Through their user data business, Facebook and Google in 2017 embraced a quarter of the $100-billion global online advertising market, according to statistics of data analytics company Experian.

  Vietnam’s space industry has gained significant development in the 10 years since the launch of its first satellite Vinasat-1 (April 18, 2008).

 A marine project is underway in the central province of Quang Nam to save sea turtles as part of a local effort to protect the biodiversity in Cu Lao Cham (Cham Island) Marine Protected Area (MPA).

 The hosting of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) conference on climate change response toward sustainable development next June is a highlight of Can Tho’s people-to-people diplomacy this year, stated a municipal leader.

 Hanoi has paid more attention to collecting and treating packaging of plant protection products and veterinary medicines after use in an effort to reduce risks of pollution for water resources and soil.

 More than 100,000 Asian openbill storks have nested in Gao Giong cajuput forest, Cao Lanh district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap so far this year. 

 After so many abrupt fires happening lately, the public are intensely interested in firefighting products. The newly released Elide Fire, a fire fighting ball, has caught much attention from concerned people.

The ongoing Facebook imbroglio is a warning for Vietnamese internet users, Associate Professor Hoang Phuoc Thuan, Head of the Department of Network Security at the Ministry of Public Security, told Security World 2018 on April 5.

 Three Bang lang nuoc  (water crape myrtle) trees in Bang Lang temple, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang have been recognised as heritage trees by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE).

 World experts and regional specialists will get together at the 23rd meeting of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Wireless Group (AWG-23) in the central city of Da Nang from April 9-13. 

The revenue of Vietnamese network operators has suffered an uncharacteristic low in the first quarter of this year due to new legislation reducing top-up promotions for pre-paid subscribers from 50 percent to 20 percent. 

 Apple Viet Nam LLC has launched a discounted replacement programme for iPhone’s expired battery from now until December 31 this year, reported the Viet Nam Competition Authority.

 Education for Nature-Vietnam has proposed to seize 11 tigers which are being kept at a farm in Thanh Hoa Province but local authorities have no idea where to transfer them.

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has signed a decision approving the list of Vietnamese domain names “.vn” licensed through auction.

 A temporary ban on the exploitation of mollusks and bivalves, including scallops and clams, in the sea waters has been issued by the central province of Binh Thuan as an effort to protect and regenerate these marine resources.

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.

Vietnam has carried out a number of international cooperation programmes on animal waste treatment, with a noteworthy example being the Low Carbon Agricultural Support Project under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam has over 14.41 million hectares of forest, of which, standardized area is over 13.71 million hectares, with forest coverage ratio of 41.45%, according to latest statistics by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Motorbikes from the 2000s generate 416% more hydrocarbons, 3,220% more nitrogen oxides, and 8,065% more carbon monoxide than motor cars made in the same decade, research reveals.

 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.