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A number of porn games are easily available in shopping malls, computer games shops and Internet cafes in Ho Chi Minh City although they are banned. VnnNews - A number of porn games are easily available in shopping malls, computer games shops and Internet cafes in Ho Chi Minh City although they are banned. Online game market awaiting “domestic...

ST Telemedia purchases 10 percent VNPT Global’s shares; VTC and EVN join hands to provide telecom services; One more digital signature certifier licensed; Viettel to distribute its own cell phones in 2010 ST Telemedia purchases 10 percent VNPT Global’s shares Singapore Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemidea) became the second...

With 1.8 million dong ($90), consumers can buy a mobile phone with a Qwerty keyboard and two SIMs, designed similarly to Nokia E71. A mobile phone shop in Hanoi. In early 2006, Sony Ericsson introduced W800i worth 8 million dong. Chinese phones of the same design appeared immediately, at prices around 2 million dong, but they were of...

A website designed for the convenience of visually impaired people has been launched early this year by a young lecturer of information technology in Hanoi with the help of many young friends. The website creators (from the right): Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Khuc Hai Van, Nguyen Thu Trang, Thai Toan DatVnnNews - A website designed...

Within 2.4 minutes, Hanoian Pham Thuy Linh, 23, typed a text message containing 146 characters while she stood on a rotating platform surrounded by noise. The winner - Pham Thuy Linh. Linh surpassed 2000 competitors to win first prize in a Samsung-sponsored text message contest in Hanoi, called “Fingers of Giddy Speed.” She...

VnnNews - Growing incomes and advanced technology are expanding the video game market in Vietnam at a rapid pace, according to a new study released last Thursday by Pearl Research in the US. Online games: a golden goose for Vietnam?< />Online game market awaiting “domestic wind”First online game rehab class offers hope to parentsThe...

Vietnam’s seventh mobile network, Beeline, on March 8 announced the results of a survey about mobile operators in Vietnam, conducted by a market research firm named TNS in late 2009.  According to the survey, MobiFone ranks at the top among seven mobile networks in Vietnam in all three standards; brand recognition, users’ favorite...

The number of people interested in the third generation mobile technology (3G) soared in late 2009-early 2010, turning Vietnam into the country with the “greatest passion” for 3G. Searching for 3G on Google in 2009 (source: Google Trends). This conclusion is based on Google Trends data. The data also shows that Vietnam is becoming...

The 7th mobile service provider in Vietnam – Beeline – on March 8 revealed it will end its BigZero service package this month. Vietnam has around 20 million people who don’t use mobile services yet.Leading mobile operators troubled by small rivals’ free-call policy< />Has a fight to the death begun in the mobile phone...

The three largest mobile service providers in Vietnam have the right to distribute iPhone in Vietnam, but the exacting conditions set by their foreign partner are hard to fulfill. The three firms signed distribution contracts with Apple in January 2010 but have yet to announce when iPhone will be distributed in Vietnam. VinaPhone and Viettel...