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Blockchain can advance various industries in VietnamVan Ly Blockchain technology can be efficiently used across sectors like agriculture, logistics and finance in Vietnam - PHOTO: TRUNG CHANH Blockchain technology, which is predicted to bring big changes to lives in the coming years, can be efficiently used across sectors in Vietnam like agriculture, logistics and finance, heard the blockchain summit on June 8. The application of blockchain is often mentioned by technological firms, solution providers and experts, but not many true stories have been told. At the summit, held by the Vietnam E-commerce Association and the Vietnam E-commerce and Information Technology Agency (VECITA), a story about the effective use of blockchain technology in Vietnam to trace origin of farm produce was told. This has pointed to the feasibility of applying the technology in an agricultural-based country like Vietnam, which will help increase values of farm produce and build up consumer confidence … [Read more...] about Blockchain can advance various industries in Vietnam

Viruses inflict VND8 tril. damage on computer users Van Ly By Van Ly - The Saigon Times Daily HANOI – Damages caused by computer viruses remain high in Vietnam, with the total damages worth an estimated VND8 trillion recorded in the last one year, a report of Bkav announced on Tuesday. The survey was carried out by Bkav in April. According to the internet security company, the damages that computer users in Vietnam suffer were less extensive than in developed countries, but the losses are still really huge. Statistics in Vietnam are calculated based on the incomes of computer users whose work is interrupted by troubles caused by viruses. On average, every computer user incurs a loss of some VND1.35 million a year. With at least 5.9 million computers active nationwide as per the White Book of IT and Communications in 2012, the damages caused by computer viruses are up to VND8 trillion annually. Bkav experts also provide information on local network security in the report. … [Read more...] about Viruses inflict VND8 tril. damage on computer users

Viettel moves 3,400 staff to communes Van Oanh By Van Oanh - The Saigon Times Daily HANOI – Viettel Group has sent 3,400 employees to communes since the year’s beginning to provide customer care services and prepare itself for tapping the rural market now that the military-run giant is to launch its cable TV services soon alongside its telecom services. According to Viettel, after five months of executing the strategy of ‘grabbing the market,’ the group has so far moved 30% of its sales team with 3,400 people to communes to better meet the demand of customers. With the new strategy, every two to three communes will have at least one Viettel staff directly in charge of delivering goods and services as well as addressing problems. These staff will also work with nearly 14,000 local employees of Viettel nationwide on carrying out sales activities. Together with expanding the service network to every commune, sending staff to communes is a way Viettel applies … [Read more...] about Viettel moves 3,400 staff to communes

VNPT told to equitize MobiFone Van Oanh By Van Oanh - The Saigon Times Daily HANOI – Although Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) wants to merge the nation’s major mobile phone networks MobiFone and VinaPhone, the Government has ordered the State company to equitize MobiFone in the coming time instead. Speaking at a conference in Hanoi on Tuesday, Le Nam Thang, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, said that the Government has given guidelines to restructuring process of VNPT, ordering that VNPT maintain the two carriers but MobiFone will have to go public. To realize these instructions, the ministry has told VNPT to finish its restructuring plan and submit it before June 30. The ministry will field suggestions from relevant agencies before presenting the plan to the Government in September. In this project, VNPT has to draw up a MobiFone equitization plan and another plan to divest capital from this network given a suitable roadmap. … [Read more...] about VNPT told to equitize MobiFone