Vietnamese police bust massive money laundering network linked to Japan
Vietnam News 12:00 11/10/2026Police in Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam have dismantled a sophisticated transnational money laundering and cross-border currency transfer network linked to fraud in Japan, initially charging seven suspects, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Why your 4G smartphone could lose call service as Vietnam shuts down 2G
Vietnam News 18:44 01/09/2026After nearly two years of preparation for the transition, Vietnam’s 2G network will be completely shut down in September, potentially affecting even users with 4G-capable phones.
Hanoi celebrates membership in UNESCO Creative Cities Network
Vietnam News 15:51 01/11/2019The Vietnamese capital is amongst the 66 newly-admitted members of the UNESCO-recognized Creative City Network
Vietnam's Viettel nears deal to invest $800 mln in Myanmar telecoms
Economy 20:00 12/12/2014Myanmar - where communications were tightly controlled by the former military junta - is one of the world's last telecoms frontiers, with just a small minority of the 53 million population having a mobile phone.
Viettel Global eyes $1.8 bln telecom project in Myanmar
Economy 10:30 09/12/2014Viettel Global last year lost the bid for a telecom license in Myanmar to Telenor of Norway and Ooredoo of Qatar
Established Vietnam entrepreneurs mentor fledgling ones
Economy 11:15 30/11/2014A successful businesswoman has run a network gathering entrepreneurs in various fields who offer their young, inexperienced counterparts unconditional orientation and mentoring.
Girl commits suicide after friend’s malicious joke
Travel 11:33 03/07/2013An 18-year-old girl committed suicide on July 1, shortly after failing to ask her former classmate to remove a photo in which he had attached her face to a pretty girl wearing a wide-collared shirt and posted it on a social network.
