Posts Tagged ‘ Social Network ’

Minister confirms a social network for VN

January 19, 2010
Minister confirms a social network for VN

Speaking at the Ministry of Information and Communications’ annual conference last weekend, PM Nguyen Tan Dung stressed: “Vietnam must build powerful media groups.” PM Nguyen Tan Dung at the conference.VietNamNet Bridge – Speaking at the Ministry of Information and Communications’ (MoIC) annual conference last weekend, PM Nguyen Tan Dung stressed: “Vietnam must build powerful media [...]

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Online artists revolutionizing Vietnam pop

November 18, 2009
Online artists revolutionizing Vietnam pop

LookAtVietnam – Singers are turning their back on expensive album production and costly promotion and turning instead to internet releases. Ung Hoang Phuc. The success of “online singers” Bao Thy, Thuy Chi, MR Siro, Akira Phan, Noo Phuoc Thinh and MU4 is ensuring people sit up and take notice and are finally taking the phenomenon seriously. [...]

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Home-grown social network tops Facebook

September 25, 2009
Home-grown social network tops Facebook

LookAtVietnam – With 945,000 users in Vietnam, the fast-growing social networking site Zing Me has surpassed its main rival Facebook in local popularity, the website’s owner said.  LookAtVietnam – With 945,000 users in Vietnam, the fast-growing social networking site Zing Me has surpassed its main rival Facebook in local popularity, the website’s owner said.  As [...]

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Home-grown social network tops Facebook

September 24, 2009
Home-grown social network tops Facebook

With 945,000 users in Vietnam, the fast-growing social networking site Zing Me has surpassed its main rival Facebook in local popularity, the website’s owner said. As of Wednesday, Facebook had about 918,000 active users in Vietnam, up from 713,000 less than a month ago and around half a million in July, according to Ho Chi [...]

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Facebook gets $6.5 billion valuation with share sale

July 15, 2009
Facebook gets $6.5 billion valuation with share sale

The Facebook homepage is displayed on a computer monitor Facebook netted a US$6.5 billion valuation for its common shares on Monday, further underscoring the fast-growing Internet social networking site’s high rank among technology and media industry heavyweights. Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies said it will pay $14.77 a share for Facebook common stock, boosting its stake [...]

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Yahoo 360 to “die” on July 13

May 29, 2009
Yahoo 360 to “die” on July 13

Yahoo Vietnam chief Vu Minh Tri on May 29 announced that as of July 13, 2009, Yahoo would officially stop providing the Yahoo 360 social network service in Vietnam. The replacement will be Yahoo 360 plus. LookAtVietnam – Yahoo Vietnam chief Vu Minh Tri (photo) on May 29 announced that as of July 13, 2009, [...]

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Homeless in the big, wide Web

May 1, 2009
Homeless in the big, wide Web

A man reads a Yahoo! 360o blog. With Yahoo! 360o closing down soon, many Vietnamese bloggers are undecided about where they should relocate. Vietnamese bloggers are at a loss to decide which social network they should switch to now that Yahoo! 360o is on the way out. While online social networks elsewhere in the world [...]

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Vietnamese social networks in the post-Yahoo! 360 era

April 2, 2009
Vietnamese social networks in the post-Yahoo! 360 era

The local social network yume.vn has signed up a large number of new members since Yahoo! Group Vice Chairman Ken Mandel announced the end of Yahoo!360. LookAtVietnam – The local social network yume.vn has signed up a large number of new members since Yahoo! Group Vice Chairman Ken Mandel announced the end of Yahoo!360.  Yahoo! [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...