Mobile carrier MobiFone officially rolled out its 4G services in 35 cities and provinces starting Tuesday.

 All mobile phone numbers will have 10 digits only next year, meaning 11-digit numbers now in use will be reduced by one digit.

 The Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) Consortium has unveiled the launch of commercial services on the 25,000-km AAE-1 submarine cable system, which links Europe to the Far East.

 “The next generation Bphone will be introduced at the beginning of August in Hanoi,” Ms. Do Thu Hang, Director of Public Relations at Bkav, said.

 Authorities in Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have asked the Dak Nong Aluminum Company to ensure that aluminum powder is not released into the environment.

 Many people in Quang Tri Province are still destroying the forest to create short-term agricultural land despite a prime ministerial order to close all forests in the area last year.    

 The central Quang Tri Province will lay a new water pipeline swiftly so that Van Hoa villagers stop consuming metal-contaminated underground water, which is suspectedly making them ill.

 Vietnam’s international connectivity will be improved once the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT)’s internet service via the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) is offered in July.

 The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has the largest number of broadband subscribers in Vietnam, said VNPT Deputy General Director Nguyen Truong Giang.

Angry voices are heard in local media these days, when the Ministry of Information and Communications orders mobile carriers to send digitalized data of subscribers, including their portraits, to the ministry within one year. 

 Ha Quoc Quy, a local in HCM City has transferred a protected bird to Saigon Zoo on June 29.

 Six products of military-run telecom group Viettel were honoured at the 2017 IT World Awards held in San Francisco, the US, on June 27.

 Nearly 920,000 cubic metres of mud and soil will be dredged and then dumped in the sea to construct the Vinh Tan 1 Coal Power Plant, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

 Phung Le, PhD, HCM City University of Technology was cited a top 100 Asian Scientist for her research creating biofuel out of agricultural waste such as rubber seed oil, ground coffee beans and fruit.

 Ho Chi Minh City wishes to boost cooperative ties with Intel Group, particularly in high-tech human resource development.

 Delegates to a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 28 raised concern about the lack of highly-skilled IT workforce in the country. 

Landslides hit two districts of the southernmost province of Ca Mau on Tuesday, damaging four households and incurring losses of some VNĐ700 million (US$30,800).

 Mountains in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ha Long Bay are being destroyed for stones by the navy.

 Repair of the Asia-Pacific Gateway submarine optic cable system will not be completed prior to July 14, so international Internet traffic will remain choppy until then, according to a source from the APG management board.

 Nine bears raised at a bile farm in Di An town, Binh Duong province were rescued by the Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) on June 26.