In response to a call for “high-value” tourism in Vietnam, seaplane tours will be launched beginning September of this year. The Thien Minh Group, owner of the famous Hai Au Aviation Company, will supply the said planes for the tour. It will import two Cesna Caravan 2014 seaplanes from the United States in July and […]
In its mission to monitor its marine and island environmental resources, Vietnam has released a partial result of spatial database on its seas and islands. The database is composed of multi-temporal spatial images of all the territorial waters of Vietnam including Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. The new database highlights the following […]
Bosch, the leading German engineering-electronics company, is planning to invest 160 million Euros ($214.7 million) in Vietnam for the next three years to expand three areas in its company: its present production site for push-belts; Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) in automobiles; and its new automotive research and development (R & D) center in Southern Vietnam. […]
In order to make information technology accessible to everyone, the government of Da Nang, through the municipal Department of Information and Communication, has launched a free Wi-Fi service for both tourists and local residents. At present, there are 330 base transceiver stations installed at important locations and establishments like universities, tourists sites, apartments and the […]
The Malaysian-based company which brought us the largely growing taxi-booking GrabTaxi App is at it again. This time, it introduces the GrabBike App, a motorbike service which allows users to hail a xe om (motorbike taxi) through an iOS or Android Smartphone. While hiring a traditional xe om poses certain inconveniences like long and tiring […]
In order to achieve technological advancement, Danang applied an IT system in its administrative reform program in the commune and district levels. In the years following its implementation, the city has undergone a promising move toward its long-term goal. Danang City’s data center is the basis for the whole IT system it is trying […]
MobiFone, Vietnam’s dominant mobile service provider, introduced a prepaid mobile package designed exclusively for international tourists visiting the country. Named Happy Tourist, the special promo offers data, SMS and call services in several packages but all at affordable prices for more convenience to foreign tourists visiting Vietnam. The Happy Tourist prepaid package has two choices […]
The mobile app industry in Vietnam may be lagging behind compared to the rest of the world, but it’s certainly catching up and may even be at par with the current leading applications in the sector today. Quality-wise, Vietnamese applications are not inferior. In fact, apps like Fuzel was hailed as one of the Best […]
The first ever Ho Chi Minh City-made Intel Central Processing Unit (CPU) “Haswell” was just released and the American company is planning to transfer the majority of its production here. The CPU was built in Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in just two months. “Haswell” is the code name for the fourth generation of processing chips […]