Microsoft and VietnamPlus launch MSN Vietnam

In line with Microsoft’s global strategy to reimagine MSN for a mobile-first, cloud-first world, MSN is designed to preliminarily provide mobile and cloud services. In Vietnam, with the support of strategic partner VietnamPlus online newspaper, the Vietnamese version of MSN collects premium content from Vietnam’s leading media outlets with productivity tools that empower people to do more.

“Since its inception, MSN has been one of the leading sources of news and entertainment content for people all over the world. With the launch of the new MSN, a tool which is compatible with the modern ‘Mobile First, Cloud First’ trend, particularly the Vietnamese version launching, MSN will deliver better, more modern experiences for Vietnamese readers,” said Vu Minh Tri, general director of Microsoft Vietnam. “It is assured that MSN Vietnam will be an information page to help us entertain, work, optimise flows of information in personal interest anywhere, anytime in the time-strapped world of today.”

Starting from the launching, users in Vietnam can experience the new MSN via web browser and mobile at www.msn.com/vi-vn. The new MSN experience will soon extend to mobile apps across all major device platforms, including Windows, iOS and Android.

“VietnamPlus is very proud to be part of such a large scale website as MSN’s Vietnamese version. We believe that the new MSN which is under professional operation, respecting benefits of readers as well as publishers will provide better experiences for users regarding both information and add-on services,” Le Quoc Minh, editor-in-chief of VietnamPlus said.

The new MSN brings together over 1,000 of the best and most authoritative content sources from around the world – such as The New York Times (US), The Guardian (UK), The Telegraph (UK), MediaCorp, Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan), Asahi Shimbun (Japan), PCCW Media (Hong Kong), CommonWealth Magazine Group (Taiwan), AFP, Reuters, Bloomberg, and BBC… In Vietnam, MSN tends to collect premium information from such prestigious and reputable newspapers as Tuoitre (The Youth), Lao dong (Labour), VietnamPlus, VTC and continuously expend partnership with the country’s leading media, suppliers, and publishers.

Given the strategic partner of the world and Vietnam’s leading media, MSN – the currently global leading website – brings diversified contents in more sectors, collected images and lively videos… Furthermore, with the tuning selection allowing users to personalize their page, arrange categories and organize tools based on their personal interest, MSN will enable users to frequently see and update news in their personal style in the most optimal way.

Besides a thick collection of information and news, the new MSN makes information ‘actionable’ by incorporating personal productivity tools like hotel booking engines, shopping list generators, flight checkers, and savings calculators into the new experience. Additionally, the new MSN connects to popular services like Outlook.com, Office, Facebook, Twitter, OneNote, OneDrive, Xbox Music and Skype, allowing users to see their latest updates, emails and chats.

Sporting a clean, fresh design, the new MSN interface makes it easy for users to find and enjoy content that are most important to each user, letting them organize categories and interests to personalise the layout of the homepage across multiple devices, from PC, phone to tablet, so that MSN is truly for users that matters most anytime, anywhere.