Commercial banks have called for customers to use caution when using telephones and the internet, as hackers may steal from them.

Laptop sales have plateaued despite companies launching new products to stimulate the market, with insiders blaming it on the economy and a switch by consumers to tablets.

The Law on Deposit Insurance should be amended to give the Deposit Insurance of Việt Nam (DIV), a non-profit state financial organisation, more independence in managing risk at credit institutions, according to Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ.

Eight out of 14 start-ups of the Topica Founder Institute (TFI) introduced their products and called for investment at the Topica Founder Showcase 2016, held in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

The Vietnamese Government is encouraging public-private partnerships, a mode of investment that has been successfully tried in many countries.

Việt Nam must build a creative and sustainable eco-system for the Internet of Things (IoT) in order to take part in the international IoT supply chain and achieve a turnover of US$10 billion by 2020, a technology insider has said.

After three years of implementing the One Commune One Product (OCOP) programme, patterned after similar efforts in Japan and Thailand, the northern province of Quảng Ninh has improved the quality and commercial potential of more than 280 traditional products.

Up to 44 per cent of consumers whose rights were violated when purchasing goods do not report the problem, the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Việt Nam Competition Authority (VCA) reported yesterday.

 More than 50 Vietnamese enterprises are showcasing their products at the Việt Nam Goods Fair 2016 in Thailand, which kicked off at the Central Word Plaza in Bangkok on Thursday.