LookAtVietnam – Hanoi Telecom is about to launch its Vietnam Mobile network in the first quarter of 2009. GTel Mobile is building facilities to join the mobile information market this year. On August 31, 2008, Hanoi Telecom signed a contract worth more than US$700 million to buy equipment from Ericsson and Huawei for a new [...]
Vietnam is making efforts to keep 2009 disbursements of foreign direct investment (FDI) at about the same level as last year, an investment official said this week. FDI disbursement is expected to reach US$10 billion to $11 billion this year, compared to $11.5 billion in 2008, said Phan Huu Thang, head of the Planning and [...]
Lookatvietnam – Telecommunications industry insiders predict that the third generation network (3G) technology will be introduced in Vietnam this year when the Ministry of Information and Communication organizes a competitive tender in the first quarter. With 3G technology, mobile providers in the country will be able to provide more value-added services for their mobile users [...]
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh to oversee the Mrs. World 2009 beauty contest in Ba Ria-Vung Tau this November. Mrs. Vietnam Nguyen Dieu Hoa. A steering board will be set up to oversee the event, headed by Minister Hoang Tuan Anh. The contest will see the [...]
A man huddles on the Ong Lanh Bridge in District 4 just before the Tet festival when the city experienced a cold spell. The days are going to get warmer nationwide, according to the weather bureau. The dry season that has just begun in southern Vietnam will be less hot than usual, a weather expert [...]
Lookatvietnam – The five mobile phone service providers VinaPhone, Mobifone, Viettel, S-Fone and EVNTelecom have said that they will strongly reduce the price of SMS, calls and public phone services this year. The estimated decrease will range between 10 and 15 per cent. In addition, the providers will run promotional programmes with benefits like more [...]
Lookatvietnam – Experts are forecasting a rebound in the real estate market in 2009, especially in low-priced property. “The real estate market will stabilise and the purchasing power will increase compared with 2008, but it will not be a price fever as in 2007″.Viet Nam’s real-estate market is not frozen, say experts. Properties are still [...]
This year’s seafood exports will barely hit US$4.509 billion, as it did in 2008, and is expected to only total $3.5-4 billion due to the global recession. Lookatvietnam – This year’s seafood exports will barely hit US$4.509 billion, as it did in 2008, and is expected to only total $3.5-4 billion due to the global [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Steel Corporation (VNSteel) has set targets to reach a growth rate of more than 1.5 per cent in 2009 – despite gloomy predictions about the global economy this year. A production line to manufacture pig iron in Hoa Phat Steel JSC at Pho Noi A, Hung Yen Province. The [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – The ashes of student Tang Quoc Binh, who was murdered in Russia recently, will arrived in Vietnam this Sunday, January 18. VietNamNet Bridge – The ashes of student Tang Quoc Binh (photo), who was murdered in Russia recently, will arrived in Vietnam this Sunday, January 18. The student’s family in Russia received the [...]
