Day: October 10, 2022

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced on October 10 that parliament has been dissolved, paving the way for national elections to be held before the end of the year.

 

 

 

Speaking during a televised national address, Ismail Sabri said he sought consent from the King at noon on October 9 to dissolve parliament and his request was accepted.

 

 

 

The PM said that the stipulated dates for nomination day, polling day and other related matters will be determined by the Election Commission.

 

 

 

An election is not due until September 2023, but following the dissolution of parliament, voters must go to the ballot within 60 days./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

_:Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the public security sector’s first conference on digital transformation in Hanoi on October 10.

 

 

 

The date was designated as the National Digital Transformation Day by the PM in April this year.

 

 

 

At the teleconference, Minister To Lam announced the Ministry of Public Security’s decision to select the October 10 as the Digital Transformation Day of the sector.

 

 

 

The ministry reported that since the 2022 action plan of its steering committee for digital transformation was released in May, it has obtained concrete and outstanding outcomes in different aspects, including the application of the national population database, the provision of online public services, and the granting of chip-based identification cards.

 

 

 

Highly valuing the ministry’s efforts and achievements, PM Chinh, who is also Chairman of the national committee for digital transformation, said national digital transformation is a major and strategic task that requires concrete actions and objectives.

 

He asked the ministry to exert stronger efforts to fulfill its role as the permanent body in the implementation of the Government’s Plan 06 on applying population data, e-identification, and e-authentication to serve national digital transformation in the 2022 – 2025 period, with a vision to 2030.

 

 

 

To do so, it should focus on effectively applying the e-identification and e-authentication system to facilitate online administrative procedure settlement; working closely with related parties to speed up the connection of the national population database with the national public service portal and the information systems for handling administrative procedures of ministries, sectors, and localities; accelerating and improving the provision of online public services; and boosting communications to win public support, he said.

 

 

 

The Government leader requested the ministry consider applying digital technology and products of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to its task performance; devise mechanisms and policies for attracting high-quality human resources in terms of science and technology, especially IT and digital transformation, to the sector; and learn from developed countries’ experience.

 

 

 

PM Chinh expressed his belief that the sector will continue bringing into play achievements, address shortcomings, and overcome difficulties and challenges to become a vanguard of digital transformation./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

State-owned enterprises should play a more active role in promoting the development in disadvantaged localities, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on October 10.

 

 

 

At a meeting with leaders of outstanding State firms in Hanoi ahead of Vietnam Entrepreneurs Day (October 13), the leader stressed that the enterprises have helped to deal with socio-economic challenges while playing the pioneering role in protecting socialism.

 

 

 

The leader lauded the Party Committee of the Central Business Bloc, and Party Committees of groups, corporations and banks in the bloc for their leadership in Party building and the fulfillment of political tasks.

 

 

 

The businesses contribute more than 20% of the national budget collection annually, and take the lead in social welfare, he emphasised.

 

 

 

Pointing to limitations and challenges to the State firms, the President asked the Party Committee of the Central Business Bloc and Party organisations to work harder in order to prevent losses and negative phenomena.

 

He also urged the enterprises to accelerate restructuring, digital transformation and scientific-technological application, and make better forecast based on domestic and world situation analysis to make use of opportunities and reduce risks.

 

 

 

The business administration system should be upgraded to meet modern standards, and competitiveness of the enterprises improved, he said, suggesting the issuance of indexes to monitor and evaluate production and business efficiency.

 

 

 

Phuc noted that the State firms should take the lead in research and innovation, build an ecosystem of small- and medium-sized enterprises, form value chains, and optimise the domestic market to integrate into the world.

 

 

 

He called for more contributions from the firms to maintaining macro-economic stability and ensuring security for the national economy, particularly energy and food security, and environmental protection.

 

 

 

The Party Committee reported that the combined revenue of the entire bloc in the first nine months of this year was estimated at 1.54 quadrillion VND (64.47 billion USD), up nearly 39%.

 

 

 

The enterprises contributed nearly 225 trillion VND to the State budget, a rise of some 24%.

 

 

 

Notably, they provided nearly 32.2 trillion VND for the COVID-19 fight and contributed close to 5 trillion VND to social welfare./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency