The Hanoitimes - At the annual "Vietnam Information Security Day" held in Hanoi on December 1, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son called the Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA), community, social and professional organizations, and media to join hands in ensuring information security. The annual "Vietnam Information Security Day" was held in Hanoi on December 1, focusing on solutions to increasing cyber-attacks aimed at large corporations worldwide. The event is organised by the VNISA, the Information Security Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), the Information and Technology Department under the Ministry of Education and Training and the MIC's Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT). Speaking at the event, General Secretary the Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA) Vu Quoc Thanh said Vietnam’s information security index stands at 46.4 percent, adding that the country aims to become a … [Read more...] about VNISA called for joining hands in ensuring information security
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Hoi An residents join hands to protect relics
Local residents in Hoi An City are now joining hands to help authorities protect the city’s cultural and historical relics. The team of locals who will report to the Hoi An Relics Preservation and Management Center will be in charge of propagandizing cultural heritage laws and regulations to other residents in the World Heritage city as well as communicating locals’ concerns to municipal authorities. The team has so far gathered 33 members from Minh An, Son Phong and Cam Pho wards. Source: TT … [Read more...] about Hoi An residents join hands to protect relics
Travel firms join hands to sell tours in flooding season
VietNamNet Bridge – Saigontourist Travel Service Company and Dong Thap Tourist Company have agreed to jointly promote the tour program “Dong Thap – Flooding Season” to local and international tourists. Local tourists travel on a wooden boat during the flooding season in the Mekong Delta. This is the first time travel companies have joined hands to offer this special kind of tour to foreign tourists. The two firms will jointly develop and market tours during the flooding season in Dong Thap Province, beginning in October, as a typical product of the Mekong Delta. Doan Thi Thanh Tra, marketing manager of Saigontourist, said her company began to promote flooding season tours last year. Brochures about this kind of tour have been sent to foreign partners of Saigontourist. This year, the tour operator starts to seek international tourists for flooding season tours. Especially, the river tour from Cambodia to the Mekong Delta provinces, … [Read more...] about Travel firms join hands to sell tours in flooding season
Campaign “Join hands to end violence against woment”
(Cinet)- The campaign “Join hands to end violence against woment” has been organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Women's Union, the Farmers' Union, the United Nations in Viet Nam and other development partners on November 22 to respond to International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. A national study released by the General Statistics Office and the United Nations in 2010 showed that 58 per cent of married women had experienced at least one form of violence, including physical, mental or sexual, at some point in their lives. Further, about 50 per cent did not tell anyone about the violence and 87 per cent did not seek help from public services. The UN study revealed that domestic violence resulted in an overall productivity loss of 1.78 per cent of GDP in 2010. … [Read more...] about Campaign “Join hands to end violence against woment”
Buddhist followers join hands in ensuring social welfare
Ven. Thich Phuoc Ngoc and children at Suoi Nguon Tinh Thuong Orphanage Centre in Vinh Long province (Source: courtesy of Ven. Thich Phuoc Ngoc)Hanoi (VNA) - Hundreds of orphan and homelesschildren call Venerable Thich Phuoc Ngoc ‘father’ and Suoi Nguon Tinh Thuong (springof compassion) Buddhist Orphanage Centre ‘home’, where they are loved, caredfor and provided with nutrition by monks and volunteers.The Suoi Nguon TinhThuong Buddhist Orphanage Centre in Tam Binh district in the Mekong Deltaprovince of Vinh Long is among hundreds of Buddhist establishments which havebeen protecting and assisting disadvantaged people, particularly children,across the nation.Director of the centre, VenerableThich Phuoc Ngoc, 36, who is also Head of Phuoc Quang Pagoda, told a VietnamNews Agency (VNA) correspondent that he founded the centre in 2012 afterreturning home from overseas religious studies, hoping to give a roof to disadvantagedchildren. Ven Thich Phuoc Ngoc and a … [Read more...] about Buddhist followers join hands in ensuring social welfare