Author: Kevin Le

Samsung’s strange F-series midsize ranger, which is practically a Galaxy M31 with one less camera and no NFC, is now in luck. The update to One UI 3.0 based on Android 11 is now on its way to the Galaxy F41, at least the units that were sold in India. The update arrives over the air and once you install it you will be on version F415FXXU1BUAC, and you will also have the January 2021 security patch level. As usual with such deployments, this one is also likely to be organized such that it may take at least a few…

Apple has released its tax results for the first quarter of 2021. The company has achieved two important milestones during this quarter which encompasses the months of October, November and December. In addition to Apple surpassing $ 100 billion in revenue in any quarter in company history, Apple CEO Tim Cook also revealed to Retuters that the iPhone surpassed one billion active users for the first time. Apple ended the quarter with revenue of $ 111.44 billion and profit of $ 28.6 billion. This is compared to the first quarter of 2020 which ended with $ 91.8 billion in revenue…

  A cruise ship docks at Đà Nẵng’s Tiên Sa Port. The COVID-19 hit tourism, a key industry of Đà Nẵng in 2020. The city has proposed series solutions to revive the economic growth in 2021. — VNS Photo Công Thành  CENTRAL REGION — After a decade of stable growth, the central region’s tourism and services triangle of Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, Đà Nẵng City and Quảng Nam Province faced poor growth in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports on the region unveiled at year-end meetings saw COVID-19 blamed for creating the most difficult time for the region in 2020, with problems set…

  Participants at a press conference themed “Golden opportunity for Thai investors in Vietnam”. — VNA Photo BANGKOK — Việt Nam remains an attractive destination for foreign investment, including from Thailand, because it is a large and growing market, Tanee Sangrat, Director General of the Department of Information and Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of Thailand, has said. Addressing a press conference themed “Golden opportunity for Thai investors in Vietnam” jointly held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand, the Thailand-Vietnam Business Council (TVBC) and Amata Vietnam Public Company Limited on Tuesday, Tannee Sangrat, who is also former Thai Ambassador to…

  A list of lending apps available online. — Photo ìintech HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has warned about the increasing use of foreign peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in Việt Nam with potential risks of black credit. According to a draft report on the impact of the shared economy that MPI sent to ministries and ministerial-level agencies, P2P lending first appeared in Viet Nam in 2016 in the form of fintech companies, aiming towards unbanked customers. However, this has become a channel for so-called black credit. A representative from the ministry said: “The operation of the P2P lending model…

The corporate bond market of Việt Nam is expected to be robust this year as the Government has issued regulations to untie the market but still aimed to ensure the transparency and healthy market development. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn The corporate bond market of Việt Nam is expected to be robust this year as the Government has issued regulations to untie the market but still aimed to ensure the transparency and healthy market development. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn HÀ NỘI — The corporate bond market in Việt Nam is expected to be robust this year as the Government has issued…

  Animal feed being packed at a JAPFA Comfeed Việt Nam factory in Thái Bình Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế Duyệt  HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s animal feed exports would likely touch the $1 billion mark in the near future as many large-scale enterprises in the field have continued to expand their production, trade experts have predicted. The country’s livestock feed exports in December 2020 grew very robustly, reaching US$80 million, up to 55 per cent month-on-month and 10 per cent year-on-year, statistics from the General Department of Customs showed. This sharp increase in December was…

Xiaomi’s MIUI 12.5 has a revamped haptic feedback setup that was not detailed when it was announced in December. A new leak courtesy of Xiaomiui The Telegram group reveals several screenshots and a video demo of the new Natural touch haptic feedback system. According to XDA DevelopersXiaomi’s Natural Touch haptics are already present in the Chinese version of MIUI 12.5 but they are still not enabled on the Global ROM. Haptic menus with a natural feel Based on the description in the leaked menus, Natural Touch will give users more realistic feedback on their keys, swipes, and gestures with varying…

  The first 60 tonnes of jasmine rice shipped to the UK under the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) hit the shelves in London. — VNA/VNS Photo LONDON — The first 60 tonnes of jasmine rice shipped to the UK under the UK-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) hit the shelves in London on Tuesday. The top-quality fragrant rice was imported by the Longdan Limited Company in the UK from the Vietnam National Seed Group (Vinaseed), and the rice is now sold at 15.5 GBP (US$21.28) per kilogramme at the firm’s supermarket chain. Since Vietnamese…

Dr. Đặng Đức Anh attended the “Vietnam’s Economy in the Medium Term 2021 – 2025: Recovery and Growth Accelerates” conference, co-hosted by the UN Development Programme and the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s NCIF, in Hà Nội on January 20, 2021. VNS photo Ly Ly Cao By Ly Ly Cao With uncertainties and disruptions due to COVID-19, Việt Nam’s economic growth declined to just 2.91 per cent in 2020 compared to the pre-crisis forecast of 6.5 – 7 per cent, according to the General Statistics Office of Việt Nam. The growth target for the 2016 – 2020 period has…