The Vietnam News Agency's news website VietnamPlus officially added Chinese news to its mobile web version on October 15, to help readers surf the news using mobile phones. All mobile phones with the pre-installed Chinese Unicode font can access the news at http://mcn.vietnamplus.vn. The Chinese news focuses on politics, society, economics, culture and sports, but will be gradually expanded to include other areas to provide readers with an overall picture of Vietnam . Readers can also surf the news in Vietnamese, English, French and Spanish via the shortcut button available on the homepage. … [Read more...] about VietnamPlus adds Chinese news to mobile web
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VietnamPlus, AFP launch new Euro football service
The Vietnam News Agency's online newspaper, VietnamPlus and French news agency AFP today launch an interactive webpage on the Premier Leagues in England, Italy, Germany, France and Spain. The flash graphics product has been designed by AFP's experts and written in Vietnamese to meet an increasing demand by the country's huge amount of football fans. Apart from regular sports news and pictures on VietnamPlus, the new webpage now brings real-time updated information from Europe , including match schedules, scores, statistical analysis team profiles, players and coaches' history for free at http://bongda.vietnamplus.vn . … [Read more...] about VietnamPlus, AFP launch new Euro football service
Microsoft and VietnamPlus launch MSN Vietnam
In line with Microsoft’s global strategy to reimagine MSN for a mobile-first, cloud-first world, MSN is designed to preliminarily provide mobile and cloud services. In Vietnam, with the support of strategic partner VietnamPlus online newspaper, the Vietnamese version of MSN collects premium content from Vietnam’s leading media outlets with productivity tools that empower people to do more.“Since its inception, MSN has been one of the leading sources of news and entertainment content for people all over the world. With the launch of the new MSN, a tool which is compatible with the modern ‘Mobile First, Cloud First’ trend, particularly the Vietnamese version launching, MSN will deliver better, more modern experiences for Vietnamese readers,” said Vu Minh Tri, general director of Microsoft Vietnam. “It is assured that MSN Vietnam will be an information page to help us entertain, work, optimise flows of information in personal interest anywhere, … [Read more...] about Microsoft and VietnamPlus launch MSN Vietnam
VietnamPlus, Siemens announce green-tech award
VietnamPlus and Siemens signed a partnership agreement in Hanoi on October 21 whereby VietnamPlus will be the media sponsor for Siemens Green Technology Journalism Award 2010. This award is created for the first time in ASEAN in order to acknowledge and reward journalists for excellent reporting on energy efficiency, industrial productivity and sustainability issues. It is open to print and online media from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. All submissions for the Siemens Green Technology Journalism Award 2010 must be published from January 1 to December 31, 2010, in mainstream media such as newspapers, magazines or websites of professional journalist groups. Articles will be judged in English, so journalists are encouraged to include their own translation for those reports which are written in Vietnamese. Entries will be evaluated according to their news value, relevance to the three award categories – Energy Efficiency, Industrial … [Read more...] about VietnamPlus, Siemens announce green-tech award
VietnamPlus, AFP launch World Cup flash graphics
VietnamPlus and French news agency AFP launched today the first ever interactive sports flash graphics service in Vietnam, adding more heat to the coming World Cup in South Africa. Local soccer fans now can have real-time updates of every match from the group phase to the final phase as well as information of every player and coach of the 32 teams that steal the hearts of billions of people around the world for the whole month starting from 11 June. "In this digital age, people require information in a compact and fast manner, even real-time news, and this unique World Cup service is able to meet that challenging demand," said Le Quoc Minh, Editor-in-chief of the popular news website that belongs to the Vietnam News Agency. … [Read more...] about VietnamPlus, AFP launch World Cup flash graphics