Nokia on April 23 began construction of a factory for manufacturing cell phones in the northern province of Bac Ninh. The facility reaffirms Nokia’s long-term commitment to Vietnam as well as its strategy to connect another billion people to information and the Internet. The factory is built on 17 hectares in the Vietnam – Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) In Bac Ninh province and is scheduled... 

A wind farm, the first of its kind in Vietnam, went into operation on April 18 in the central province of Binh Thuan’s Tuy Phong district. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised the efforts of the province and the Vietnam Renewable Energies Joint Stock Company in carrying out the work. He asked Binh Thuan to complete the second phase of the project as soon... 

The authorities of Danang City on Thursday decided to expand the concentrated information technology (IT) park located in Hoa Vang District to 440 hectares as requested by the American investor, Rocky Lai & Associates Inc. Vu Quang Hung, deputy director of the city’s Department of Construction, said at the meeting on Thursday that at first the park was planned to cover 131 hectares. However,... 

For a long time, Vietnam’s effort to solve her energy problems has been focused on thermal and nuclear options. In fact, wind power is likely to be a satisfactory answer. The door to wind power in Vietnam is no longer closed. However, some time ago, the path to that door was by no means smooth. Vietnam’s six master power plans prepared by the Government to outline the national energy needs mentioned... 

Viettel, one of the very few local firms to be involved heavily in research and development (R&D) activity, has set the target of obtaining the area’s revenue of up to US$1 billion by 2015, said the Viettel R&D Institute. The military-run mobile operator aims to increase the current number of staff to 10,000-15,000 by 2015 as cited by Nguyen Dinh Chien, head of the institute. It plans to... 

Quang Dung Technology Distribution Company on Tuesday signed two agreements with GE Energy – Industrial Solutions and Microsoft Corporation to distribute products of the two U.S.-based companies in Vietnam. Under the deal signed with GE Energy – Industrial Solutions, a business subsidiary of General Electric (GE), the local firm becomes the authorized distributor of industrial and commercial... 

Three domestic firms last week inked a strategic cooperation deal to build a $1 billion  industrial park in the capital to muscle up supporting industries. Industrial property developer N&G Corp, electronics and IT firm Hanel and DOJI Gold & Gems Group will develop the Hanoi Southern Supporting Industrial Park (Hanssip), based on the expansion of Dai Xuyen industrial cluster, covering 700... 

Japan-based web design and maintenance firm Freesale has officially penetrated the Vietnamese market by establishing Freesale Vietnam Co. Ogawa Satoru, general director of Freesale Vietnam, said that he has spent some five years researching the human resource market in Vietnam, and the mother company in Japan has also cooperated with Vietnamese firms in web design. Besides, the web design demand... 

Major mobile carriers MobiFone and Vinaphone may be merged under a restructuring scheme proposed by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) even though ministry officials have denied this. VNPT is finalizing its restructuring scheme and seeking approval from related agencies before coming to an official decision on the merger of the two mobile operators under its umbrella, said VNPT deputy... 

VNG, an Internet company based in HCMC, has said it will focus on boosting online game exports to China and Japan this year as a strong rise in online game users in the two countries is forecast. VNG has recently shipped a game called “cloud garden” to China. The company has become one of the most successful foreign online games providers in China on the popular social network Qzone since the...