Day: January 18, 2022

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PM believes in public, business support for national digital transformation

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has expressed his belief that the public and business community will actively support the building of national database on population and management of citizen ID cards, contributing to promoting national digital transformation and socio-economic management in the next period.

Chinh, who is also Chairman of the National Committee on Digital Transformation, made the statement while chairing a nationwide teleconference on January 18 on the implementation of a project on developing a population, ID and electronic identification management app in service of national digital transformation for the 2022-2025 period with a vision to 2030.

Earlier, the project was approved by the PM under Decision No.06/QD-TTg signed on January 6, which also outlines 52 tasks for the effort.

A working group for the project led by Minister of Public Security To Lam also debuted at the event.

PM Chinh lauded the Ministry of Public Security for completing the ID digitalisation for 98 million citizens, printing and sending over 50 million chip-based ID cards to residents. It also successfully piloted the connection with databases of several ministries, agencies, cities and provinces nationwide to ensure social safety and order.

He asked ministries, agencies and localities to promptly build their own plans and roadmaps to carry out the project with key tasks such as stepping up online public services, especially 25 key services for residents and businesses.

They were required to connect databases on nationwide household records, social security, vaccination, SARS-CoV-2 testing, and insurance with the national database on population.

The leader also suggested linking the national database on population with those on businesses, taxation, customs, banking, driving licence, health care and education.

In the immediate future, relevant ministries and agencies were tasked with building and submitting resolutions and decrees on investment, building, integration and sharing of databases related to population to the Government while providing online public services for residents and businesses.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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COVID-19 orphans in HCM City receive Tet gifts

Nearly 1,500 Tet gifts were presented to children orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, and the southern provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Duong from January 16-18 under a programme launched by the Hope Foundation.

Nguyen Xuan Tu, Managing Director of the Hope Foundation, said the fourth COVID-19 wave have left thousands of children under 18 years old orphaned, with many losing both their parents. Some lost their mothers at birth.

HCM City, the epicenter of the fourth coronavirus wave, reported more than 1,400 children losing parents to COVID-19.

The programme is carried out with the hope of bringing a warm Tet (Lunar New Year) festival to the children, she added.

Around 1,100 packages were delivered to children in different districts of HCM City, and nearly 400 others were given out in neighbouring Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces.

Each package consists of 1 million VND (44 USD) in cash, a schoolbag and food items.

Since its inception five years ago, the foundation run by VnExpress e-newspaper and FPT Group has given out more than 5,000 gifts worth over 5 billion VND to needy children and poor, disabled and vulnerable people.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Exhibition features tigers in Vietnam’s ancient art

A thematic exhibition highlighting tigers in Vietnam’s ancient art opened at the Vietnam National Museum of History (VNMH) on January 18.

The event, in celebration of the coming Year of the Tiger, is jointly arranged by the museum, the Hung Kings Temple historical relic site and collectors.

On showcase are more than 30 exhibits, documents and images featuring tigers throughout over 2,000 years of the country’s art history, showing that the image of tigers was widely portrayed in Vietnam’s ancient pottery, carving and folk paintings, among others.

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Visitors to the exhibition (Photo: VNA)

Addressing the opening ceremony, Director of the VNMH Dr Nguyen Van Doan said the image of tigers appeared early in the life of Vietnamese people with carvings on stone about 7,000-8,000 years ago, and worshiped by many tribes from prehistoric period.

The exhibition will help the public understand more about the position, role and development of the depiction of tigers in the Vietnamese art and the reason why tiger is part of the zodiac animals, Doan added.

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A tiger artwork on showcase (Photo: VNA)

The event will run until August 31.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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International delegations updated with SEA Games 31 preparations

The first meeting of chiefs of delegations (CDM) to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) took place in Hanoi on January 18.

The meeting via videoconference saw the participation of representatives from 12 domestic localities hosting the games and the embassies of Southeast Asian countries as well as Olympic Committees and sport delegations to SEA Games 31.

Addressing the event, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Dao Cuong affirmed Vietnam’s determination to make good preparations for the event despite difficulties from COVID-19. He also thanked regional sport delegation for their cooperation and support in the work.

Participants at the event were updated with the progress of preparations for the event, registration procedures, reception services, and COVID-19 prevention and control measures throughout the SEA Games 31.

International sport delegations will arrive in Vietnam through three the airports of Noi Bai in Hanoi, Van Don in Quang Ninh and Cat Bi in Hai Phong city.

The opening ceremony will be held from 7pm-9pm on May 12, and the closing ceremony is slated for May 23 evening at My Dinh national stadium.

The delegation members will only move from their accommodation to the competition venue and vice versa, while getting COVID-19 tests every 72 hours.

The organisation board will decide on the number of audience at each game following three levels of no audience, audience restriction (10-30 percent), and maximum 50 percent of competition venues’ occupancy load.

Representatives from the organisation board also answered questions from the delegations regarding relevant services during the event.

On behalf of the organisation board, Cuong handed over the invitation letters to representatives from the embassies of 10 Southeast Asian countries.

Source: Vietnam News Agency