DesktopBSD has moved into Vietnam when it was recently added to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror by the Saigon Linux Group and GHP Far East, two companies promoting open source technology in Vietnam.

After being removed due to bandwidth issues, Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux distributions in Vietnam, has returned to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror. Only the ISO images will be available on this mirror due to bandwidth limitations.

FPT, the leading IT company in Vietnam, is sponsoring one of the fastest Linux and open source mirrors in Vietnam. Great news for Vietnamese Linux users!

Arch Linux has been added to the official Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror.

Linux Mint has been added to the Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror.

About three weeks ago, I was given a new group of Teen Immersion students to work with at the American International School in Saigon, Vietnam. Since I am their Computer Science teacher, you guessed it, I had them using Linux Mint during the first week of class.

VTV, one of the major news channels in Vietnam, visited my Linux lab today at the American International School. I am glad that Vietnam is taking a stronger interest in Linux and Open Source.

Vietnam Joint Stock Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank), one of the largest banking institutions in Vietnam, has selected an IBM System z10 mainframe to support the expansion of its banking businesses.

Vietnam's government is going "100 per cent open source". VietnamNet Bridge reports that the Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communications has set out an aggressive policy to go "100 per cent open source" by December 31st 2010.