is the main reason behind the recent mass fish deaths in Vinh Tra River in Thai Binh Province, its department of natural resources and environment has said.

 FPT Information System (FPT IS) last week put into operation the Integrated VAT Administration System (IVAS) worth US$33.6 million developed for the Tax Department of Bangladesh after 12 months of implementation.

 Thirty-two per cent of employees in Vietnam’s IT sector are unhappy with their current salary, according to the IT Skills, Benefits and Recruitment Trend in 2017 report released recently by VietnamWorks and the Navigos Group.

 A woman in Long Bien District, Hanoi has used thousands of recycled plastic bottles to build a small house and raise people's awareness about environmental protection.

 The Management Board of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon High-tech Park on March 29 handed over an investment licence to the Tay San Gon (Western Sai Gon) Vocational College to construct a 25-million-USD technology transfer centre in the city. 

 The Ministry of Information and Communications said that it has fined Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone VND$85 million (US$3,728) for using fake identity cards to register pre-paid phone subscriptions.

 Water in a 10ha reservoir in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province’s Tan Hai Commune has turned red and terribly smelly, raising pollution concerns from local residents.

 Founded in 2013, Vietnam’s first forum for cyber security research community, the whitehat.vn, which is commonly known as a forum for “white-hat hackers”, has more than 31,000 members.

  It took telecoms giant Viettel four years to complete its 2G mobile network roll-out in Vietnam and eight years for the 3G network. But for the 4G network, it took the company only six months to ensure coverage in even remote areas.

 Changeable weather and careless farming in Tra Vinh Province has caused pollution and killed a large number of shrimp in the area.

  A constant supervision system installed at all airports and flight control centres and on airlines would help ensure security for Viet Nam’s aviation industry, experts have said.

 Vivu Technology Development Joint Stock Company said at its launch ceremony on Sunday it has acquired Vietnamese car hailing service application FaceCar for an undisclosed amount.

 James Joseph Kendall, an American English teacher at an elementary school in Hanoi, became famous by chance after he retrieved trash from a polluted ditch in Hanoi, in May 2015.

 The fifth International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and Diagnostics (Analytica Vietnam 2017) is scheduled to take place in Hanoi from March 29-31.

 Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan has highlighted that Vietnam always welcomes and creates all favourable conditions for Indian firms to join programmes and projects on information technology in Vietnam.

 The average water level of many parts of the Red River has remarkably reduced in recent years, badly affecting agricultural production and the living conditions of residents in the northern lowland and midland areas.