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When will Vietnam deploy 4G?

 VietNamNet Bridge – While 4G LTE has become more and more popular in the world and 4G licenses have been licensed in other regional countries, Vietnam still decides that it’s now not the right time to begin the 4G era.

Riding the tide of victory, ministries plan raise 3G service fees further

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Information and Communication have proposed the government to allow raising the 3G service fees again, just two months after the first increase.

Judge suspended for taking bribes

The Hai Phong People's Court has decided to temporarily suspend a judge from work during an investigation into accusations that he had accepted bribes.

Online games can bring profit, but it’s a hard nut to crack

 VietNamNet Bridge – A series of IT firms, big and small, have jumped into the online game market because they believe this is a profitable job. However, it is always not easy to make money.

With limited budget, computerization program goes at a snail’s pace

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State plans to budget VND200 billion for the national program on the information technology application at state agencies (program 1605) for 2014-2015, which is not worth-while.

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Vietnamese Internet service firms rush to make games

 VietNamNet Bridge – The “game community” has become more crowded when more and more information and communication technology firms jump on the bandwagon.

Cloud computing market warms up

A recent survey has found that the majority of Vietnamese businesses plan to use cloud computing, considering this the top priority. Meanwhile, more Vietnamese and foreign service providers have joined the market.

Vietnam moves up with its Silicon Valley project

 VietNamNet Bridge – With the Silicon Valley model suggested for Vietnam, scientists will not only work as the experts in their ranges of expertise, but also as the businessmen who develop products commercially on their inventions.

Vietnamese IT firms obtain international certificates

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s information technology (IT) development over the last 25 years can be seen in the improved capability of its IT firms.

Projects’ investors will be forced to spend money on IT works

The requirement on investors to develop information technology (IT) items in their projects is believed to create a revolution in the management thinking. However, there would be many barriers in the way to implement the idea.

Urgent need for Vietnam to tackle its computer virus problem

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has a goal to become an IT outsourcing powerhouse within the next 10 years, according to the White Book that summarises the state of the nation’s ICT.

Higher education 2.0 proposed

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has had universities 1.0 and it needs to build universities 2.0 with digitalized systems of documentation, students, teachers and the classrooms becoming cinemas.

Vietnam dreams the software dream

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam should not try to compete with other countries in the hardware development. It should gather strength to make its dream of developing the software industry realistic.

Capital flows into IT

 VietNamNet Bridge – Investment capital has continued to flow into the information technology (IT) sector via mergers and acquisitions after a number of M&A transactions were announced over the past four months.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 8/5

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MIC named best agency in IT application

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has jumped six notches to reach the top of the list of Government ministries effectively using information technology (IT).

Four Vietnamese young talents honored by int'l “technological circle”

VietNamNet Bridge - They are boys and girls who are only at the age of twenty, but their talent has been appreciated by famous technology groups in the world.

Global DDoS attacks have not hit Vietnam yet

VietNamNet Bridge – Bkav has not recorded any attack to Vietnam from the historical DDoS (denial of service) attacks that are happening in the world.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/3

HCM City deal to boost IT use; Market changes hit furniture village; Housing laws await huge alterations; Investment needed in renewable energy; Fund rolls out sustainable development projects