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Mobile users wait to take photos at a Vinaphone service store in Hà Nội in April 2018. — Photo vietnamnet.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has suggested lifting a controversial requirement for mobile phone users to register their photos in a stunning policy turnaround just six months after the regulation was put into force. The MoIC, under the leadership of new acting minister Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, released a draft decree to terminate the regulation which required all mobile phone users to register a portrait photo to their service providers by April 24, 2018. The idea was meant to help the Government manage mobile users, said the MoIC at the time, despite mounting criticism of personal invasion and concerns of personal information leaks. However, there seems to have been a u-turn. It said in the draft decree that in order to guarantee the personal information provided by users, there should be an information cross-check … [Read more...] about Mobile users no longer need to register profile pics: MoIC

A medical worker injects migrant children and women in Central Highlands Province of Lâm Đồng. — VNA/VNS Photo Đặng Tuấn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) released Việt Nam Migration Profile 2016 in Hà Nội on Tuesday. The profile is the result of “Enhancing cooperation among Việt Nam’s relevant agencies in migration management,” carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Consular Department and the IOM in the period between 2015 and 2017. The profile includes updated statistics on Vietnamese migration flow, analysis and assessment on migration facts and proposes recommendations according to the current situation to improve migration management capacity of sectors and ministries, accomplish laws to better manage international migration and boost co-operation among State agencies in this work. Head of the Consular Department and Assistant to Foreign Affairs Minister Nguyễn Minh Vũ … [Read more...] about Việt Nam Migration Profile released

Do you want to add your LinkedIn profile on your WordPress site? LinkedIn is a social network of professionals which helps you connect with other professionals and influencers in your industry. In this article, we will show you how to easily add LinkedIn Profile to WordPress. Method 1: Adding LinkedIn Profile to WordPress with Official Plugins Just like Facebook social plugins , LinkedIn also offers several plugins that allow you to add LinkedIn features to your WordPress site. First you need to visit the official LinkedIn Member Profile plugin page. If you are not already signed in, then click on sign in with LinkedIn button. For logged in users, it will automatically display your member profile in the preview. You can choose how you want to show your profile and show or hide connections . Once you are satisfied with the preview, you can click on the Get Code button. Member profile generator will show you a code snippet. You can copy and paste this code … [Read more...] about How to Add Your LinkedIn Profile to WordPress

HA NOI — Viet Nam has worked hard to raise the profile of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), said Pham Gia Khiem, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister, at the group's 10th workshop in Hungary on Monday and Tuesday. Khiem headed the Vietnamese delegation at the meeting, which had the theme "Working together on non-traditional security challenges". As a former host nation, representatives from Viet Nam were invited to deliver speeches at the opening ceremony. In his speech, Khiem said: "Viet Nam, together with other ASEAN members, reaffirm ASEAN's central role in shaping regional structure, which is reflected in its efforts to build the ASEAN Community by 2015 and its drive to deepen relations with partners." Many ASEM members agreed with Viet Nam when it came to consolidating peace, security and development in the region, particularly marine safety and security, he said. He also suggested that ASEM strive to tackle non-traditional security challenges … [Read more...] about Nation ‘works hard’ to lift ASEM profile

Another senior oil and gas exec arrested in graft case By Thanh Thom Vu Thi Ngoc Lan, deputy general director of PVEP, is the latest senior oil and gas executive to be arrested for involvement in the OceanBank case – PHOTO: VNECONOMY HCMC – A leader of PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) has been arrested for abuse of power in a headline-grabbing economic mismanagement case at Hanoi-based Ocean Commercial Bank (OceanBank). PVEP said in a statement released on its website today that the Investigative Police Agency at the Ministry of Public Security on Monday brought charges against Vu Thi Ngoc Lan, 46, deputy general director of PVEP, based on the 2015 Penal Code. Investigators charged that between 2012 and 2014, Lan had abused her senior position to receive interest payments from OceanBank and to misappropriate assets. She has served as a deputy director since January 2009 and has made multiple contributions in her fields of expertise, … [Read more...] about Another senior oil and gas exec arrested in graft case

