HANOI John Johnson Rams Jersey , May 27 (Xinhua) -- "The debut of Bphone can be seen as a turning point in the Vietnamese technology industry," Do Tuan, an information technology worker in Vietnam's capital Hanoi told Xinhua.
The Vietnamese tech firm BKAV on Tuesday debuted its first domestic-made high-end smartphone, called the Bphone, meeting the expectations local consumers.
"This is the first time Vietnam has such a smartphone which can compete with products from other countries on the market," Tuan said.
"This is Vietnamese product, therefore Cooper Kupp Rams Jersey , it is supposed to win over the heart of Vietnamese consumers before targeting the foreign market," Do Tuan said.
The Vietnamese BKAV claimed that Bphone's design, technical specifications and security are "on the same level" as the flagship products of Apple and Samsung.
"Today is a historic day for all Vietnamese, as a local product is on par with those from powerful countries," the BKAV CEO Nguyen Tu Quang was quoted by local Thanh Nien (Young People) online newspaper as saying at the launching ceremony on Tuesday.
Quang described Bphone's design as "one of the world's most beautiful and a luxury fashion product," adding that the design has already been patented.
Bphone runs on a BOS platform, which BKAV has customized from the Android 5.0 Aaron Donald Rams Jersey , Qualcomm's Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB RAM, 3, 000-mAh battery, and has a 5-inch full HD display with 441 PPI, according to the company.
Bphone has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front one, BKAV said Todd Gurley II Rams Jersey , adding that it can also film videos in the 4K resolution.
Bphone is the world's first smartphone to apply TransferJet, which is a new type of short-range wireless transfer technology and "will be the technology of the future," Quang said.
As it has been developed by a security software corporation, it is immune to viruses, junk mail and spyware, as it boasts " extremely high security technologies," Quang said.
The phone will go on sale on June 2 John Kelly Youth Jersey , but it will only be available on the company's website. Its 16GB version is priced at 9.9 million Vietnamese dong (458 U.S. dollars), 64GB version at 12. 96 million Vietnamese dong (600 U.S. dollars), and the gold-plated 128GB version at 20.19 million Vietnamese dong (935 U.S. dollars).
"I feel really happy. The launching of the Bphone proves that Vietnamese IT industry has developed further in recent years," Nguyen Diep, an office worker in Hanoi said.
"I am considering buying a Bphone," Diep told Xinhua.
"This is the first high-end product of the Vietnamese IT industry. We should be proud of it," a reader commented on an article about the launch of the Bphone John Franklin-Myers Youth Jersey , posted on VNExpress, an online newspaper.
Another reader named Tran Tuan said, "It is so beautiful. I am so proud that Vietnam can make such a phone."
Established in 1995, BKAV Corporation, based in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, is a firm operating in network security, software Brian Allen Youth Jersey , smartphone manufacturing and smarthome technology.
TOKYO, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Japan's central bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda said Thursday that the recent surge in the price of bitcoin is "abnormal."
The Bank of Japan Governor made the remarks at a press conference following the central bank's two-day policy meeting.
In Japan, the price of the bitcoin topped 2 million yen (17,640 U.S. dollars) earlier this month on a major exchange, registering a 20-fold jump since January when it changed hands around 100,000 yen (882 U.S. dollars).
"It's not my place to say, but if you look at the charts Joseph Noteboom Youth Jersey , it's clear that the jump (in prices) is abnormal," Kuroda reportedly said.
He also said that bitcoin, unlike conventional currencies, is not controlled by a central bank or government and "does not have the same function as currency as a means of payment or settlement."
Bitcoin is "being traded for investment or speculative purposes," he said.
Bitcoin is a major digital currency without ties to any bank or government. It is underpinned by blockchain technology, a digital ledger system that uses cryptography.
Credibility of the virtual currency has been a concern to many people, especially after the sudden shutdown in 2014 of the Japanese bitcoin exchange MtGox Co..
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Police said last month that 170 cases of suspected money laundering linked to cryptocurrency included bitcoin were reported in Japan from April through September.
Japan revised its law last year to regulate the dealings of virtual currencies including bitcoin, so as to prevent their use in terrorism or money laundering and protect the interests of the owners.
According to the revised law, virtual currencies could be used for settlement. But exchanges dealing virtual currencies shall be registered with the Financial Services Agency.
JOHANNESBURG, Aug.18 (Xinhua) -- South African business on Tuesday welcomed the decision by Russia to consider offering visa-free entry for tourists from China, India, Brazil and South Africa as fellow members of BRICS.
"This is a step in the right direction! If the business doors are open or 10 multi-year visas entry are issued, that will no doubt boost our economic growth Jamon Brown Youth Jersey ," Brian Molefe, chairman of BRICS Business Council SA, told Xinhua.
With an open visa, coupled with a free trade policy, an estimated three million jobs can be created every month within the grouping, according to Molefe.
A number of South African business organisations have been pushing for the scrapping of visas among BRICS members so as to make doing business and travelling easier.