Vietnam’s rice exports hit 5.2 million tonnes in ten months Vietnam shipped abroad 264,000 tonnes of rice in October this year for 136 million USD, pushing the total figures so far this year to 5.2 million tonnes worth 2.6 billion USD, up 1.7 and 14.1 percent year-on-year. China remained the leading importer of Vietnamese rice with a growth rate of 24 percent. Strong rises were also seen in many other markets, such as Indonesia, Iraq, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Average rice prices in the first nine months of 2018 reached 503 USD per tonne, up 13.7 percent year-on-year. The highest price was recorded for Jasmine rice with 575 USD per tonne, followed by Japonica with 526 USD per tonne. The export of medium- and high-quality rice increased, while that of low quality types reduced, now accounting for just 2 percent of the total export volume. [Video: Vietnamese rice now top quality on the international market] On October 18 this year, the Philippines closed its bidding and … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 11/11
Cloud solution provider program
VNPT targets to be leading digital service provider in Vietnam
Officially established in April 2018, VNPT-IT is a business having dependent accounting and a member of the VNPT. It has the responsibility to research and develop integrated information and communication technology (ICT) solutions to serve VNPT’s customers or independent clients and even foreign ones. This will make VNPT-IT a new pillar in producing software and IT applications of the whole Group, helping it achieving breakthroughs in the period of 2017 – 2025 in order to transform from a conventional telecommunications service provider to a supplier of multi-services, including telecommunications, information technology, and digital services. According to Mr. Ngo Dien Hy, Director of VNPT-IT, the assigned responsibility is truly challenging. To fulfill it, his company will integrate cutting edge technologies like AI, Bigdata, and Cloud into the services to offer more benefits to customers while increasing the competitiveness of VNPT’s products. The company’s … [Read more...] about VNPT targets to be leading digital service provider in Vietnam
How to avoid cloud risks
Robert Trong Tran, director of Cyber Security Assurance Service at PwC, talks to VIR about how to avoid cloud security pitfalls. Potential cloud threats In Vietnam, the importance of cloud security has often been underestimated. Many business leaders still consider cloud services as the best solution for ensuring data security. This is not entirely accurate. The aforementioned incidents had several things in common. All occurred on a public cloud, where security configurations are sometimes complex, disjointed from on-premises standards, and often misunderstood. All companies could have benefited from a more detailed design and implementation of cloud infrastructure, business processes and security policies, and all suffered from a vaguely defined ‘shared responsibility model’ that created exploitable loopholes. It doesn’t end there. In the broader market, there are many common pitfalls which are often left unaddressed. According to the Lloyd’s Class of Business … [Read more...] about How to avoid cloud risks
Microsoft, FPT shake hands for cloud computing development
Microsoft, FPT shake hands for cloud computing development By Van Oanh - The Saigon Times Daily HANOI - Microsoft and FPT cut a deal on Monday to develop cloud computing service in Vietnam on the occasion of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's second visit to Vietnam. The cooperation is based on Microsoft technology. Under the deal, the two sides will develop a cloud computing platform for telecom, data bank and infrastructure for their clients. Microsoft and FPT will work together to study cloud computing opportunities and challenges in Vietnam and deploy commercial service. In a speech at the signing ceremony, Ballmer said this was the first step of Microsoft in its effort to popularize cloud computing in Vietnam, opening a new chapter for Vietnam's information technology development. "Through the comprehensive cooperation Vietnam's organizations will have a chance to approach cloud computing which is the latest technology in the world." According to Ballmer, about 75% of Microsoft's … [Read more...] about Microsoft, FPT shake hands for cloud computing development
Vietnam’s NISCI and IBM collaborate for Cloud Computing Leapfrog
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam National Institute of Software and Digital Content Industry (NISCI) today shakes hand with IBM to promote cloud computing in Vietnam. NISCI will select IBM's hardware, software and cloud solutions and implementation services to develop a new cloud computing lab that will provide the institute with a dynamic and flexible IT infrastructure. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s NISCI and IBM collaborate for Cloud Computing Leapfrog