The Prime Minister has signed off on an action plan for an integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) strategy in Vietnam up to 2020.

The Hanoi Department of Information and Communications will issue regulations monthly to call on telecoms network providers to temporarily stop providing services with telephone number prefixes and mobile phone numbers that send spam messages.  

 The volume of unlicensed software used in Viet Nam has fallen by three percentage points to 78 per cent compared with 2013, according to the latest global software survey released by the Software Alliance (BSA).

The Bphone 2 is still expected to be introduced this year, a leader from makers Bkav told local media though he could not say exactly when.

 The policy on national mobile number portability which will begin in Viet Nam early next year is a tool to boost the competitive market.

 The Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development has proposed PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc suspend a project on hydropower plants in the Central Highlands Province of Dak Lak to protect the local environment and wild animals.

 Leaders from across major sections of Vietnamese civil society are taking on a new role in a nation-wide campaign to promote zero tolerance of wildlife crime through consumer behaviour change.

HCM City has attracted 15 science and technology experts who are overseas Vietnamese and foreigners to work in science and technology field, exceeding this year target of 11 experts.

 Vietnam’s power needs could be fully met by renewable energy by 2050, according to a new report by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Vietnam and Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance.

 Successful entrepreneurs inspired young people at a recent discussion about start-up businesses powered by information and technology (IT).

An official from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has claimed the ministry will announce the official cause of the mass fish deaths when the investigation is finally finished, denying that they are burying the news.

Microsoft Vietnam today organised Technology for Good Day, specifically designed for NGOs with attendance of about 100 people from more than 60 NGOs in Vietnam.

Computer users in Vietnam use unlicensed software at an alarming rate, despite being well aware of the associated cyber-security dangers, said a survey released yesterday by the Software Alliance (BSA).

 The Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) has pledged 50,000 USD of aid to save elephants in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak between 2016 and 2017.

 The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has proposed the government support up to 100 percent of funding for scientific and technological research activities.

 Vietnam and the United States issued a joint announcement on climate change partnership on May 23 (Vietnam time), emphasising the need to combat global climate change.

 Small-scale businesses are taking the lead in the over-the-top content (OTT) service, Nguyen Viet Dung, general director of Viettel Telecom, said.

  Deputy minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung said that the workshop on information safety between ASEAN and Japan will enhance and strengthen the relationship between the two.

 Many scientific and technological solutions have been invented and applied in the past five years to cope with climate change and settle Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin consequences in Vietnam.

Vietnam had the most dynamic Internet market in the world, with more users than no-users, accounting for 52% of the total population, said Rajan Anandan, Vice President and Managing Director of Google in Southeast Asia and India.