Nguyen Tu Quang, CEO of Bkav Technology Group, revealed a ventilator designed by Bkav and doctors at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on June 15.
Computer viruses caused estimated losses of VNĐ20.9 trillion (US$902 million) to Vietnamese users last year, much higher than the VND14.9 trillion reported in 2018, reported Bkav Technology Group.
Vietnamese users suffered a record VND14.9 trillion (US$637.6 million) in damage from computer viruses this year, an increase of 21 per cent over last year.
Nearly 150 organisations, including State agencies, banks and enterprises, participated in a cyber security drill on Wednesday and Thursday, recorded as the largest ever in Viet Nam.
The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications in collaboration with the BKAV Technology Group will organise WhiteHat Drill 05, a network safety rehearsal, to tackle the coin-miner virus.
Recent statistics released by the Bkav Technology Group Viet Nam reveal that up to 15 million computers in the country were infected with viruses in the third quarter of this year.
The second version of BPhone, a high-end product of Bkav Technology Group and the first made-in-Vietnam high-end smartphone, is expected to be launched in August in Ha Noi.
BKAV Technology Group and the Ministry of Information and
Telecommunications'' Information Safety Department have completed the
first training course in network safety for ministries, industries and
localities under National Project No 99.
The BKAV Technology Group officially launched last week its new
anti-virus software BKAV 2016, which is equipped with new technology
against information leak.