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At the opening ceremony of the centre (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A smart education centre was inaugurated in the northern port city of Hai Phong on August 3 with the support of the education department of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Gyeongsangnam province. The project forms part of a two-phase cooperation programme between the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and the Korean department, with the first phase from 2009 to 2019, and the second for 2020-2024. Under the second phase, the Korean side will continue to help with the building of the smart education centre in Hai Phong, and provide technical assistance, equipment and computers for vocational training and distance education centres in the central province of Nghe An and Hanoi’s Ha Dong district. It will also assist nearly 500 teachers nationwide in integrated education and IT applications in teaching through training courses. The model will inspire Hai Phong and Vietnam to apply educational … [Read more...] about RoK helps to open smart education centre in Hai Phong city

How optimistic can you be in evaluating the trends of building smarter cities during this turbulent time in the global economy? Governments around the world are tapping into an arsenal of policy interventions and financing measures to support the transformation of sectors, especially energy and industry, improving energy efficiency, and tackling environmental pollution. Many are adopting a stick-and-carrot approach, including green taxes on harmful environmental activities, tighter regulations, and new environmental standards and certifications for energy performance, emissions, and pollution. Subsidies and tax rebates are used to boost demand for green products and services like electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels, and renewable energy. Loans and grants are also provided to promote green investments in sustainable agriculture, renewable or low-carbon energy sources, energy-efficient buildings, transport, and public infrastructure. There is a robust and wide array of green … [Read more...] about A phased approach to smart cities

Vietnam has seen rapid growth in e-commerce in recent years, and demand for express delivery services is growing commensurately. (Photo courtesy of J&T Express) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The growth in the e-commerce market, B2C deliveries and international trade services is expected to drive express delivery services in Vietnam, experts said. Specifically, Vietnam’s express delivery services market was worth 0.71 billion USD last year, and is projected to grow at 24.1% a year to reach 4.88 billion USD by 2030. According to a market report by Acclime Vietnam and Kantar Worldpanel, though Vietnam is less developed than many other e-commerce markets in Southeast Asia, it is one of the fastest growing online economies. It had the fourth highest online gross merchandise value of 13 billion USD in the region last year. Its exceptional e-commerce growth is expected to generate 39 billion USD by 2025, second in the region only after Indonesia, and representing a threefold growth … [Read more...] about Demand for express delivery all set to boom: experts

Technology application helps increase garment and textile productivity (Photo: VietnamPlus) Hanoi (VNA) – Overcoming a series of difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the garment and textile industry is now employing some 2.5 million workers, while generating 40 billion USD worth of export and a trade surplus of nearly 20 billion USD. Last year, the sector began recovering as its key major markets bounced back thanks to effective economic stimulation packages, said Executive Director of the Vietnam Textile and Garment Group ( Vinatex ) Cao Huu Hieu, in an interview with the e-newspaper VietnamPlus. Hieu listed a series of difficulties and challenges facing garment-textile firms over the past two years, such as decreasing demand and disrupted material supply that led to the cancellation or postponement of orders. Distancing measures at home also caused domestic revenue to plunge, he said, adding that they had to manage to avoid being fined due contract violations … [Read more...] about Garment-textile surmounts COVID-19 blow

The event was jointly held by the Ministry of Education and Training, the Education Department of Gyeongsangnam of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Representative Office of the Division of Overseas Koreans Education in Vietnam, APEC Cooperation Center on International Education, and the Hai Phong municipal People’s Committee. The smart education center is a project within a cooperation program jointly organized by Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training and the Gyeongsangnam provincial Education Department over 15 years. This program includes two stages. The first stage took place from 2009 to 2019, while the second one runs from 2020 to 2024. In the second stage, the Gyeongsangnam provincial Education Department will continue assisting the building of Gyeongsangnam smart education center in Hai Phong city, providing technical equipment and computer rooms for vocational training schools in Nghe An province and Hanoi’s Ha Dong district, and supporting the training of teachers and … [Read more...] about Vietnam and RoK foster cooperation in education

