Even though the volume of cell phones imported into the nation last month increased staggeringly, the total import value was declining, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said. The mobile phone volume imported into the country last month jumped 54% year-on-year but the average import price of the products dropped substantially, according to the Industry and Trade Information Center under the ministry. The... 

The feverish demand for iPhone 5 in Vietnam will not affect sales of other smartphone brands, trading companies said. Hoang Ngoc Vy, general director of Vien Thong A JSC, said sales of other high-end smartphones at her company remained intact even though iPhone 5 had arrived in the country. Similarly, Dinh Anh Huan, sales director of The Gioi Di Dong JSC, said customers had kept a wait-and-see attitude... 

Software companies stressed that their research and development (R&D) activities would be badly hindered by the ban on import of second-hand information technology (IT) devices such as laptops, cell phones, tablet computers and printers. This was a popular view at a meeting held in HCMC last week to discuss Circular 11/2012/TT-BTTTT on used IT devices, which came into force recently. According... 

Petrosetco Distribution, a member of PetroVietnam and a leading distributor of technology brands, last week signed an agreement with Samsung Vietnam to become the official distributor of Samsung cell phones in Vietnam. “This marks an important step for Petrosetco Distribution and Samsung in the way to subdue and further expand information technology market in Vietnam,” Petrosetco Distribution... 

Given the current economic woes, the local demand for mobile phones is dropping, with the sale volume in the first three months tumbling 15% year-on-year, according to the IT market research company IDC Vietnam. The company quoted the quarterly statistics of mobile phone tracker in the Asia-Pacific region in its latest report, saying the number of feature phones sold shrank by 14% against the preceding... 

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... 

Vietnam should have an effective legal framework to prevent unwanted text messages and help develop advertising on cell phones as a good tool for companies to promote their products and services to target consumers, advertising experts said. The proposal was made by Do Kim Dung, vice president of the Vietnam Advertising Association, and Lai Kok Fung, chief executive officer and co-founder of mobile... 

Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co., the operator of a cell phone factory in the northern province of Bac Ninh, is expected to gain US$1.9 billion from mobile phone exports this year, the company said. The company had obtained US$1.6 billion in phone exports between October 2009 when its factory was launched in Bac Ninh and the end of 2010. Given this year’s target of US$1.9 billion, its cumulative... 

HCMC – HTC Corporation, a global designer of smart phones, on Monday introduced its new cell phone in Vietnam called HTC Wildfire, a new HTC Sense-based Android phone that integrates the most popular social networks. HTC Wildfire closely follows the success of the HTC Desire and targets young mobile users, allowing them to access different communications networks including Facebook and Twitter...