Day: October 10, 2022

 

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) on October 9 was honoured at the Vietnam Digital Awards 2022, marking the fourth consecutive year the group has won this prize after five editions.

 

 

 

The annual awards aims to honour outstanding digital achievements by individuals, businesses and State agencies that contributed to accelerating the national digital transformation.

 

 

 

Organisers said this year, they had received nearly 400 dossiers, many of which have used new technologies like AI, Big Data, IoT, Blockchain and Cloud, covering health care, education, banking, transport, energy and logistics, among others.

 

 

 

This edition of the Vietnam Digital Awards honoured a total of 49 organisations, businesses, products and solutions.

 

 

 

The awards has accessed 10,000 businesses, attracted 1,000 entries and honoured a total of 300 units and individuals that offer outstanding digital transformation solutions through its five editions, according to Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

The first Vietnam International Digital Week (VIDW) 2022 will open on October 11, expecting the participation of leaders of ministries, sectors and management agencies related to digital transformation from ASEAN countries, as well as international organisations, associations and digital firms from all around the world.

 

 

 

According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, the event, part of the activities to respond to the National Digital Transformation Day (October 10), will be held under the theme of “Global Partnership for Sustainable Digital Future”.

 

 

 

Running until October 14, the week will include a series of activities, such as conferences, forums on digital transformation, the development of digital economy, digital society, 5G network, cooperation in data protection, fake news prevention and combat, and the improvement of digital skills for the people.

 

 

 

Vietnam has designed important strategies to speed up digital transformation and boost digital economy, digital society and digital government. Establishing bilateral and multilateral digital partnerships with countries in the region and the world has been defined as a key task in the next 10 years, in order to maximise resources for the acceleration of the construction of a digital Vietnam.

 

 

 

The ministry underlined that the VIDW 2022 will focus on promoting and expanding digital partnerships, with priority to completing institution and management environment, developing digital technology industry and digital infrastructure, building a safe and reliable cyberspace and improving digital skills for people.

 

 

 

The WIDW 2022 is also a chance for organisations, individuals and businesses from Vietnam, other ASEAN countries and the world to directly meet, share information and seek cooperation opportunities and partnership in trade, investment, market development, thus joining hands in promoting digital transformation./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on October 10 extended his greetings to those working for the book publishing, printing and distribution sector nationwide on the occasion of the sector’s 70th traditional day.

 

 

 

Meeting with seniors and outstanding representatives of the sector, Hue appreciated many publishing houses’ efforst to disseminate the NA’s activities and the contents being considered and discussed by it, as well as important policies and decisions of the country in their publications.

 

 

 

These publications have become an effective communiation channel on the country’s policies and laws, helping voters and people correctly and fully understand the legislature’s activities, and contributing to creating a high consensus to successfully realise policies, laws and resolutions approved by the legislative body.

 

Publishers are pioneers in the cultural-ideological front, Hue stated, stressing the need to continue perfecting institutions and policies to manage and develop the publishing sector into an economic sector with modern technology and successful digital transformation, and to consider e-publishing a spearhead for development.

 

 

 

Regarding challenges in the digital era, the NA leader said the publishing sector should change its management thinking, and boost the application of digital technology to raise the validity and effectiveness of State management over the book publishing, printing and distribution sector.

 

 

 

It is necessary to attract more investment to publishing activities, pilot building digital publishing houses, develop online book trading platforms, and bring books to readers in remote areas and islands, he added./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

 

Le Lapérouse, a luxury cruise ship of France with 200 foreign travellers, docked at Chan May port in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on October 9 night.

 

 

 

This is the first group of foreign tourists to have returned to Thua Thien-Hue by sea after two-year suspension due to the outbreak of COVID-19, showing a positive sign in the province’s efforts to recover tourism in the post-pandemic period.

 

 

 

During their stay, the tourists visited the Imperial City of Hue and Minh Mang Tomb to learnt about the culture and relics of Hue ancient capital.

 

 

 

According to Nguyen Van Phuc, Director of the provincial Department of Tourism, Thua Thien-Hue welcomed 184,872 tourists in September, including 25,591 foreign travelers, up 11% month-on-month.

 

 

 

Revenue from the tourism sector between January and September was estimated to reach 3.3 trillion VND (139.6 million USD).

 

 

 

Le Lapérouse is a leading cruise ship of the fleet of Ponant Explorers consisting of six members managed by the Ponant cruise carrier.

 

 

 

The tour to discover the coast and famous sightseeing places of Vietnam, lasting from 8 to 11 days, is a new journey of Ponant in Asia.

 

 

 

During the journey, the cruise ship will take the tourists to Nha Trang in Khanh Hoa province, Quy Nhon in Binh Dinh, Tien Sa in Da Nang city, Chan May in Thua Thien-Hue province, Hon La in Quang Binh, and Ha Long in Quang Ninh province./.

