Author: Kevin Le

Hello, hello, let’s recap yet another week. Starting with a few chipset stories. Qualcomm and MediaTek both announced new products this week. The 7nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 brought the world’s fastest processor core with the 3.2GHz capable Kryo 585.The Snapdragon 870 is built on the Snapdragon 865+ foundation and Motorola has already confirmed that its Edge S will be showcased in premiered with the new chip on Jan. 26. MediaTek ditched the Dimensity 1100 and 1200 chipsets. Both are built on a 6nm process and both feature the new Cortex-A78 core. So far no phones have declared for the new…

Cloud computing will be the main orientation of the country to focus on in the coming time. — Photo vicloud.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Information and Communications has determined that the cloud computing platform is a key part of telecommunications infrastructure to focus on in the coming years. The ministry has also defined cloud computing as the digital infrastructure for the development of a digital government, digital economy and digital society. “This is one of the main orientations of the country to focus on in the coming time,” said Nguyễn Khắc Lịch, deputy director of…

Officers tasked with preventing fake goods, trade fraud and smuggling in HCM City and southern border provinces have been forced to work hard ahead of Tết (Lunar New Year), which falls on February 12 this year. Last week the HCM City customs department discovered 14 steel containers that consignee V.V Steel Company described wrongly to evade tax. The company, in Long An Province’s Đức Hòa District, made a declaration that would have allowed it to enjoy 0 per cent tax instead of the 10-15 per cent it had to pay, equivalent to VNĐ1 billion (US$43,000). Now, besides the tax it…

Beta versions of HarmonyOS 2.0 have started rolling out to other devices, including the Huawei P30 and Mate 30 Pro 5G. You can see it working on real hardware in the videos below. Finally … A video of #HarmonyOS Beta 1 on #Huawei Mate 30 with # EMUI11 up.There is not much to see. Besides the fluidity of Android applications. I doubt these are native apps.However, what could make Harmony OS so fast at running Android apps? I can’t wait to find out 🙂 pic.twitter.com/yyiVbHztza- Marco Improda (@ marcoimproda90) January 21, 2021 If the interface sounds familiar to you, it’s…

  An EHL campus. The company is co-operating with Cityland Education to train human resources for the hospitality sector. — Photo Courtesy of CityLand Education HCM CITY — Việt Nam’s Cityland Education on Thursday signed an agreement with EHL Advisory Services to become the EHL Licensed Centre’s vocational education and training (VET) licensing centre to train service-minded hospitality professionals. The VET by EHL programme is a blended skills training model based on a Swiss competency framework.  The curriculum emphasises practical learning, designed to enable graduates to be work-ready upon completion.  The flexible programme structure targets students and professionals at different levels in their careers, focusing on the application of skills through real-world learning and internships. All learning content is developed by EHL in Switzerland, encouraging a stimulating and interactive teaching style.  Speaking about the co-operation, Cityland Education said that partnering with EHL, the best hospitality school in the world, confirmed their confidence in the tourism potential of Việt Nam. “Our collaboration with EHL is a common answer to the current aspirations of the Vietnamese hospitality industry, and…

Google has announced that it is considering withdrawing its search engine from Australia, following a dispute with the country’s government. The bill states that Google must share the royalties with news organizations since Australian users find articles through the search engine. Australia could say goodbye to news in Google search Google Australia chief executive Mel Silva says the laws are “unworkable” and the company will be pushed to stop making Google search available in the country. Lawmakers accused Google of “blackmail”, and senators went even further, saying that if Australia was successful, “it would go around the world.” The government…

  Customers buy KIDO products at a supermarket in HCM City. — Photo Courtesy KIDO Group HCM CITY — KIDO Group has reported growth of nearly 48 per cent in net profit to VNĐ418 billion (US$18.2 million) for 2020. Revenues were over VNĐ8.3 trillion. Declaring its business results, the company said 2020 had been a very challenging and difficult year, but it quickly adjusted production plans and business activities. It claimed it had optimised its distribution system, opening 15 transit warehouses across the country and kept diversifying its chilled foods and cooking oil products. Last year marked a milestone for the…

The latest smartphone in the Poco line to get Android 11 is the Poco X2. The device got the beta of MIUI 12 in August and now, after a long period of testing, the Android 11 version has finally become stable. According to early reports, the update is currently exclusive to India, although it is expected to make its way to other regions in the coming weeks. Android 11 update for Poco X2 The new update is specified as MIUI 12.1.2.0 RGHINXM and is 2.4 GB in size. It brings the January security patch and standard Android 11 features such…

The US is one of the leading economic and trade partners and the largest export market of Việt Nam.— VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Local exporters need to proactively identify risks and work closely with state management agencies to respond to trade remedies in the increasingly complicated imported markets, especially the US, which tended to increase trade defence measures. Experts from the Trade and Investment Promotion Center of HCM City (ITPC) mentioned the matter at a seminar on legal issues when exporting to the US market in the city on January 21. Trần Phú Lữ, deputy director of ITPC said:…

The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G has been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG, coming a few steps closer to its announcement. The phone supports dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0. The devices in the certifications are the SM-A526B (and its Dual-SIM counterpart) and the SM-A526N (the Korean model). Samsung will be launching both a Galaxy A52 5G model and a 4G model. The main difference between them should be the chipset – Snapdragon 750G on the 5G model and Snapdragon 720G on the LTE model. We know the device will have a prism-like finish on the back, a new…