Vietnam News Agency’s Vietnamplus online newspaper turned 10 yesterday. Posted on vietnamplus.vn, the publication is one of Việt Nam’s most popular mainstream e-newspapers. It is the largest multilingual online newspaper in the country, with news delivered in Vietnamese, English, Chinese, French and Spanish. The photo shows head of the Communist Party of Việt Nam’s Central Committee Commission for Publicity and Education, Võ Văn Thưởng, awarding the President’s Second-class Labour Order to the newspaper yesterday at its 10th anniversary ceremony. — VNA/VNS Hoàng HùngViet Nam News Vietnam News Agency’s Vietnamplus online newspaper turned 10 today. Posted on vietnamplus.vn, the publication is one of Việt Nam’s most popular mainstream e-newspapers. It is the largest multilingual online newspaper in the country, with news delivered in Vietnamese, English, Chinese, French and Spanish. The photo shows … [Read more...] about Vietnamplus turns 10
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VNA’s VietnamPlus e-newspaper leads in applying new media technologies
The Vietnam News Agency marked the 10th anniversary of its e-newspaper VietnamPlus at a ceremony on November 13 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency marked the 10th anniversary of its e-newspaper VietnamPlus at a ceremony on November 13. The VietnamPlus, published at vietnamplus.vn, is one of Vietnam’s most popular mainstream e-newspapers, visited by the highest number of readers from the widest variety of countries. This is the largest multilingual online newspaper in Vietnam, with news delivered in Vietnamese, English, Chinese, French, and Spanish. VietnamPlus has been a pioneer in applying new media technologies like mobile journalism, data journalism and 360-degree photos/videos, and offered unique publications such as the Mega story or RapNewsPlus, which has received an international award. The e-newspaper was also the first to introduce paid content in June this year. The VietnamPlus has won high prizes at the annual national press awards … [Read more...] about VNA’s VietnamPlus e-newspaper leads in applying new media technologies
Viettel and TH Milk win international awards
Thai Huong, founder of TH Milk, winning Entrepreneur of the Year – Food & Beverage. — Photo vietnamplus.vn Viettel Group’s online charging service called vOCS 3.0 won the gold winner for best new product or service of the year in telecommunications. The award was granted by International Business Stevie Awards in London on Sunday. vOCS 3.0 was the only Vietnamese winner of the award, which was also bestowed upon Ooredoo (Qatar) for fastest 5G service in the world, Singtel (Singapore) for the Singtel Shop Comcentre flagship store transformation and Telkom (Indonesia) for the Vessel Information System Mobile App. The Viettel product was praised for its creativity and impact on a large number of users as it can be individualised for each customer. Currently, vOCS 3.0 is used in 11 countries in which Viettel is operating. With the 4.0 version, Viet Nam would become one of few OCS producing countries supporting virtualisation technology, helping save costs and opening … [Read more...] about Viettel and TH Milk win international awards
Re-export of wheat tainted with thistle seeds on hold
Re-export of wheat tainted with thistle seeds on holdThe Saigon Times Daily Spring wheat field in eastern North Dakota, the U.S. - PHOTO: REUTERS HCMC – Hoang Trung, head of the Plant Protection Bureau under the Agriculture Ministry, on October 17 said the re-export of wheat tainted with thistle seeds of the Cirsium arvense family, originally scheduled for November 1, has been put on hold based on the proposal of affected enterprises. VietnamPlus news site cited Trung as saying that the bureau had met with scientists and enterprises to discuss solutions over the imported wheat contaminated with the seeds of Cirsium arvense, a highly invasive weed. The bureau will work with enterprises and wheat-exporting countries, mainly the United States, Russia and Canada, to resolve the problem and seek appropriate solutions. However, if these solutions prove ineffective, the bureau will apply re-export procedures, giving the wheat-importing enterprises one month’s advance … [Read more...] about Re-export of wheat tainted with thistle seeds on hold
Mottainai festival supports child victims of traffic accidents
Mottainai festival supports child victims of traffic accidents The Saigon Times Daily Actor Manh Truong, one of Mottainai festival’s ambassadors, and his wife take part in the Mottainai Run - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - The Vietnam Women’s Association in collaboration with the Japanese Embassy organized the sixth Mottainai festival in Hanoi on October 13 to support child victims of traffic accidents. With the theme “Give Love - Receive Happiness”, the program included a wide range of cultural, artistic and sporting activities. Particularly, the Mottainai Run was held as part of the program to raise funds for child victims of traffic accidents. The organizers also presented scholarships to 71 children who lost father or mother by traffic accidents, and those who are direct victims of traffic accidents, as well as gifts to nearly 300 children from child care centers in Hanoi. Mottainai is a Japanese word that means “regret for something to be wasted”, … [Read more...] about Mottainai festival supports child victims of traffic accidents