The Gold Long John International Company Ltd, the first company sued for software piracy in Viet Nam, must pay more than VND1 billion (US$45,000) in compensation to Microsoft Viet Nam and Lac Viet Company, under a settlement agreed to by all parties. 

The United States-based Microsoft Corporation will continue to support information technology in four major fields for the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) in the near future.

Viet Nam remains among the countries most vulnerable to internet attacks, with 40 per cent of websites containing security loopholes, according to the countrys top internet security firm, BKAV. 

The FPT Trading Company Limited (FTG), a member firm of the FPT Corporation, will deliver basic technology solutions of SAP Southeast Asia and Japan in Viet Nam.

The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications has released a new circular, which decrees that any IT projects funded by the state budget, must buy local products first.

The HCM City Department of Information and Communication and the HCM City Computer Association (HCA) on Friday signed a co-operation agreement, intended to boost the development of the city's information and communication technology sector.

The Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC), under the Ministry of Information and Communications, will increase its Internet resource management for Can Tho this year.

Viet Nam has the third highest number of mobile phone users who have been attacked with malware, at 3.96 per cent.

Major mobile network operator MobiFone will separate from the State-owned Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT). Nguyen Trung Chinh, general director of CMC Joint Stock Corporation, shared his opinions on the plan with the online newspaper Tri Thuc Tre.

The city of Ha Noi has decided to invest VND30 billion, or $1.4 million, to improve the infrastructure of its Cau Giay Centralised Information Technology Zone.