Three giant mobile operators halted payments via phone cards for domestic digital content and online games, creating inequality as foreign application stores.

The project on land use status, change and impacts in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos was organized by the initiative of NASA's scientists and Vietnamese scientists.

 A wide range of telecommunications and IT products and services will be on display at the 2018 Vietnam ICT COMM to be held in HCM City next month.

 The northern mountainous province of Cao Bang announced the Prime Minister’s decision on the establishment of Phia Oac – Phia Den National Park on May 14.

 Vietnam will host the Asia Pacific IT Alliance (APICTA) Awards in 2019, said Minister of Information and Communication Truong Minh Tuan on May 14.

 The TMA Binh Dinh IT Park will be built at an estimated cost of 10 million USD at the Quy Hoa science and education urban area in Quy Nhon city, the central coastal province of Binh Dinh, Chairman of TMA Solutions Nguyen Huu Le said.

 The urban flooding situations after heavy rainfall in Ho Chi Minh City in the last few days have severely affected traffic and daily activities of residents. 

A man in Lam Dong Province has been fined VND357.5m (USD15,700) for illegally keeping douc langurs and monkeys for producing traditional 'medical' glue.

 Large amounts of wastewater from nearby polluted lakes are discharged into Ha Long Bay every day, threatening the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

 The LH-ATM team from Lac Hong University in the southern province of Dong Nai won the 2018 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon Vietnam) after defeating another team from the same university – LH-Galaxy.

 Nine forest rangers from Cư Jút District Forest Protection Division in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông were disciplined for mismanagement and irresponsibility.

Three Vietnamese cities, Đà Nẵng, Hội An and Đông Hà, have entered the final round of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF)’s 2017 – 2018 One Planet City Challenge programme along with 37 other cities around the world.

 The Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) of Vietnam has announced the successful production of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine (IVACFLU-S) for commercial use.

 Younger generations are spending a greater proportion of their lives online, but they are not the only ones as people aged over 55 are also becoming more digital.

 Nearly 150 organisations, including State agencies, banks and enterprises, participated in a cyber security drill on Wednesday and Thursday, recorded as the largest ever in Viet Nam.

 Relevant agencies and localities have taken drastic measures to promote law enforcement on and increase public awareness of wildlife protection, said the Education for Nature Vietnam on May 11.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has signed a decision approving revisions to the national strategy on solid waste management to 2025 with a vision to 2050.

 The 2018 Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Life is taking place for the first time in Viet Nam from May 9-11, which has attracted the participation of more than 40 domestic and foreign professionals. 

 A population of ancient ‘po mu’ trees (Fokienia hodginsii), some nearly 1,000-years-old, has been found at the Vu Quang National Park in Ha Tinh province, announced the park’s director Nguyen Danh Ky, on May 5.

 Vietnam will be the first Asian country to apply the GEMMES model to respond to climate change.