The market for business management software is promising for IT companies thanks to increasing demand for more effective management among local companies.

Vietnamese individuals and organisations, inside and outside the country, have been invited to take part in a contest on developing applications for mobile devices.

Education for Nature-Vietnam (EVN) has launched a new smartphone application called "EVN-Report Wildlife Crime," which will easily help people to report violations of wildlife laws.

Chinese-made smartphone XiaoMi Redmi Note, is allegedly secretly sending personal data of users to a server hosted in Beijing without permission from phone users, a Vietnamese technology newspaper reported.

VNPT General Director Tran Manh Hung has, on July 24, appointed Cao Duy Hai as VinaPhone director.

The broken Asia-America Gateway (AAG) undersea cable will be completely repaired by July 30, restoring full Internet connectivity between Viet Nam and other countries.

As a crucial step towards building a smart city, the central city's information and communications department has launched the Da Nang's e-Government system after seven years of preparation and construction.

The FPT Information System Company (FIS) will help FECON Foundation Engineering and Underground Construction JSC to improve its management capabilities with SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

Viet Nam has been ranked 81st in the ICT Development Index for 2013, up five places from the previous year's index, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

TechInsider on July 17 reported that Apple is acquiring FPT Corporation, but an official from Viet Nam's largest information and communication technology company has denied the report.