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VietNamNet Bridge – Banking on solid economic growth, a young population and strong internet coverage, Vietnam has been making efforts to become a start-up nation. A co-working space in Hanoi. The proliferation of co-working space in the country has been viewed as helpful to the fast-growing start-up scene. — VNS Photo Bao Hoa The country has set its sights on having one million active businesses by 2020, and at the core of this community will be 5,000 innovative start-ups at the forefront of technology, ushering the country’s labour-intensive growth into the new age of digitisation and out of the middle-income trap. The Government started getting serious about the issue in 2016 – marking the year as the national start-up year and putting in place the Prime Minister’s ‘National Programme for Supporting an Innovative Start-up Ecosystem through 2025’, or Project 844. *** According to FPT Insight, a start-up ecosystem involves several … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s start-up ambitions and where policies founder

VietNamNet Bridge – 17,000 out of 20,000 online tickets for the ongoing AFF Suzuki Cup’s second leg semi-final match between Vietnam and the Philippines have been sold, the Viet Nam Football Federation (VFF) said. 17,000 out of 20,000 online tickets for the ongoing AFF Suzuki Cup’s second leg semi-final match between Vietnam and the Philippines have been sold. — Photo we25.vn The VFF said its sale system is still active. It was interrupted temporarily but it has not collapsed. The VFF sold tickets via websites vebongdaonline.vn, vebongonline.com.vn, ticketonline.vff.org.vn and vebongda.vff.org.vn starting at 10am on Wednesday. However, due to the heavy volume of buyers accessing the websites at one time, the system became overloaded. At 10am on Wednesday, there were 130,000 people accessing the websites at one time. After that, there were around 45,000–50,000 people. According to Le Hoai Anh, VFF’s general secretary, the online sales … [Read more...] about 17,000 online tickets sold for AFF Cup match

VietNamNet Bridge – Well-known South Korean master DK Yoo will train Vietnamese martial artists following an invitation from the Viet Nam Taekwondo Federation. South Korean master DK Yoo will arrive in Vietnam next month. — Photo nld.com.vn Yoo, who is called the ‘Korean Bruce Lee’, will take charge of a short training course from December 12-22 in HCM City. He is a Youtube phenomenon from South Korea with a worldwide online reach. Fans are impressed by his amazing speed. He is a head instructor of Systema, a Russian martial art which is a hybrid of several other martial arts that focuses on hand-to-hand combat with a bit of weapons training and grappling on the side. He has trained Korean policemen and special forces, mixing around 15 different martial arts including taekwondo, MMA, boxing, aikido and tai chi into one style. He has also held training seminars in Romania, England and Canada among other countries. Source: VNS … [Read more...] about ’South Korean Bruce Lee’ to arrive in VN

VietNamNet Bridge - Some years ago, international scientists found that Vietnam ranked high among countries that emit large amounts of plastic waste into the oceans.  Vietnam is one of countries that emit large amounts of plastic waste into the ocean The “Plastic waste from land into the ocean report” published in Science in 2015 by a group of researchers from the US and Australia pointed out that in 2010, with 1.8 million tons of plastic waste, Vietnam ranked fourth, after China, Indonesia and the Philippines, among 20 countries which contributed the highest amounts of plastic waste.  In 2010, with 1.8 million tons of plastic waste, Vietnam ranked fourth, after China, Indonesia and the Philippines, among 20 countries which contributed the highest amounts of plastic waste.  People in coastal fishing villages of Vietnam began suffering from plastic waste even before scientists gave warnings.  RELATED NEWS Hanoi strives to reduce plastic use … [Read more...] about Vietnam plastic waste problem: one of the worst in the world

VietNamNet Bridge - Microsoft has released the 2018 list of the world’s best security experts which includes two staff from Vietnam’s Viettel Network Security Center. Tran Tien Hung (L) and Do Quang Thanh Viettel has confirmed that Tran Tien Hung and Do Quang Thanh ranked 88th and 97th in the list. The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) has emphasized that network safety is considered an important factor to develop e-government, digital government and digital content industry, and that Vietnam needs to become a power in network security. Do Quang Thanh, born in 1996, discovered an error in Windows’ graphics interface related to all the images displayed on users’ screens. The flaw may create a door for hackers to easily intrude into users’ ‘personal worlds’. RELATED NEWS Network security a challenge to digital banking Cyber security contest in Hanoi Nam Mai … [Read more...] about Three Vietnamese among Microsoft’s list of top 100 security experts