Vietnamese fact of  “Digital Smart: Advancing digital government for citizens in the Asia-Pacific" survey (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese are willing to learn new digital skills in the coming years, according to a new research. A report commissioned by VMware and conducted by Deloitte titled “Digital Smart: Advancing digital government for citizens in the Asia-Pacific" found that 85% of respondents in Vietnam are willing to learn new digital skills or use a new platform and 80% expect to access government services at the same rate or more frequently in the next five years. The research found that citizens of APAC member countries are more digitally engaged than ever, but governments still lag in the delivery of digital services. The study found that the use of in-person government services halved across APAC nations in the last two years, and 77% of citizens now primarily use a digital platform to access government services. However, 67% of respondents … [Read more...] about Vietnamese open to learning digital skills: survey

At the conference In November 2020, leaders of the People’s Committees of seven localities signed an agreement on tourism development cooperation. The program will focus on state management of the tourism industry, the development of tourism human resources and tourist products, and tourism promotion. According to a report, seven cities and provinces received a total number of visitors of 17.7 million and earned VND63, 000 billion (US$2.7 billion) in tourism revenue in 2021. In the first six months of this year, the business outcome of tourism activities saw positive signs thanks to tourism reopening policies. The total number of tourists was estimated at around 32.9 million, including one million international visitors while the revenue from tourism was VND87, 900 (US$3.76 billion). Standing Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Ngai Province, Tran Hoang Tuan speaks at the event. Speaking at the event, Standing Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of … [Read more...] about North-Central-South tourism connectivity enhanced

He said he joined in mid-June, soon as the move-to-earn NFT app was released. He says: "I spent $500 on a pair of shoes. I broke even within 15 days, with the price of my virtual sneakers rising to $600." He had more than two years’ experience in NFT gaming and had carefully researched the project, and was confident it was a smart investment, especially since it had sponsored a number of blockchain events in the country. He borrowed money in mid-July to buy five more pairs of sneakers and two phones, which he combined with three phones he already had to start "farming." "I used to earn around $250 a day before repair costs. I had to repair my NFT sneakers twice a day on average. "I calculated that I would be able to pay off the debts and start making profits after about 25 days." But 10 days later the app announced without warning that it needed to do maintenance for more than a day. WSS, a reward token created in the game with unlimited supply, then dropped to $0.0008 … [Read more...] about People sink thousands of dollars in virtual move-to-earn game WingStep

HCMC will deploy electronic one-stop information system for handling administrative procedures Today, speaking at the national online conference on the preliminary review of 6 months of implementing Project 06 on developing the application of population data, identification and electronic authentication for national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030, Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Duong Anh Duc emphasized that the Government's Project 06 is implemented when the southern metropolis is determined to implement the digital transformation program for the building of the smart city, and putting into operation the shared data warehouse, all of which have facilitated the implementation of the Project 06. There are 403 online public services at level 3, and level 4 in HCMC and 25 essential public services under the Government's Project 06. According to Vice Chairman Duong Anh Duc, with the aim to improve the quality of administrative … [Read more...] about HCMC to deploy one-stop information system for handling administrative procedure

The documents, published for the first time, provide an overview of the current situation, solutions and steps to be taken so that stakeholders can carry out digital transformation for sustainable tourism development, contributing to the harmonization of the process in the industry. They introduce software and apps for tourists, firms, guides and management agencies. According to the VNAT, digital transformation is an inevitable trend for the tourism industry worldwide. In Vietnam, the application of information technology (IT) and digital transformation is a major policy of the Party and State, with priority given to the development of digital and smart tourism. The administration has coordinated with partners to build a range of products that apply IT and digital transformation in the tourism industry, thereby bringing convenience to firms and state management agencies as well as tourists, towards forming a tourism digital transformation ecosystem. VNAT’s website has also been … [Read more...] about Document on digital transformation in tourism industry published