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Vietnam’s three largest mobile network operators – Mobifone, Viettel and VNPT – have joined an industry initiative aimed at combatting online fraud through enhanced identity verification, and fostering a more secure digital ecosystem in Vietnam.

Global payment and connectivity services company IDEMIA Secure Transactions (IST) has formed a strategic partnership with the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) to enlarge the nation's digital payment usage.

Vietnam’s Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) will use Nokia’s multi-service network solution to upgrade its legacy network systems to enhance the performance and flexibility of its air traffic network.

Nokia has won a new agreement with operator Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to deploy 5G technology throughout the South East Asian country.

State-owned telecoms provider Viettel officially launched its 5G network, and in so doing becomes the first company to provide official 5G services in Vietnam.

Vietnamese telecoms operator VNPT has selected Swedish telecoms equipment vendor Ericsson to deploy 5G technology across its network in Vietnam.

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO has announced that it will partner with governments across the Pacific and Southeast Asia to help them better prepare for, and respond to, disease outbreaks.

Motorola Solutions has opened its new research and development centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to advance data analytics and AI-enabled technologies that help fuel the company’s safety and security ecosystem.

Australia’s competition regulator, the ACCC and its Vietnamese counterpart, the Viet Nam Competition Commission (VCC), have committed to even closer collaboration in securing “strong regulatory and economic outcomes” by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

Vietnamese telecommunications company Viettel has picked Juniper Network’s MX960 Universal Routing Platform for its network upgrade, which will help Viettel scale its consumer mobile and fixed broadband services.

Saigon Technology has been rated as the top software outsourcer in Vietnam by outsourcing ratings and information site softwareoutsourcing.com.

Saigon Technology has been rated as the top software outsourcer in Vietnam by outsourcing ratings and information site softwareoutsourcing.com.

Reports are emerging that a new zero-day exists in Microsoft Exchange and that it is being exploited in the wild, a well-known security researcher has warned.

British security researcher Kevin Beaumont has listed details about a backdoor that is claimed to infect Linux systems, with the consulting firm PwC having documented it as well. Both claim the threat emanates from China.

Australia has the highest uptake of payment service Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) of any country, with 24% of Australian consumers utilising the service, compared with just 11% globally, according to a new report.

Ninety-five percent of 80 million ransomware samples detected by VirusTotal, a Google-owned database where samples can be uploaded to see which anti-virus engines can detect them, were Windows-based executables or dynamic link libraries [DLLs], a study shows.

ANALYSIS A detailed security report from Microsoft somewhat predictably claims that 58% of state-sponsored network attacks in 2020-21 came from Russia.

Researchers have published details of what they claim is a Chinese-speaking nation-state actor which has been targeting a number of south-east Asian countries for more than a year, using vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange as an entry point. The campaign has been given the name GhostEmperor.

The Asia-Pacific market, including Japan, saw very little movement of the traditional PC market in 2020, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that there was only a 0.3% increase year-on-year to take the total units shipped to 103.8 million.

India may block Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies from selling its wares in the country under new rules that take effect in June, a report claims.