Binh Tuat 2006 Information Technology - Communication, a memorable year

Year of the Year of the Dog is really a year with many remarkable events of Vietnam Information Technology. So much, many people believe that 10 typical IT events selected by Vietnam IT Journalists Club are still incomplete and unsatisfactory. And so much so that, after 10 typical events were announced, Vietnam's ICT industry witnessed many more events as well, equally typical, and resonated in public opinion.

Tuat - Vietnam IT Year many . awards

Many awards, blooming awards in the field of IT-Communications are probably one of the most remarkable impressions of the Year of the Dog 2006. It can be named: Best IT Product Award 2006 ; Best IT Solution Award 2006 ; IT Awards 2006 ; IT and Communication Award of Vietnam Computer Association ; Golden Globe Award; Sao Khue award ., and many other prizes cannot be named. Among the many awards, there are prestigious awards, there are no prizes, not even some people know the language.

Associations, press agencies are racing to release all kinds of awards. As for eChip, in addition to IT Associate, there are also prizes for VietNam Mobile Awards 2006 and 2006 eChip ICT Awards . It seems that Vietnam Information Technology - Communication is gradually forming a popular culture called 'award'.

There are two sides here, the first side can see individuals and businesses in the field of IT - Communications are increasingly paying more attention to the brand, to the image of services . on the other hand, of course, will be no small burden for serious awards in affirming their own brand.

Binh Tuat - An exciting year of virtual social networks

Although the emergence of the blogging trend did not fall into the list of 10 typical IT-Media events announced by the Vietnam IT Journalists Club, the virtual social networking boom and the effects of it has come to Internet life in Vietnam over the past year, which is still highly appreciated by many people. According to journalist Vu Manh Cuong - Deputy Editor-in-chief of Lao Dong Newspaper, in society is becoming more and more closed, the blog itself will create more interactive opportunities, build new connections between people, remove gaps in geography or the gap between rich and poor. Phung Tien Cong, a blogger famous on Yahoo 360 with KingKong nick, also said that virtual social networks are leading to multi-dimensional interactive environment for people, becoming a new communication channel, a supply source. new information .

Virtual social network, blogger world . has attracted even famous people to participate. Many young people from the blogosphere have also become famous in the real world. Year 2006 was also marked by many charitable offline activities with high social significance of the online community: typical names can be named as the offline donation program to support flood victims of two Bung bloggers and Tram Anh Ken; offline program to donate books to Nomad's poor children .

Someone said blogging is a trend, a wave. It has a peak period and then will regress. However, waves are never alone, after this wave will have another wave. Along with a number of technology giants who are about to launch into Vietnam market, the new and potential social networking services will have a higher continuous wave in the Vietnamese netizens community.

Binh Tuat - Five SMS services 'crowned'

In the year of Binh Tuat, five SMS services took over the throne not because of sales or because of its popularity, attractiveness . but because of its social efficiency. For the first time, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Vietnam Television have used SMS messaging to raise funds for the poor. The program has the cooperation of Dong Ha company and mobile service providers Vinaphone, MobiFone, Viettel, EVN Telecom.

The message program supporting the poor through the beginning of the number 8733 from December 25, 2006 to January 10, 2007, has been collected for the Fund for the Poor more than 14 billion dong. Dozens of singers, actors, beauty . have volunteered to participate in the video clip to promote, dozens of press agencies have participated in the promotion for this meaningful program.

It can be said that SMS service has never been supported by the public opinion so much and widely known. Share your thoughts on the message program supporting the poor through 8733, Dr. Tran Dang Tuan, Standing Deputy General Director of Vietnam Television, once said: ' When making a message to the General Station 8733, you contributed VND 15,000 to the poor. But most of all, you have spent a minute to do this, not to text someone you need to message because of your need. You did this for the poor. I believe the poor do not have mobile numbers to answer. But believe me, there are millions of people who have left a simple message to you: Thank you! '

Tuat - The explosion year . cybercrime

A series of 'Made in Vietnam' computer viruses spread through Yahoo! Messenger community, in which the most famous famous family had to talk about the disease. 2006 with tens of thousands of infected computers. 'Pretty girl' is also the official virus that triggered the year of internal virus outbreak. During the internal disaster of the year of the Buddha, there were also viruses that publicly challenged the goal, smeared the BKIS Polytechnic Security Center.

Network security issues also left an unforgettable mark for the year of Tuat Tuat. Can mention the website of Viet Co Joint Stock Company suffered from denial of service (DDoS) attack, the website of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Planning and Investment was attacked by a limited company in the database to fix competitors' records, The case of the Electronic Market of PeaceSoft was attacked by domain names .

MobiFone mobile network service provider also becomes a victim. According to the Ministry of Posts and Telematics, hackers attacked the database of MobiFone network to get 6 beautiful mobile sims that have not been circulated on the market, put into use and donated to 2 friends. One of the beautiful digital mobile sims that hackers have taken from MobiFone's digital store is 0902000000.

The most recent incident was the incident of the Ministry of Education and Training website attacked by Bui Minh Tri, a 12th grader. Tri infiltrated the server of the Ministry and changed the photo of the Minister with a photo of a naked young man. Through checking the computer of Bui Minh Tri, the Ministry of Public Security Investigation Agency determined that this student had repeatedly attacked websites of state agencies. And yet, many credit cards bearing foreign names with thousands of dollars of transactions are also found in this hacker computer.

Binh Tuat - the year of "good bird land"

With the decision to invest in building a factory to assemble and test semiconductor chips worth hundreds of millions of dollars of Intel and the visit of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates to Vietnam, many commentators mentioned the year of Binh Tuat 2006 as a the year of 'peasy land' for Vietnam's Information and Communication Technology.

According to Brian Krzanich, Intel Vice President, the reason Intel chose Vietnam to invest is clear: Vietnam is a country with a young and dynamic population, the education system is increasingly improved. , a large workforce and a Government have a modern view .

Intel is considered one of the most trusted investors in the world, and commentators say that following Intel will have more foreign companies 'landed' in Vietnam in the IT sector. Besides, the visit of Microsoft boss also once again increases the attractiveness for the investment environment in Vietnam. This visit is also said to contribute to a record fever of FPT Technology Investment and Development Joint Stock Company recently. During this visit, Mr. Bill Gates, Chief Architect, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, commented: ' Our growth, our success in Vietnam will come when your economy develop better. Because I know Vietnam is getting more and more investment opportunities, so I have to say, we are having a very good start here . '

In early 2007, Vietnam officially joined WTO, there will be many new opportunities but there will be many new challenges. If 2007 is said to be a pivotal year, then Binh Tuat 2006 is a year of launch, a time to lay the foundation for the upcoming success of Vietnam's ICT. Reviewing the impressions of a memorable IT year is also a way to prepare the mind to 'open the door' of ICT Vietnam integration .

Huy Khoi