Evaluations from the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications show that at the moment, there are many unidentified origin Internet of Things devices which cannot ensure the information safety.

 The National Innovation Centre, which is going to be established next year, will contribute to bringing Vietnam into the 4.0 era.

 Up to around 42 million people in Vietnam use Facebook every day, one of the highest rates in Southeast Asia.

 Da Nang has launched a campaign to call on the community to ‘Say No’ to single-use plastic products to deal with pollution and waste treatment costs.

 Protecting pangolins from the wildlife trade is a difficult task.

 Authorities in the southern province of Cà Mau do not agree that Cà Mau City’s garbage treatment plant should extend its shutdown to conduct repairs.

 Using atomic energy for peaceful purposes has been seen in various sectors in Vietnam but its potential for development remains huge.

With a huge database on Geographic Information System, the platform of HCMGIS is expected to greatly contribute to the common database of Ho Chi Minh City while allowing easy integration into new software.

 The Law on Cyber Security’s regulations regarding data storage and establishment of branches and representative offices in Vietnam are in line with international practices, said an official of the Ministry of Public Security. 

 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) yesterday officially announced that Mr. Tan Jee Toon has been assigned General Director of IBM Vietnam, replacing Mr. Eric CW Yeo.

 The three largest mobile phone operators in Vietnam, namely VinaPhone, Viettel, and MobiFone, will officially allow their subscribers to switch provider without changing their number from November 16.

 Humanity and the way we feed, fuel and finance our societies and economies is pushing nature and the services that power and sustain us to the brink, according to the WWF’s 2018 Living Planet Report.

 Russian team LC1BC won the global-scale cyber security competition Whitehat Grand Prix 2018, which took place in Hanoi on November 1.

 Tri Nguyen Island in Nha Trang Bay is being littered with rubbish from households and boats.

 Team Pangolin of Vietnam, comprising Nguyen Van Thuan and Mai Thanh Tung from RMIT University Vietnam, won the third prize in the final round of ASEAN Data Science Explorers (ADSE) competition held in Singapore on October 30.

 The expenditure for environmental protection amounted to VND72.42 trillion in 2013-2018, or VND14.5 trillion annually. 

 The central province of Quang Ngai is making the first steps of building a dossier for its Ly Son geo-park to become a global one.

 The HCMC Department of Transport will devise a scheme to control emissions from motorbikes if the municipal government gives the agency the green light, reported Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper.

The Vietnam National University, Hanoi and the Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies will co-organise the Hanoi Forum 2018 from November 8-11 in a bid to seek more measures to respond to climate change and boost sustainable development.

 Hanoi Urban Environment Company in Xuan Son Commune (Urenco 6) has been caught discharging untreated waste water into the environment in Ba Vi District, Hanoi.