Viet Nam and South Africa have agreed to increase exchanges delegations
and establish dialogue channels to share state managerial experience in
the information and communications sector, especially in digital
television, press and representative management.
Viet Nam''s Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son signed cooperative agreements with South Korea during his recent visit to the country, Vietnam News Agency reported.
The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) will support the
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in implementing an
information technology application for managing and building
e-governance during 2015 to 2020.
MobiFone''s equitisation will be completed within 20 months, which will
also include its restructuring, expected to conclude by mid-2016, the
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son said.
The country has recorded 27.5 million 3G subscribers this year,
disclosed the Viet Nam Telecommunications Authority under the Ministry
of Information and Communications.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has called for Information Technology
(IT) and telecommunications to be developed into Viet Nam''s spearhead
industries.
The Postal Corporation of Viet Nam (VNPost) earned a profit of VND100
billion (USD$4.6 million), disclosed VNPost General Director Pham Anh
Tuan in a meeting on December 18 and 19.
The Ministry of Information and Communications has issued a decision
prescribing the functions, duties, powers and organisational structure
of Open Source Software and Cloud Computing Centre.
The first "Computers for life" festival, organized by the Ministry of
Information and Communications, was inaugurated on March 21 in the
northern province of Thai Nguyen.
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son asked the
ministry''s National Institute of Information and Communications (NIIC)
to conduct research and suggest solutions to manage the over-the-top
(OTT) service .
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son has requested
the Department of Telecommunications to develop policies for
over-the-top (OTT) service, which offers users free phone calls and text
messages.
Viet Nam and India have crossed wires in a positive sense by signing
two memorandums of understanding to improve information, communications
and technology (ICT) co-operation between their business communities.