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Two H’mong ethnic minority women in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai’s Bắc Hà District. A new report on social mobility and equality shows that ethnic minority groups are still trailing behind the majority Kinh ethnic group in access to skill learning and subsequently better employment. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Though Việt Nam’s economy has grown rapidly over the last decade, social mobility is lagging as the country’s poor still lack access to learn new skills and gain better jobs. A new report "Social Mobility and Equality of Opportunity in Việt Nam: Trends and Impact factors” launched by Oxfam on Thursday highlighted the problem and the threat it poses to the country’s sustainable growth. The report consolidates data from the Việt Nam Household Living Standards Survey 2004 -14 and interviews with about 700 people over the last two years in three provinces of Lào Cai, Nghệ An and Đắk Nông in the north, central and Central Highland regions, … [Read more...] about Việt Nam social mobility slowing: report

A customer gets a portrait photo taken at a Vinaphone store. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Some 34 million users out of 38 million pre-paid mobile phone numbers nationwide have not yet provided their personal information, including portrait photo. The information was revealed by Việt Nam Telecommunications Authority until mid-March. Decree 49, issued last year, stipulates that by April 24, 2018, all mobile subscriptions activated before April 24, 2017, have to be registered with accurate information of owners, including name, identification/passport number and a profile picture. If they fail to register, the providers will block incoming calls after 15 days and stop providing services in the next 15 days. The number of customers who need to complete the process is very high, especially those who activated their numbers before Decree 49 took effect, the authority said. As the deadline of updating the personal portrait photo is coming to a close, … [Read more...] about Mobile phone users yet to complete registration process

Reporter Hứa Vĩnh Nhân (centre) discusses his assault with an investigator in Đà Nẵng. The reporter was attacked by a group of men working for a bar in the city when he was recording outside the bar. — VNS Photo Kiều Vũ Viet Nam News ĐÀ NẴNG — The central city’s People’s Committee has asked the local public security department to investigate an assault on a reporter at a bar in the city’s downtown on Sunday. The investigation agency must report on the case before Wednesday. According to a report from Thạch Thang Ward’s investigation team, Hứa Vĩnh Nhân, a reporter working for the Giao Thông ( Transport) newspaper was recording the Lost&Found Bar at 28 Bạch Đằng Street from a position on the other side of the street. A group of six men from the bar suddenly attacked him and abducted him for two hours from midnight on Sunday till 2am on Monday. Nhân declared at Thạch Thang Ward’s public security office on Monday that he was beaten by the group of men from the bar … [Read more...] about Da Nang investigates assault on reporter

Customers use 3G smart phones and tablets on trial at a Viettel shop on Hà Nội’s Ngọc Khánh Street. Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said that the Vietnamese Government pays attention to putting forward policies that strongly encourage digital technologies’ development. — VNS Photo Trương Vị HÀ NỘI — While the Internet, mobile phones and other digital technologies are spreading rapidly throughout the developing world, the anticipated digital dividends of higher growth, more jobs, and better public services have fallen short of expectation. The findings have been pointed out in a 2016 World Development Report on digital dividends compiled by the World Bank. At the workshop launching the report in Hà Nội yesterday, Deepak Mishra, 2016 World Development Report Co-director, said that the benefits of rapid digital expansion had been skewed towards the wealthy, skilled, and influential around the world, who are better positioned to take advantage of the new technologies. In … [Read more...] about World Bank reports on digital growth

Clean vegetables are sold at a supermarket in Hà Nội. - VNA/VNS Photo Diệp Trương Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — An immediate food violation reporting system will be launched in Hà Nội by 2020 to ensure food safety, according to the municipal People’s Committee. The inter-sector system allows health, industry-trade, agriculture-rural development sectors and authorities at district, ward and town levels to receive food-related reports and issue warnings. The first level warning station is located at the Food Safety and Hygiene Division under the city’s Health Department. The second level warning station is located at district level’s clinics, with the third at ward’s clinics. The second and third levels are in charge of receiving food problem reports, inspecting them and reporting them to higher levels. According to the city’s Market Surveillance Division, the reports can be received through phones, text messages and emails. Officials must report incidents to the system … [Read more...] about Immediate reporting system to inspect food violations in Hà Nội

