The Vietnam News Agency’s news website VietnamPlus officially added Chinese news to its mobile web version on October 15, to help readers surf the news using mobile phones. All mobile phones with the pre-installed Chinese Unicode font can access the news at http://mcn.vietnamplus.vn. The Chinese news focuses on politics, society, economics, culture and sports, but will be gradually expanded to include other areas to provide readers with an overall picture of Vietnam . Readers can also surf the news in Vietnamese, English, French and Spanish via the shortcut button available on the homepage. The number of visitors to VietnamPlus using mobile devices has increased rapidly, with a monthly rise of 56 percent in September from August. This figure is expected to grow by 67 percent month on month in October. Statistics show that visitors to VietnamPlus via iPad account for the largest number, followed by mobile phones using Symbian, iPhone and Windows operating systems. … [Read more...]
misappropriating public property Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
29/05/2012Society Initial Vinalines investigation results revealed The Ministry of Public Security has announced the results of initial investigations on the case of misappropriating public property and intentionally violating State regulations on economic management that caused severe consequences at Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines). … [Read more...]
VNA Launches VietnamPlus E-Newspaper
The Hanoi Times - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem, at the click of a mouse at 5pm on Nov. 13, officially launched the VietnamPlus e-newspaper (Vietnam+), published by the Vietnam News Agency. Accessed via www.vietnamplus.vn , the newly-launched e-newspaper is expected to become one of Vietnam’s most important internal and external information channels. Deputy PM Khiem, who is also the Foreign Minister, said he believed that, thanks to its advanced IT applications and the combined efforts of VNA’s leaders, reporters, editors and staffs, VietnamPlus will provide a continual update of the most objective images of Vietnam’s land and its people and will serve to publicize State and Government policies to all Vietnamese people. “Being a new member of the country’s press agency system, VietnamPlus, has been built and developed on the foundations of the VNA’s electronic information system, which has existed and been archived and added … [Read more...]
VietnamPlus launches mobile web to run on all platforms
Vietnam Plus today launched its mobileweb version, becoming the first news website in Vietnam that runs inall platforms – website, mobile web and mobile application. Using new technology, the mobile web helps users to surf news veryfast. It is also simple to jump from this category to the other. “The mobile application that Vietnam Plus started using earlier thisyear was a technological breakthrough and is able to facilitate 80percent of mobile phone users in the country to access news, but wedecided to launch this service to prove that a state-run mediaorganisation can be a leader in media technology,” said Le Quoc Minh,Editor-in-chief of Vietnam Plus . With this mobile web service, the users now have all means to accessnews no matter where they are and what device they have, stated Mr Minh,adding that the mobile web will be upgraded in the future to add morefunctions. Users just type the web address vietnamplus.vn on their browser of themobile … [Read more...]
VietnamPlus adds Chinese news to mobile web
The Vietnam News Agency’s news website VietnamPlus officially added Chinese news to its mobile web version on October 15, to help readers surf the news using mobile phones. All mobile phones with the pre-installed Chinese Unicode font can access the news at http://mcn.vietnamplus.vn. The Chinese news focuses on politics, society, economics, culture and sports, but will be gradually expanded to include other areas to provide readers with an overall picture of Vietnam . Readers can also surf the news in Vietnamese, English, French and Spanish via the shortcut button available on the homepage. The number of visitors to VietnamPlus using mobile devices has increased rapidly, with a monthly rise of 56 percent in September from August. This figure is expected to grow by 67 percent month on month in October. Statistics show that visitors to VietnamPlus via iPad account for the largest number, followed by mobile phones using Symbian, iPhone and Windows operating systems. … [Read more...]