 

 

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

 

The ongoing official visit to Croatia by Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan will help intensify bilateral relations in multiple fields, Vietnamese Ambassador to Hungary and Croatia Nguyen Thi Bich Thao has said.

 

 

 

Talking to the press, the ambassador said since the diplomatic relationship was set up in 1994, this is the first high-ranking visit to Croatia by a senior leader of Vietnam.

 

 

 

The trip from October 9 to 14 aims to affirm that Vietnam treasures the traditional friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Croatia, help to strengthen bilateral ties, and discuss measures for reinforcing economic, trade and investment links and capitalising on the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), she noted.

 

 

 

The diplomat highlighted the development of the two countries’ political and diplomatic relations in the recent past as seen in many delegation exchanges, their Prime Ministers’ meetings within the frameworks of the Asia – Europe Meeting (ASEM) events and United Nations sessions, close coordination and mutual support at multilateral forums, and contributions of many initiatives to regional and international cooperation mechanisms.

 

 

 

The two sides have also shown their friendship and mutual assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Thao said, noting that Croatia donated 60,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Vietnam in October 2021.

 

 

 

She affirmed that the Vice President’s visit is an occasion for Vietnamese and Croatian leaders to affirm their willingness to enhance partnerships between the two countries, as well as between Vietnam and the EU. It is also a chance for the Southeast Asian nation to persuade EU members to ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) and propose the European Commission to lift the “yellow card” warning against Vietnam’s seafood.

 

 

 

Thao said Croatia is a tourism hub and also a logistics service centre in Europe. Meanwhile, Vietnam, which is strong at light industries such as garment, footwear, aquaculture, agricultural production and processing, and tourism, is completely capable of meeting the Croatian market’s demand.

 

 

 

Bilateral trade has recorded considerable expansion in recent years, with average annual growth of 14% between 2015 and 2021. It topped 116 million USD in 2019, surging 168.5% from 2014, and regained growth momentum after the COVID-19 pandemic to surpass 90 million USD in 2021, including 52.6 million USD of Vietnamese exports – up 4.4% from a year earlier. Trade revenue reached 87.6 million USD in the first eight months of 2022, up 46.2% year on year, with Vietnamese exports up 76% to 58.1 million USD.

 

 

 

The ambassador said the two countries’ leaders will also discuss the possibility of collaboration in such potential areas as navigation, shipbuilding, logistics, clean energy, tourism, and education – training.

 

 

 

She expressed her belief that after this visit, bilateral relations will become even stronger, especially in economy, trade, and investment./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

The central province of Thua Thien – Hue has started construction on a 300m long breakwater at Chan May Port to increase its capacity.

 

 

 

The project, which was built at a cost of 757 billion VND (33 million USD), is expected to be put into operation in the first quarter of 2026, allowing easy access to 70,000 DWT (deadweight tonnage) cargo ships; 4,000TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) container ships, and 225,000GT (gross tonnage) cruise ships.

 

 

 

Currently, Chan May Port hosts from 4 million to 4.5 million tonnes of cargo annually, but it would increase to 5 million or 6 million tonnes of commodities by 2025.

 

 

 

In the first stage, the port completed construction of a 450m breakwater providing logistics for six industrial zones and two economic zones in the province./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

Cooperation with regional partners will enable Vietnam to gain experiences from other countries in monitoring and assessing marine debris, said Dr. Nguyen Le Tuan, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Seas and Islands (VISI) on October 10.

 

 

 

Tuan made the statement at the Fourth Meeting of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) Working Group on Marine Litter hosted by the VISI both in person and virtually forms within the framework of part two of the 25th Inter-governmental Meeting of the COBSEA. The meeting is underway in Hanoi from October 10–14.

 

 

 

A number of ideas were put forth at the event to address the current challenges in surveying and monitoring marine litter, including insufficient scientific evidence, data and information on marine debris and a lack of technology and tools for regular and effective monitoring of marine plastic pollution.

 

 

 

He suggested that regional partnerships are also important to tackling cross-border plastic pollution, facilitating the development of recycled plastic markets in East Asia and allowing regional countries to climb the circular economy’s global value chain.

 

 

 

According to Tuan, around 70–80% of marine litter originates from land-based human activities, and plastics accounts for some 80% of total marine debris. Six out of ten ASEAN member states alone create more than 31 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.

 

 

 

To address this issue, the Government of Vietnam has issued a national action plan on managing marine plastic litter by 2030 in which it pledges to cut the volume of plastic waste dumped into the oceans by 50% and 75%, respectively, by 2025 and 2030.

 

 

 

The Vietnamese Government has released a decree guiding the enforcement of the 2020 Law on Environment Protection on the management, recycling, reusing and treatment of plastic waste and development of a circular economy for plastics, he said, adding that Vietnam has developed a fundamental regulatory framework for the management of waste generally and marine litter, from production and consumption, to treatment.

 

 

 

The COBSEA member states are Cambodia, China, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency