Vietnam will need an additional 400,000 information technology (IT) personnel by 2020, heard a forum on information and communications technology (ICT) human resources held in Hanoi on Saturday.

 The Vietnamobile Telecom Joint Stock Company and Hong Kong’s Television Broadcast have launched the TVB Anywhere app to play dramas.

 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has revealed a plan to check 51 solid waste treatment facilities in 25 provinces and cities throughout the country.

 A recent project from the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City on nanomaterials has made fuel cells more durable, and proven to be highly effective when applied on batteries for mobile devices and electric vehicles.

 Mr. Pham Hong Phong, Managing Director of Oracle Vietnam, shares his views with VET on the technology landscape in Vietnam.

 Everyone knows exercise is good for you. If you want to feel better, have more energy, or even add more years to your life? Just exercise!

 Vietnam could meet its long-term energy demands by adding renewable energy sources and cutting-edge battery storage technologies to its arsenal of solutions, experts said.

 Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group plans to hire around 500 IT engineers every year.

 Surpassing over 1,000 competitors in the qualifications, 120 candidates across the nation joined the final round of the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship – Viettel 2019 on April 7.

 Hanoi and Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture will exchange experiences, research and apply the technology for rare-earth waste dumps in Fukuoka to small and medium-sized landfills in Hanoi city.

 The Prime Minister has recently signed a decision to add the Loc Ninh solar power project in Binh Phuoc Province to the plan to develop national power generation with capacity of 800 MWp.

 YouTube may once again be boycotted by Vietnamese firms due to concerns over the large number of harmful video content published without supervision.

 E-wallet users have become common targets of online malware attacks and cyber-security companies are warning Vietnamese users to be careful.

 Cyber criminals are using new episodes of popular TV shows to distribute malware, with Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and Arrow being their favourites.

VN could meet its long-term energy demands by adding renewable energy sources and cutting-edge battery storage technologies to its arsenal of solutions, experts said.

An inaugural ceremony for the “Maker Innovation Space” (MIS) in the Can Tho University was held in the Mekong Delta city of the same name on April 5.

More than 26,200 ha out of the 43,500 ha of forested area in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau are facing extremely high risks of wildfire, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

IUCN held a workshop on technology and management solutions for wastewater treatment from tour boats and tourism activities in Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Archipelago on April 5 in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh.

 Vietnam aims to become the first country in Southeast Asia to put 5G into commercial operation in 2020, according to Japanese daily Nikkei.

 A group of scientists in the Institute of Stem Cell of the University of Science have been successful in making a drug made from stem cell for treating lumbar degenerative disc and knee osteoarthritis, the first of its kind in the country.