Denis Brunetti, president of Ericsson Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos sheds light on the preparation for 5G, and how the technology will benefit Vietnam and its industries, and accelerate the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is proposing to build a decree on data connection and sharing with an aim to create a legal framework and accelerate the Government’s administrative reforms.

 The National Assembly Standing Committee has approved environmental protection tax hike for oil and petroleum products from early next year.

 The Mekong River Commission organised a consultation workshop in HCM City yesterday for the Pak Lay hydropower project proposed on the Mekong’s mainstream in Xayaburi Province in north-western Laos.

 Most of the top tech firms in the country performed well last year, hitting revenue figures of VND374.4 trillion (US$16.7 billion) while employing around 93,000 people.

 The prices of 11-digit SIM cards are surging as buyers seek to obtain phone numbers that will contain lucky numbers when tens of millions of 11-digit subscribers are switched to a 10-digit format, starting from today.

 SunRice team from the University College of London with its rice drying model based on Vietnam’s rice grain drying technology has won the first place of the Hult Prize competition for start-ups.

 The People’s Committee in Ha Long City, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, has announced that all kinds of fishing will be banned in Ha Long Bay’s natural reserve sites as of October 1.

 Environmental protection groups founded by young people have bloomed in recent years. However, the question of connectivity and how to create a network for more effective operation still remains. 

 Tonnes of fish have been found dead in Hanoi’s West Lake, causing workers to stay overnight for collecting them.

 With its recent increase in adoption rate, innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) technology are looking to have a big impact on the workforce across ASEAN over the next few decades.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, along with local governments in the Mekong Delta, have continued to voice support for construction of the Cai Lon-Cai Be irrigation project, though one expert has raised questions about the plans.

 Vietnamese IT engineers have enormous opportunities due to the growing thirst for skilled IT workforce both in Vietnam and overseas, particularly in Japan.

 Vietnam must strive to become a powerhouse in the field of information technology, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.

 A group of people keeping pangolins illegally were recently caught red-handed by the police of the northeastern border province of Quang Ninh and the Criminal Police Department in Mong Cai city.

 The second stage of a pilot project in the central region will create a biodiversity-preservation corridor in order to restore and maintain the connectivity of the ecological system spanning Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. 

 Mergers and acquisitions transactions in the Vietnamese packaging industry continues strongly, with local companies becoming potential targets for foreign investors.

 Viet Nam’s Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPPG) will open an official Apple resale store in HCM City on September 10, according to cafef.vn.

 Unbaked construction materials are targeted to account for 30-40 percent of all materials used for building by 2020, according to a circular that has been approved by the Government.

 Air pollution in HCM City caused by vehicles has become even more serious than the level of pollution emitted by industrial zones, environmental experts say.