Technology

Fifty-three agricultural scientists were honoured for the first time at a ceremony held by the Vietnam Farmers' Union.

A fake website was found to sell online football tickets for the upcoming second leg of the final match between Vietnam and Malaysia in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Vietnam always creates favourable conditions for foreign businesses, especially those from the US like Google, to do business in the country, said Nguyen Van Binh, head of the Central Economic Commission.

Six independent Vietnamese game developers, along with their counterparts in the region, has just completed the first training course Indie Games Accelerator (IGA), held by Google in Singapore.

A ceremony was held in Can Tho on December 8 to inaugurate a waste-to-energy plant, which is expected to help the centrally-governed city deal with pollution from household waste.

At a meeting with delegations of the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment on December 6, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam highlighted that environmental protection should become a cultural feature.

Speaking at the seminar “Developing and reforming library activities in the new era”, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam emphasized that digitalization of library nationwide will help people access to books easily.

The Coordinating Committee for the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Centre held its 29th session in Moscow on December 4 to assess the centre’s operation in the past year.

The launch date for MicroDragon, a miniaturised satellite developed by Vietnamese engineers, has been set for January 17 next year, the Vietnam National Space Centre announced.

Property developer Vingroup will officially launch its Vsmart smartphones on December 14 at the Vincom Centre Landmark 81 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Abivin, which provides AI-powered Supply Chain Optimisation solutions for enterprises, has won first prize at the 2018 innovative technopreneur contest.

Online Friday 2018, the biggest online shopping event of the year, was launched at the Ly Thai To Garden in Hanoi on November 30, by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Hanoi People’s Committee.