Monkey Junior, the English learning app which won first prize at the Vietnamese Talent Awards 2016, has just received Google start-up financial support funding of USD100,000.

 Smartphone ownership has continued to grow in both urban and rural areas in Vietnam, according to the 2017 Nielsen Vietnam Smartphone Insights report.

 The central province of Quang Ngai has lifted its temporary suspension and decided to allow the dumping of dredged mud off the coast of My Khe Beach.

 Despite billions of đồng spent on wastewater treatment facilities, many projects are still incomplete and wastewater pollution remains a huge problem.

 Ta Dinh Huy, 35, of Thuong Vuc Commune, Hanoi's Chương Mỹ District, was one of 86 outstanding young people given a 2017 Luong Dinh Cua Award, for making farming machines and creating jobs for 50 local youngsters.

 A workshop, themed “intelligence security in the smart connected world”, opened in Hanoi on December 1, as part of activities marking the Vietnam Information Security Day 2017 event.

 Vietnam recorded average forestry production value growth of 6 percent per year, nearly doubling the target of the national forestry development strategy following 10 years of implementation.

 Illegal logging is still rampant in the Central Highlands despite Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s order to close the forests in the Central Highlands more than a year ago.

 Local fishery authorities in central Thua Thien - Hue Province believe that fresh water from the recent floods was the main cause of en mass fish deaths.

 The HCMC government on Sunday unveiled a program to pilot the smart urban model, starting in districts 1 and 12 first.

 The massive potential of Internet of Things (IoT) is set to help VN pursue its goal of a smart city and becoming an industrial country by 2020, experts said.

VN’s software, digital content and IT services sector targets annual growth of at least 15 per cent to retain its position as one of the 10 leading software and digital content outsourcing countries in the world.

 The number of people using smartphones, among mobile phone users, accounts for 84 per cent in 2017, compared to 78 per cent a year ago.

 As State funding is insufficient, it is necessary to mobilise other resources, especially from the international community, businesses and non-governmental organisations, to help the Mekong Delta cope with climate change.

 VIF17 co-hosted by Embassy of Sweden in Vietnam and Ministry of Information and Communications on November 27 and 28.

 Staff of the fishery department in central Thua Thien-Hue Province on Monday afternoon released a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) back into the ocean.

Vietnamese agencies, businesses and organisations are constantly innovating and experimenting with the latest technologies, making every effort to keep themselves up-to-date.

 Coc Coc, a Vietnamese web browser and search engine, has updated information on about 1.2 million service locations on its digital map -- Coc Coc Map. The map runs on both PCs and mobile phones.

Threats to information safety and cyber security are becoming more and more serious as technology progresses and Internet becomes increasingly popular, experts said on Thursday at the 2017 Viet Nam Information Safety Day conference.

 Recently-released Nielsen Vietnam Smartphone Insights Report 2017 reveals latest trends in smartphone use around the country.