Agro-exports amid trade war By Nguyen Dinh Bich Pomelos at a farm in Dong Nai Province. Agro-products still account for a large share of Vietnam’s export profle, at 16.6% - PHOTO: THANH HOA Vietnam’s agro-product exports have slowed down after five months of the Sino-U.S. trade war. What are the true reasons? Although the U.S. has lost the position as the top market for Vietnam’s agro-product exports held in 14 years (2001-2014), this market has remained firmly in the second position since 2015, because it is still the largest market for Vietnam’s leading agro exports, such as timber and woodwork, which account for 36-44% of the total export revenue of these commodities; cashew nuts (32-37%) and seafood (about 20%). Meanwhile, China has maintained the top position after overtaking the U.S. for the first time in 2011, and has even become the largest importer of quite a few major agro-products of Vietnam over the past many years. The country accounts for some 90% of … [Read more...] about Agro-exports amid trade war

Thua Thien-Hue plans more int’l flights to promote tourism By Nhan Tam Thua Thien-Hue vice chairman Phan Thien Dinh (L) presents flowers to Vietravel general director Nguyen Quoc Ky - PHOTO: NHAN TAM DANANG - The central province of Thua Thien-Hue plans to expand Phu Bai International Airport and support airlines in launching more international routes to the province to attract 4.7 million tourists this year, Thua Thien-Hue vice chairman Phan Thien Dinh said at a conference held in the province on January 14. At the conference on plans for Thua Thien-Hue’s tourism sector this year, Dinh said that at the end of March, the province would spend VND10 billion on site clearance for a project to develop passenger terminal T2 at Phu Bai. According to Le Huu Minh, acting director of the provincial Department of Tourism, the department is coordinating with the provincial Tourism Advisory Board to help AirAsia and Hai Au Aviation launch new air routes between Hue and … [Read more...] about Thua Thien-Hue plans more int’l flights to promote tourism

NA Standing Committee members mull tourism bill (24-02-2005) HA NOI — The law on tourism should tap the strengths of all economic sectors to create a modern and dynamic tourism market, National Assembly deputy chairman Nguyen Phuc Thanh has said. He was speaking at a meeting yesterday, chaired by another deputy chairman Truong Quang Duoc, where members of the National Standing Committee considered a draft tourism law. Explaining the need for such a law, Duoc said its predecessor, the Tourism Ordinance, had outlived its usefulness. Though, since being enacted in May 1999, the ordinance had made significant contributions to the national budget and tourism activities, many of its provisions were no longer appropriate, he said. A law was required to provide a legal foundation for the development of the industry, Duoc said. After the director general of the Viet Nam National Tourism Administration (VNAT) Vo Thi Thang presented the draft law and head of the National … [Read more...] about NA Standing Committee members mull tourism bill

Investigators prosecute six cases in DongA corruption scandal The Saigon Times Daily Tran Phuong Binh, former general director and vice chairman of HCMC-based DongA Commercial Bank – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The Investigative Police Agency, under the Ministry of Public Security, has filed six new cases involving 10 former members at the HCMC-based DongA Commercial Bank (DAB) under various charges, as part of a broader probe into a high-profile economic corruption case at the bank, a source told Thanh Nien Online newspaper. The defendants include Tran Phuong Binh, 60, former DAB general director and vice chairman; Nguyen Thi Ngoc Van, 49, former DAB deputy general director; Nguyen Duc Tai, 51, former director of the DAB Transaction Center; and Nguyen Chi Cong, 40, former deputy head of the Credit Division at the DAB Transaction Center. The new cases involve the Danang branch of DAB paying a total sum of VND660 million as extra-contractual interest sum to the Danang … [Read more...] about Investigators prosecute six cases in DongA corruption scandal

Party leader asks media to boost role in nation’s renewal Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and VNA journalists pose for photographs at the eighth congress of the Viet Nam Journalists’ Association in Ha Noi yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuan Tuan (15-08-2005) HA NOI — Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh has called for the press to positively influence the development of the spiritual, moral and intellectual realms in Viet Nam, ensuring that people are united in the performance of patriotic duties as the nation enters a new stage of development. Manh was speaking at the eighth congress of the Viet Nam Journalists’ Association (VJA) in Ha Noi on Saturday, which was also attended by former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu, former President Le Duc Anh, and more than 500 delegates from 243 media organisations nationwide. The Party leader praised the important contribution of the press to Viet Nam’s revolution. Recent years have seen the strong growth of Viet … [Read more...] about Party leader asks media to boost role in nation’s renewal