Vietnam has so far this year recorded more than 7,000 cyber attacks, the Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) reported.

 Vietnamese and Japanese researchers have completed an international project to develop a new rice variety that is disease- and insect-resistant with a high-yield, short-growth duration.

 Some 255 Vietnamese websites have been attacked through a security hole in SSL protocol, including five sites of government agencies, six of banks and four of telecom companies.

 Computer viruses caused losses of around US$400 million to Vietnamese users last year, the Bach Khoa Anti-Virus Centre has said following a study.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Subscribers to FPT Telecom in Binh Duong province complained in mid-November about lack of internet access, saying that their modems’ SSID had been changed and replaced by the word Chinahacker or other words.

 VietNamNet Bridge – BKAV, Vietnam’s best-known internet security firm, has reassured the public that no virus can destroy a computer’s hard drive.

 VietNamNet Bridge –Vietnamese banks are using the most advanced security technologies available in the world for their systems, according to experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – About 1 million computers in Vietnam has “joined” the international botnet, delivering 3.33 billion spam messages per day. They can become the “springboard” for hackers to attack the national information systems.