Vietnam prepares to launch new satellite

Speaking at the State Management Conference for the first quarter of 2024 with the management subjects being enterprises, associations, unions and press agencies, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung requested the Radio Frequency Department and VNPT to promptly submit a plan to launch a new satellite to replace the expired VINASAT-1 satellite.

Speaking to VietNamNet , a representative of the Radio Frequency Department (Ministry of Information and Communications) said that the new satellite launched to replace the expired VINASAT-1 satellite will reuse the old frequency band. Therefore, there is no need to plan frequencies for the new satellites that will be launched here.

On April 19, 2008, VINASAT-1 was successfully launched into orbit, affirming Vietnam's sovereignty over satellite space. The satellite was manufactured by Lockheed Martin (USA) and launched into orbit by an Ariane-5 rocket (France). The orbital position is 1320E (132 degrees east).

The launch of VINASAT satellite is of special significance in completing the Vietnamese telecommunications system, when before there was radio communication, wire communication, terrestrial communication, sea communication and now there is also telecommunications satellite. Satellite connection has a proactive effect in connecting to remote areas, border areas, and islands that our country could not do before with terrestrial communication systems.

Prime Minister directs early completion of special mechanism for training semiconductor human resources

On the afternoon of April 24, in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Conference on Human Resource Development for the Semiconductor Industry.

The conference was also attended by two Deputy Prime Ministers Tran Hong Ha and Tran Luu Quang, along with ministers, the Director of VNU-HCM, and representatives of leaders of ministries, branches, localities and enterprises.

After listening to the opinions of the delegates, the Prime Minister assigned the Government Office and the Ministry of Planning and Investment to fully absorb the valid opinions and promptly complete the Prime Minister's conclusion announcement after the conference.

Human resource training is one of the five pillars for developing the semiconductor industry, along with four other pillars: infrastructure construction, institutional improvement, resource mobilization, and development ecosystem building.

In his concluding remarks at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also assigned specific tasks to ministries, branches, localities, organizations and enterprises to realize the goal of training 50,000 - 100,000 human resources for the semiconductor industry by 2030.

The Prime Minister requested ministries, branches, localities, enterprises, universities, and related entities, based on their functions, tasks, and powers, to proactively, actively, and flexibly develop plans and effectively organize the implementation of specific solutions to develop the semiconductor human resources industry.

FPT cooperates with 'big guy' Nvidia

FPT Technology Group recently announced a comprehensive strategic cooperation with NVIDIA to promote artificial intelligence (AI) research and provide services and solutions to customers in Vietnam and globally.

The two sides plan to build an AI Factory and train high-quality human resources. FPT will also become a Service Delivery Partner in NVIDIA's network.

FPT plans to invest 200 million USD to build an AI Factory, providing a cloud computing platform for AI research and development and sovereignty in Vietnam.

Inside the AI ​​factory will be supercomputer systems running on NVIDIA's latest technology (including the NVIDIA AI Enterprise development framework and H100 Tensor Core GPU).

AI Factory will provide GPU cloud services to help FPT's enterprise customers globally access the most core resources to improve research capacity, accelerate AI application, especially Generative AI.

Warning: Redline Stealer malware can affect information systems in Vietnam

Right before the April 30 and May 1 holidays, the Department of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications) warned about a new variant of the Redline Stealer malware that could affect information systems in Vietnam.

RedLine Stealer is a malware that first appeared around March 2020. This malware is capable of extracting login credentials from various sources, including web browsers, FTP applications, emails, messaging applications, and VPNs.

A new variant of the Redline Stealer malware has been discovered in cyberspace, which deploys LUA code to perform malicious actions. Data shows that the Redline Stealer malware is very popular, with infections spanning North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

At present, although there have been no reports of any information systems in Vietnam being affected by the Redline Stealer information-stealing malware, to ensure the safety of domestic information systems, the Department of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications) has just issued a warning about this malware to agencies, organizations, and businesses nationwide.

To protect the information system of its unit, contributing to ensuring the safety of Vietnam's cyberspace, the Department of Information Security recommends that specialized IT and information security units of ministries, branches and localities; state-owned corporations and groups; enterprises providing telecommunications, Internet and digital platform services, and financial institutions and commercial banks check and review to determine whether the system is affected by the Redline Stealer malware.

Agencies, organizations and businesses are also required to proactively monitor information related to the Redline Stealer information-stealing malware to upgrade to the latest version to avoid the risk of being attacked.

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