Technology

The total number of national registered domain names with “.vn” reached 453,979 as of last month, an increase of 9.33 percent over the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre.

The State Audit Office of Vietnam oposed the congress theme of “Environmental Audit for Sustainable Development” and received a high consensus from all of the 46 members.

A technology demonstration and connection conference in 2018 is scheduled to take place in Can Tho from October 3-5.

Ho Chi Minh City wants to boost cooperation with Uppasala County of Sweden, especially in education and high technology towards sustainable development.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the first meeting of the National E-Government Committee in Hanoi on September 20.

More Vietnamese people are fond of shopping online and online shoppers makes up 30 percent of the country’s population, which translates to around 27 million people by 2020.

Vietnam needs to improve the quality of its technical and vocational education and training to meet the requirements of digitisation and industry 4.0, a conference heard in HCM City on September 18.

Construction of a 40.6MW solar power plant commenced in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on September 16.

E-commerce is growing rapidly and thus posing challenges to State management agencies.

Mobile carriers in Vietnam have started to shorten their 11-digit mobile phone numbers to 10 digits by replacing some of the current prefixes with new numbers in a move to standardise the length of all mobile numbers.

The fourth Industrial Revolution has created great opportunities for promoting the integration of Mekong countries.

A recent study has confirmed that Krong No Volcanic Geopark in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong is eligible to become a UNESCO global geopark.