VietnamPlus launches multi-language mobile service
This is a modern solution to deliver the latest news viatext in four languages -- Vietnamese, English, French, and Spanish in a fast andreliable manner to millions of mobile subscribers inside and outside thecountry. It also establishes a move in line with the country’s national roadmapfor digital content development. The service is particularly useful forthose living in rural remote areas or borderline and islands where Internetservices are not available because of geographical hurdles. “As anaffiliate of the Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Plus is assigned to carry apolitical mission that is to ensure the delivery of information to people whohave different demands in the fastest and most economical way it can,” Le QuocMinh, Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Plus said at the press conference. “VietnamPlus Mobile offers a solution that can fully meet these requirements.”As the number of mobile phone subscribers in Vietnam has exceeded 100million, Vietnam Plus Mobile … [Read more...]
VietnamPlus, AFP launch new Euro football service
The Vietnam News Agency’s online newspaper, VietnamPlus and French news agency AFP today launch an interactive webpage on the Premier Leagues in England, Italy, Germany, France and Spain. The flash graphics product has been designed by AFP’s experts and written in Vietnamese to meet an increasing demand by the country’s huge amount of football fans. Apart from regular sports news and pictures on VietnamPlus, the new webpage now brings real-time updated information from Europe , including match schedules, scores, statistical analysis team profiles, players and coaches’ history for free at http://bongda.vietnamplus.vn . “The page was born because matches of popular European leagues are no longer broadcast free and most appear on pay TV channels,” said Le Quoc Minh, VietnamPlus’s editor-in-chief. “Not all Vietnamese football fans have the chance to see or access fee-paying television stations, but the demand for information on football … [Read more...]
Microsoft and VietnamPlus launch MSN Vietnam
Today, Microsoft and VietnamPlus online newspaper - a member of the Vietnam News Agency, announced the launch of MSN in Vietnamese, following the official roll-out of the new MSN in over 50 countries across the world. In line with Microsoft’s global strategy to reimagine MSN for a mobile-first, cloud-first world, MSN is designed to preliminarily provide mobile and cloud services. In Vietnam, with the support of strategic partner VietnamPlus online newspaper, the Vietnamese version of MSN collects premium content from Vietnam’s leading media outlets with productivity tools that empower people to do more. “Since its inception, MSN has been one of the leading sources of news and entertainment content for people all over the world. With the launch of the new MSN, a tool which is compatible with the modern ‘Mobile First, Cloud First’ trend, particularly the Vietnamese version launching, MSN will deliver better, more modern experiences for Vietnamese … [Read more...]
VietnamPlus, Siemens announce green-tech award
VietnamPlus and Siemens signed a partnership agreement in Hanoi on Oct. 21 whereby VietnamPlus will be the media sponsor for Siemens Green Technology Journalism Award 2010. This award is created for the first time in ASEAN in order to acknowledge and reward journalists for excellent reporting on energy efficiency, industrial productivity and sustainability issues. It is open to print and online media from Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam . “We are very pleased to receive strong cooperation and support from VietnamPlus for this important initiative, thanks to it information about this prestigious award will be able to reach the media community more widely and attract a more diverse pool of good candidates,” said Erdal Elver, President and CEO of Siemens Vietnam. Vietnamplus Editor-in-chief Le Quoc Minh said, “Green technology and a sustainable environment are important issues that the entire society is now aware of and … [Read more...]
VietnamPlus, AFP launch World Cup flash graphics
VietnamPlus and French news agency AFP launched today the first ever interactive sports flash graphics service in Vietnam, adding more heat to the coming World Cup in South Africa. Local soccer fans now can have real-time updates of every match from the group phase to the final phase as well as information of every player and coach of the 32 teams that steal the hearts of billions of people around the world for the whole month starting from 11 June. “In this digital age, people require information in a compact and fast manner, even real-time news, and this unique World Cup service is able to meet that challenging demand,” said Le Quoc Minh, Editor-in-chief of the popular news website that belongs to the Vietnam News Agency. Minh revealed that VietnamPlus has been working with AFP since early this year to build the Vietnamese version of the service. “Everything is in Vietnamese language, and that is the best present we can bring to Vietnamese soccer fans during this … [Read more...]