A club of Vietnamese scientists living in Australia’s Queensland state made its debut recently in Brisbane city with the purpose to connect Vietnamese scientists to contribute to scientific and technological development in the homeland.

 Danabus, an app for smartphones that allows users to find buses in the central city of Da Nang, has been officially launched by the city’s Department of Transport.

 Pre-paid SIM cards will no longer be available for use by those who do not update their information with their provider, according to new regulations on violations in telecommunications, IT, and radio frequencies.

 Despite being born into a poor family, Huynh Tien has had a thirst for invention. Realising farmers tend to stick to low-productivity traditional farming techniques, he worked to devise an automatic seeding machine in 2013 and a ridger in 2015. 

 Military-run telecom group Viettel’s 4G subscribers increased by 1.5 times following its official launch on April 18 and reached nearly three million by the end of April, the company announced.

Eleven teams of developers from APEC member economies will be in Hanoi from May 18 to 19 to participate in a 24-hour app challenge.

Over one year since the maritime environmental incident ravaged four central provinces, information about the results of investigations into Hung Nghiep Formosa has been made public.

 Team MTA Racer from the Military Technical Academy overcame seven teams to win first prize at FPT’s Digital Race contest, held at Cau Giay Stadium on Wednesday.

 More than 1,000 participants including local and foreign investors, start-up businesses and investment funds will attend the second International Start-up Conference and Exhibition in Da Nang on July 21-22.

 The Prime Minister has recently approved an action plan to conserve primates in Vietnam until 2025 with a vision to 2030. 

 Given the rising number of traffic accidents, five students from Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Foreign Trade University have devised an initiative of smart helmets called Mubahi.

 Bac Ninh authorities have fined two South Korean companies VND333 million (US$15,000) for infringements in connection with wastewater discharge.

 The southernmost province of Ca Mau losses about 450 hectares of coastal land a year due to landslide and 150 kilometers of coastline are experiencing severe erosion now.

 Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan will receive residents, solve complaints and denouncements on Friday’s morning in the third week every month.

 Representatives from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies gathered in Hanoi on May 11 for the 10th APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI-10) Meeting.

 Microsoft and the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association co-oragnised the “Technology for Good Day” event in Hanoi on May 10 to introduce a free cloud computing programme to Vietnamese non-governmental and non-profit organisations.

 Residents Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang have discovered a large number of fish deaths on water surface along seashores of Kien Luong district and town of Ha Tien since May 7th.  

 The total number of 4G subscribers of the giant telecom group, Viettel, increased by 1.5 times after the official roll-out and reached nearly 3 million by the end of April, Viettel announced.

 The final round of the 2017 Robocon Vietnam contest, themed “The Landing Disks”, kicked off in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 9. 

Google has blocked 1,500 clips with bad contents posted in Youtube out of a list of 2,300 such clips provided by Vietnamese authorities, according to the Authority of Broadcasting and Electric Information.