Vietnam Shuts Down 2G Network: Following Proper Procedures and Benefitting Users
As of March 1st, 2024, mobile phones in Vietnam that only support 2G technology and are not on the approved certification list published by the Telecommunications Quality Testing Center will no longer be allowed to access the network. This marks another major step in Vietnam's process of shutting
Former child singing star Xuân Mai now living a humble life in the US with 3 kids and limited income
Xuân Mai, once dubbed as the "music prodigy" in the late 1990s in Vietnam, is now living a modest life in Ohio, United States with her husband and three young children. According to her father, famous singer Tuấn Cảnh, Xuân Mai now works at a bank and has been struggling financially to
FPT teams up with PTIT to expand workforce network
HCMC – FPT Corporation has cut a deal with the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT) to widen the former’s workforce, training and research ecosystem for the electronic and telecommunications field. This was part of FPT’s activities in cooperation with universities to seek
Ford Vietnam donates new vehicles, auto parts to technical universities
HCMC – Ford Vietnam has presented auto parts and brand-new vehicles to technology universities nationwide to help boost the practice and quality of teaching and learning at these facilities. Over the past two months, Ford Vietnam has given diesel engines of the new-generation Ranger pickup truck
Huawei Vietnam presents educational equipment to remote areas
HCMC – Huawei Vietnam has donated educational technology equipment to the northern mountainous provinces of Phu Tho and Bac Kan to help these remote areas in Vietnam as a way to give back to the community. Fifty-four laptops and many chairs were handed over to Tien Cat Primary School in Phu Tho
Japan offers 45 scholarships to Vietnamese public employees
HCMC – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has launched the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS), offering 45 full scholarships to young and competent Vietnamese public employees for the 2023-2025 course. Vietnamese public employees can now
Nearly 8,000 students join Visa’s Financial Literacy program
HCMC – Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, on January 6 wrapped up its financial literacy program by educating nearly 8,000 students from various Vietnamese universities with essential financial skills. The two-month program, held in coordination with the Faculty of Finance and Banking
New Zealand re-launches scholarship program in Vietnam
HCMC – The New Zealand Government is set to re-launch its New Zealand Schools Scholarships (NZSS) this year, a prestigious program offered exclusively to Vietnamese secondary-school students. Through NZSS, which was initially launched in 2019, a number of Vietnamese recipients have gone on to
STF-PNJ scholarships expected to help fulfill dreams of poor students
HCMC – Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Company (PNJ), in collaboration with the Saigon Times Foundation (STF) under the Saigon Times Group, has just granted scholarships worth VND190 million to disadvantaged teachers, children impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and poor students with an outstanding
VAS’s student ranks first worldwide in Math in Cambridge IGCSE examination
HCMC – Nguyen Phuc Minh Khoi, a 10th grader of Vietnam Australia International School (VAS), got a perfect Math score of 100% and won the “Top in the world” award for Mathematics in the 2022 Cambridge IGCSE exam. This award is issued by the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE). Minh
USAID BUILD-IT forum explores impact of women in STEM fields
HCMC – The Building University-Industry Learning and Development through Innovation and Technology (BUILD-IT) project and Lac Hong University co-hosted the final forum in the six-part Playbook forum series, entitled “Women in STEM: Engaging in Applied Projects”, on December 15. The BUILD-IT
BASF Virtual Lab’s new experiments help local students learn about nature
HCMC – BASF, one of the world’s leading chemical companies, on December 22 introduced two more games in Vietnamese, namely “Green Wonder” and “The soil experiment”, at its BASF Virtual Lab (http://thinghiemvui.basf.com), an online platform that allows children to conduct a variety of interactive