NDO – Six varieties of coronavirus have been detected in wildlife samples taken at 70 sites in Vietnam, according to a new international study involving Vietnamese scientists. 

NDO – Despite COVID-19, the number of patents granted in the first five months this year still increased by 56.7%, as announced by the National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam (NOIP). 

NDO – Vietnamese military-run telecom giant Viettel on June 19 said that the company has officially invested in a new submarine internet cable system connecting Vietnam, China, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. 

NDO/VNA – The Ministry of Information and Communications launched two Vietnamese-language speech-to-text generator VAIS and text-to-speech engine Vbee during a ceremony in Hanoi on June 19. 

NDO - Vietnam is finalising the procedures to pilot the use of mobile phone accounts to pay for small-value goods and services, which is expected to expand electronic payment services to all people throughout the country. 

NDO - Three Vietnamese scientists, all female, have made it into the list of Asia’s most outstanding researchers in 2019 as compiled by the Singapore-based Asian Scientist magazine. 

NDO – Le Hong Van and Bui Thi Bong, two reporters at Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper, have won the first prize in the online newspaper category of the Science and Technology Press Awards 2019 for their joint press work entitled ’10 nam no luc dua nuoc sach ve Cao nguyen da Dong Van’ (10-year effort to bring clean water to Dong Van Karst Plateau). 

NDO - Vietnamese technology firm Bkav has entered the market for surveillance cameras with the launch of the AI View brand, which it touts as one of the first cameras in the world to integrate artificial intelligence technology. 

NDO – The Ban Viet (VietCapital) Bank has become the first in Vietnam to deploy the nation’s only eKYC (Electronic Know Your Customer) solution to automatically authenticate customer information. 

NDO – Local authorities in the island district of Phu Quoc in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang launched the “Day for Phu Quoc Environment” campaign on June 6 under the theme “Bring back Phu Quoc’s poetic beaches”. 

NDO/VNA – Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha chaired the inauguration of the ministry’s smart operating centre in Hanoi on June 4. 

NDO – A conference was held in the northern province of Bac Ninh on June 4 to review the information technology industry development programme for the 2015-2020 period. 

NDO – The Prime Minister on June 3 issued Decision No.749/QD-TTg approving the National Digital Transformation Programme by 2025, with orientations toward 2030. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam's second mobile virtual network called Reddi, with the numeral prefix 055, was rolled out by operator Mobicast in Hanoi on June 3.