Smartphone sales will continue to increase for at least the next five years in Vietnam, according to a survey conducted by the IDC firm. Though sales are slowing, Vietnam remains the fastest-growing smartphone market in South East Asia.

BKAV, the manufacturer of BPhone, the first Vietnam-made smartphone which made its debut recently, said BPhones were being made at a factory in Cau Giay District in Hanoi. 

VietNamNet Bridge - BPhone, the only high-end smartphone developed by a Vietnamese company, uses Chinese global positioning technology Beidou, Global Positioning System (GPS) from the US and Glonass from Russia.

 Like Apple’s products, which bear the words “Designed by Apple and assembled in China” on their backs, BPhone shows the words “Designed by BKAV - Made in Vietnam”, which has raised curiosity.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Phu Thanh, a farmer from the southern province of Dong Thap, has created a system regulated via mobile phones which compounds pesticide and sprays chemicals.

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more Vietnamese netizens have shown their support to the made-in-Vietnam smartphone model, BPhone, which is described by the manufacturer as “incredibly wonderful”.

VietNamNet Bridge – Huawei’s selling approach in Vietnam is an indicator of how Chinese smartphone manufacturers will market their products.

Though information about BKAV’s smartphone is still secret, the manufacturer has been criticised by hi-tech product fans, who doubt that a Vietnamese anti-virus company can make a good smartphone product.

 Our brains are adapting to touchscreen smartphone technology say researchers who have carried out a study on human volunteers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced a list of 144 parts, which will be produced by local suppliers in partnership with Samsung Electronics Viet Nam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Over 7,000 orders for Apple iPhone 6 have been placed on the mobile phone retail website thegioididong.com after this retailer announced discounts of 60% or VND1.6 million for customers.

 Mozilla has shown off a prototype for a $25 (£15) smartphone that is aimed at the developing world.

VietNamNet Bridge – Phablet, or the smart phone with large screens – 5 inches or bigger, which was an unfamiliar concept to Vietnamese in the first half of 2013, has become so popular.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thanks to the fast growth of mobile devices, smartphones are being increasingly used to access the internet but laptops and desktops still dominate.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The rate of internet access through smart phones and tablets is on the rise among young Vietnamese, for whom the gadgets have become an indispensable part of daily life.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mobile phone manufacturers all have noted the growing tendency of people using low cost smart phones worldwide, including in Vietnam, and they have to get adapted to this.

The biggest private iPhone 5 distributors in Vietnam have affirmed that the current price of iPhone 5 16GB at VND16 million won’t decrease in the time to come, at least until the next generation of iPhone series hits the market.

The number of Vietnamese apps on Google Play, Appstore and Apple Store has been increasing in accordance with the number of mobile devices in use. Tens of thousands of apps have been made, but only 2 percent of them can bring money.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mobile operators in Viet Nam are in danger of losing millions of dollars each year due to the increasing use of "over the top" phone services through smartphone apps and others, analysts have warned.

Qualcomm believes that Vietnam’s conditions are ripe enough to build up a mobile device industry and it’s now the right time for the country to set up a strategy for the industry development.