Technology

Vietnam is among top 10 countries in which information of Facebook users may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, according to Facebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer.

Singaporean-based Asian Scientist Magazine has named two Vietnamese – Professor Phan Thanh Son Nam and Associate Professor Nguyen Sum – in its recently published list of 100 leading scientists in Asia.

An exhibition on technologies of the shrimp sector in Vietnam is scheduled for the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu with a view of turning the locality into a national shrimp industry centre.

Vietnam’s second observatory, located in Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park (Hanoi), will open this June, according to the Vietnam National Space Centre.

The Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) will start the pilot run of its observatory and space centre in Hanoi’s Hoa Lac high-tech park in June, 2018.

Science-technology is a breakthrough solution to green and high-value agriculture development, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.

A software development centre will be developed by ETC Technology Systems SJC (ETC) at Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park in Hanoi with an investment of nearly 1.48 trillion VND (some 65 million USD).

Samsung Vina Electronics Co., Ltd announced on March 27 that South Korean head coach of the Vietnamese national U23 football team Park Hang Seo was selected as Samsung’s brand ambassador in Vietnam.

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) announced to recall 20,940 autos in Vietnam, including 17,000 Corolla autos manufactured from January 4, 2010-December 29,2012 to replace front passenger airbag inflator module.

Vietnam Television (VTV) and Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) officially launched the television program named ‘Digital Nation’ in Hanoi on March 22.

The World Bank has advised Vietnam to take action to address pollution in agriculture, warning that the problem could undermine the country’s success as an agricultural commodity export powerhouse.

Cyber security experts have advised users not to share private information on social media networks in light of a recent incident in which some 50 million Facebook users’ information was collected without their consent.