chinese smart phone manufacturers make headways in vietnam

Chinese smart phone manufacturers make headways in Vietnam

The arrival of China-based mobile manufacturers, including Oppo, Huawei, Xiaomi, and Vivo into the mid-end smart phone market in Vietnam has made giants like Sony and Microsoft to withdraw from the market.
halting payments via phone cards an unequal game

Halting payments via phone cards: an unequal game?

Three giant mobile operators (Viettel, MobiFone, and Vinaphone) halted payments via phone cards for domestic digital content and online games, creating inequality as foreign application stores, specifically Google Play Store, still allow people to use phone cards for in-game payments.
gelex ambitions to lead electrical equipment industry

Gelex ambitions to lead electrical equipment industry

The annual general shareholders’ meeting (AGM) of Vietnam Electrical Engineering Equipment JSC (Gelex, HoSE: GEX) on April 27 approved comprehensive restructuring in three segments. The firm designated electrical devices as the main sector helping it to maintain its leading position in the industry.
hatching a smart city after 43 years

Hatching a smart city after 43 years

After 43 years of liberation and development, Ho Chi Minh City has been steadily transforming itself into a more modern and sustainable city. The next step is to become a smart city in the era of Industry 4.0.
new regulation imposes vnd billion fines for using freebie software

New regulation imposes VND-billion fines for using ‘freebie' software

New rules imposed by the Penal Code for software piracy, including crippling financial fines up to VND1 billion ($45,400), the suspension of operations, and so on, are expected to mitigate and hopefully terminate piracy in Vietnam.
viettel to officially launch mytel in first quarter

Viettel to officially launch Mytel in first quarter

Myanmar National Tele & Communications Co., Ltd. (Mytel), a joint venture between Viettel and its partners in Myanmar, will officially start supplying telecommunications services in the first quarter of this year with the expected strategy of focusing on rural and remote areas, Viettel’s proven formula at overseas markets.
khalid muhmood helping young people become global citizens

Khalid Muhmood: Helping young people become global citizens

Khalid Muhmood, an English teacher and the co-founder of Hanoi-based English language training centre Apollo English, has dedicated more than 23 years to realising his burning desire to turn young Vietnamese people into global citizens.
internet advertising pitfalls for orthodox branding

Internet advertising pitfalls for orthodox branding

Numerous firms, both domestic and foreign, were reported to nearly have their branding jeopardised for showing little attention to Internet advertising activities.
xiaomis dreams of becoming the number one smart phone brand in vietnam

Xiaomi’s dreams of becoming the number one smart phone brand in Vietnam

Xiaomi’s leader announced the corporation’s ambition to become the number one smart phone brand in Vietnam. The target is considered out of Xiaomi’s reach in light of the dominance of big guns and the heated competition in the low-cost segment.
special facebook and youtube data packages suspended

Special Facebook and YouTube data packages suspended

Domestic telecommunications providers Viettel, Vinaphone, and MobiFone stopped providing specialised inexpensive data packages to access Facebook and YouTube in order to create a fair playground between domestic and international digital content firms.
vnpt targets to complete equitisation within the year

VNPT targets to complete equitisation within the year

Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) is accelerating preparations to complete the equitisation in early 2019.
burning question uber and grabs legal status

Burning question: Uber and Grab’s legal status

Vietnamese lawyers suggest that Vietnam should manage Uber as a transportation firm using a ride-hailing application, based on the European Court of Justice (ECJ)’s decision that Uber is a taxi service.
the second advertisement stopping wave on youtube

The second advertisement stopping wave on YouTube

Along with Vinamilk and Vingroup, numerous Vietnamese brands have stopped advertisting on the world’s largest online video site YouTube after their advertisements were linked to clips containing poor content.
thousand billions in lost tax from foreign enterprises

Thousand billions in lost tax from foreign enterprises

Vietnam has lost thousands of billions of dong in taxes as foreign enterprises, especially large-scale ones, refuse to pay based on the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement.
alibaba and tencent eye vietnamese e payment sector

Alibaba and Tencent eye Vietnamese e-payment sector

Technology giants Alibaba and Tencent are trying to penetrate the Vietnamese e-payment market.