MobiFone offers special package to international reporters attending U.S.-N. Korea summit By Van Ly A customer transacts at a MobiFone store – PHOTO: MOBIFONE HANOI – Mobile carrier MobiFone has rolled out a package, named PEACE, designed for international participants in the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea in Hanoi, a representative of the carrier said on February 19. The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is slated to take place on February 27 and 28, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Thousands of journalists are expected to come to Vietnam to cover the event. The PEACE package costs VND500,000. Accordingly, customers will be offered 100 minutes for international calls and 300 minutes for phone calls on its internal mobile network, as well as 20GB of data on a high-speed Internet connection, when using the seven-day package. Further, the package will allow international … [Read more...] about MobiFone offers special package to international reporters attending U.S.-N. Korea summit

NCB reports triple pre-tax profit rise National Citizen Bank (NCB) recorded pre-tax profit of nearly VND91 billion (US$3.9 million) last year, a three-fold increase from the previous year, according to the bank’s financial report. However, the bank’s handsome profit did not come from its net interest income, which dropped by 12% over 2017. By December 31 last year, NCB’s total assets had reached more than VND72.4 trillion, a slight increase of 0.8% versus early last year. Of which, loans increased 11.1% to hit VND35.3 trillion, while its deposits and lending at other credit institutions fell 29% to some VND6.7 trillion. The bank mobilized nearly VND 47.1 trillion from depositors last year, up 3.1% against 2017. NCB’s impressive business results prove its efforts in restructuring and diversifying its services. Its service fees and net revenue from services grew by a staggering 40%. The bank’s bad debt ratio was 1.67%. The impressive business results have boosted … [Read more...] about NCB reports triple pre-tax profit rise

Free tours offered to reporters covering U.S.-North Korea summit By Dao Loan Foreign tourists walk in Hoan Kiem pedestrian street in Hanoi City - PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Thousands of international journalists arriving in Hanoi City to cover the upcoming summit between the United States and North Korea will be offered free sightseeing tours to tourist destinations in Hanoi, Halong and Ninh Binh Province by Saigontourist Travel Service Company. A representative from Saigontourist said that the tour operator had started its service and received registrations for the free tour program at the International Media Center at the Friendship Cultural Palace in Hanoi City today, February 25. The special day tours are expected to run from February 27 to March 1 or 2. Doan Thi Thanh Tra, marketing and communication director of Saigontourist, noted that as there will be some 2,600 foreign reporters coming to cover the summit, the firm aims to offer a series of tourism services and to … [Read more...] about Free tours offered to reporters covering U.S.-North Korea summit

IPC removed as investor of two large HCMC traffic projects The Saigon Times Daily An artist's impression of a tunnel at the Nguyen Van Linh-Nguyen Huu Tho Intersection - PHOTO: SAI GON GIAI PHONG NEWSPAPER HCMC - The HCMC government has decided to transfer the investment rights of Tan Thuan Industrial Promotion Company Limited (IPC) in two major traffic projects in the city to the municipal management board for traffic construction investment projects, the local media reported. The transfer of one project to build a tunnel at Nguyen Van Linh-Nguyen Huu Tho Intersection in District 7 and the third phase of another project to develop Nguyen Van Linh-Nguyen Huu Tho Intersection and Rach Dia Bridge were earlier proposed by the municipal Department on Transport. In addition, the city agreed that the compensation and site clearance board of District 7 would be in charge of clearing the site for the project to develop the Nguyen Van Linh-Nguyen Huu Tho Intersection and … [Read more...] about IPC removed as investor of two large HCMC traffic projects

A new race down the line By Bach Dong It is estimated that e-payment via cell phones is unavailable to 70-80% of the local population - PHOTO: THANH HOA The Prime Minister has endorsed the use on a pilot basis of telecom accounts for payments of digital content services and small-scale e-commerce. This move may pave the way for Internet service providers to penetrate deeper into the Fintech business. However, industry experts contend that it is advisable to identify as soon as possible the payment modes to be used by service providers based on which the relevant legal framework system is built. Since the detection of the CNC-led online gambling scandal worth trillions of dong last April, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has considerably tightened the management of scratchcards used to pay for digital content services. The strengthening has exerted marked effect on telecom companies and digital content providers with some claiming sales drops of up … [Read more...] about A new race down the line