We are pleased to announce that the first Annual Vietnam Ireland Business Forum will take place on the 16^th and 17^th of November at the Headquarters of the VCCI. The focus of this event, which is supported by the Vietnamese and Irish Governments, is to create partnerships between Vietnamese and Irish ICT companies and to bring new ICT products and Technologies to Vietnam. […]

For mobile phone applications to be commercially viable, they must be able to function with actual mobile phones and not just in a simulated computer trial. Juniper Research, a European-based provider
of business intelligence, has predicted that the mobile phone market will be a US$25 billion industry in five years. Will a small company be able to enter this market and who among current businesses will be able to survive the international competition that an industry of this size is sure to attract?

   Hanoi, Vietnam, September 23, 2009 – Co-organized by the National Institute of Information and Communications Strategy (NIICS) and Frost & Sullivan, the Vietnam Telecoms Growth Conference 2009 kick-started today. Based on the theme –‘Maximizing growth opportunities in emerging markets’ – this is the first time a growthfocused conference for the Telecoms industry is being […]

The National Institute of Information and Communications Strategy (NIICS) and Frost & Sullivan will be co-organising a growth conference titled Vietnam Telecoms Growth Conference 2009 from September 23-24, 2009 at the Intercontinental Hanoi Westlake hotel. The summit is endorsed by Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam (MIC). Given the low broadband penetration rates, Vietnam is certainly a lucrative market for the operators. Vietnam is poised for fast growth in the Asia Pacific region by on-going market de-regulation, sustained upgrading of the ICT infrastructure, equitisation of government-owned telecom entities, 2G coverage expansion, 3G deployments and an intial rollout of WiMAX.

Good day! Thank you very much for attending our August 09 event at Paris Hoa Le. The event was well received by both audience and industry, with over 25 people attending. Ken Leong from Macera Technology shared the update & examples of social networking services, the business model for Mobile Social Networking..

Good day! Thank you very much for attending our August 09 event at Paris Hoa Le. The event was well received by both audience and industry, with over 25 people attending.

Ken Leong from Macera Technology shared the update & examples of social networking services, the business model for Mobile Social Networking:

•  Advertisement
•  Product affiliation groups
•  Partnership
•  Micropayment/Micro-transactional
•  Subscription 

as well as the challenge & struggle of SNS:

•  Retaining audience
•  Reach out to advertisers
•  Knowing the audience
•  Identity
•  What makes you different from MySpace/Facebook?
•  Identify business model at the start  

Mostyle has demonstrate different microSNS developed by them that work with different party such as Telstra’s BigPond, Smart Sandbox, etc.

During the Q&A & networking session, audiences were sharing their thoughts and opinions about Vietnamese situations, relationship between telcos & content providers, challenges between both party.

Anyway, the presentation slides from August 09 event - Mobile Social Networking Services & Revenue Model is available…. please check the “Download ” section. Enjoy!

This is to cordially invite technicians and developers to the N97 Widget Challenge Workshop organized by Forum Nokia next weekend. This event is open to all mobile and web developers.

- Speaker: Nicholas Foo - Head of Technical and Consulting Service - Forum Nokia APAC

- Topic: Widget technology - This is relevant topic for mobile developers as well as web developers

Program Agenda:

++ 1. Talk on widget technology and how to create widget.
++ 2. Hands-on practice under Nicholas’ guidance.

- Timing: Two sessions - 15/8 in HCMC and 16/8 in Hanoi

Please note participation requires a simple registration form on this website:
http://thuthachwidgetN97.com.vn/dkhoithao.aspx

Workshop details are also available at:
http://thuthachwidgetN97.com.vn/hoithao.htm

This is to cordially invite technicians and developers to the N97 Widget
Challenge Workshop organized by Forum Nokia next  weekend. This event is
open to all mobile and web developers.

   * Speaker: Nicholas Foo - Head of Technical and Consulting
Service - Forum Nokia APAC

   * Topic: Widget technology - This is relevant topic for
mobile developers as well as web developers

   * Agenda: 1. Talk on widget technology and how to create
widget. 2. Hands-on practice under Nicholas’ guidance.

   * Timing: Two sessions - 15/8 in HCMC and 16/8 in Hanoi

Please note participation requires a simple registration form on this
website

http://thuthachwidgetN97.com.vn/dkhoithao.aspx

Workshop details are also available at
http://thuthachwidgetN97.com.vn/hoithao.htm

Nokia calls on local developers to participate in this initiative to showcase their talents.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Nokia – the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries has announced today the start of the N97 Widget Challenge for local developers which will be used for the local content of Ovi Store and N97.
According to Mr. Benoit Nalin, General Manager of Nokia Indochina, “Vietnam has a big pool of developers that grow at an impressive annual rate of 30-40% (*). They have tremendous talent and this is a great chance for them to showcase their creativity and technical know-how as well as to easily connect with consumers through our Ovi Store.”