Xiaomi mobile phones are now being sold in Vietnam via its partnership with local distributor Digiworld (DGW), which also will provide marketing and customer support.

Google Asia Pacific has recently sent local media YouTube’s official response to the Vietnamese Government’s claims of “toxic” anti-government information being published.

 Japan’s Linux Professional Institute (JPI) Evolable Asia company and Da Nang’s Dong A College have established an information technology (IT) human resource training programme.

 Forests must be protected and conserved for Vietnam’s sustainable development, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said yesterday, emphasising it as the most important task of the national programme on sustainable forestry development from 2016-20.

 The role of archaeological research in the preservation of the Trang An Landscape Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh was highlighted at a conference held in Ninh Binh on March 18.

 The Ministry of Information and Communication has urged enterprises to collaborate with the Government in efforts to build a healthy Internet society through advertising only on online channels which comply with established laws.

 Seaweed farming is growing as a lucrative business in coastal provinces, providing big income for farmers and helping improve local marine environment.

 As of Thursday, the military-run telecom group, Viettel has set up nearly 18,000 4G base transceiver stations (BTSs), bringing the technology to 704 districts in 63 provinces and cities.

 The Government wants Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to become a hi-tech manufacturing corporation, said Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung.

The Vietnam Energy Association said Vietnam has huge potential for renewable energy which can account for 43% of total energy used in the country by 2050 if it is invested wisely. 

 Japan will step up cooperation to train information technology (IT) engineers for Vietnam in the coming time, said Gen Narui, chairman of the Japan Linux Association.

 The 2017 Robot Robotacon WRO, known as the Robot Talent Contest, yesterday opened for registration.

 Fishermen in central Ha Tinh Province on Monday afternoon released three little dolphins in the ocean.

 A great hornbill, scientifically known as Buceros bicornis, rare bird species on the endangered wild animals list, was rescued in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

 The Vietnamese Government welcomes stronger cooperation between IT firms of Vietnam and Angola, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told visiting Angolan Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technologies Jose Carvalho da Rocha. 

 UOA Group of Malaysia has expressed interest in developing a dedicated zone for video-game developers in HCMC, a representative of the group told HCMC vice chairman Le Van Khoa at a meeting last week.

 The Prime Minister has recently approved in principle the project on prenting and combating illegal trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora.

 “Big Vietnamese information technology (IT) and telecommunications corporations will become major and reliable partners to Angola if they are given favourable conditions.”

 The protective forest in Tay Ninh Province is being damaged as people seek ways to expand farmland.

 Danang Party Secretary Nguyen Xuan Anh and the city authorities discussed solutions for the erosion problem at My Khe Beach last Friday.