December 19, 2011
Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle Fire has understandably dominated the e-reader buzz this holiday season. Not everyone, though, wants all the bells and whistles, or the bulk and expense, of a full-on color tablet. They just want an e-reader in order to, you know, read. For these folks, Amazon and Barnes & Noble Inc. have released [...]
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November 21, 2011
Emergency rooms in HCMC hospitals are witnessing a massive increase in the number of people wounded in intoxicated brawls Patients being treated at the emergency ward of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital. Doctors say there has been an alarming increase in cases of people wounded in fights being admitted to the hospitals. [...]
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November 21, 2011
There’s a lot of heel-nipping in the tablet market these days. Amazon.com Inc. just released the Kindle Fire, the most serious attempt yet to take on Apple Inc.’s mighty iPad 2. Meanwhile, Barnes & Noble Inc. has shipped the Nook Tablet, which in turn takes aim at Amazon. I’ve tried both new devices and [...]
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November 13, 2011
The illustrated book of Vietnamese slangs depicted on the Amazon website. After being withdrawn from local bookstores last month for its alleged racy content and possibly offensive language, a comedic picture book depicting local youth slang is having its e-version released internationally. Under a publishing transfer between Vietnam-based Nha Nam and Fine Arts Publishing Houses [...]
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October 23, 2011
As impressive as it was for Apple Inc. to sell four million new iPhones last week, millions more users will be affected by another release: iOS 5, the latest version of the operating system that runs every iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. I’ve been testing the software and a lot of its claimed 200 [...]
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September 24, 2011
Hanoi Museum Hanoi City’s government has agreed to invest VND 775 billion (US$37.2 million) in the content design of Hanoi Museum, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Sunday. Â According to the report, the investment will be spent for the museum’s four floors and an outdoor exhibition area. Â At the first floor’s hall, the museum will [...]
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August 13, 2011
NTT Docomo has made its first investment into Vietnam Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo has announced an investment of 1.4 billion yen (US$18.2 million) into Vietnam’s largest mobile content provider VMG. The investment, NTT Docomo’s first foray into Vietnam, allows the company to acquire an approximately 25 percent stake in the Vietnamese firm. “With its [...]
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July 30, 2011
The Vietnam Gold Traders Association protested a central bank proposal which seeks to widen the scope of the gold export tax, saying that it would prevent them from boosting shipments of the metal. The central bank has asked the Ministry of Finance to impose a 10 percent export tax on jewelry that has more [...]
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June 19, 2011
No headway can be made against drinking and driving if punitive measures are not meted out strictly and obviously Vu The Bang, 65, of Binh Phuoc Province’s Dong Phu District crashed into a parking truck in drunk condition and was killed on the spot in an accident last June. The government is discussing a [...]
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June 4, 2011
Geof Heydon, vice president of Digital Economy at Alcatel-Lucent in Australia. Broadcasters, policy makers, regulators, and experts in media sector have met in Hanoi on May 24-25 for the 8th Asia Media Summit, which was viewed as a significant platform to address challenges and to identify opportunities in the new age of digital economy. The [...]
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