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A viewer has to cover her ears while watching a virtual reality video to experience sensory overload as an autistic child. — Photo vietnammoi.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Have you ever imagined how would you react if all unnoticeable occurrences in our lives suddenly became clear and overwhelmed your senses? Or what information overload would be like? Nguyễn Thị Hồng Xuân, from Hà Nội, had to remove her headphones and burst into tears after she watched a short 360-degree virtual reality video. The video, using Google Cardboard Virtual Reality, let her experience what it’s like to suffer sensory overload. The video put Xuân in the shoes of an autistic child. Xuân was joining a project held to help people experience what it is like to be an autistic child, to give them a better understanding of autism. Autism is a neuro-developmental disorder characterised by impaired social interaction and communication, according to health experts . “It is unbelievable … [Read more...] about Chairty shows what living with autism is like

British Embassy launches "Ambassador for a day" contest The Saigon Times Daily British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward (L) meets Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh in 2018 - PHOTO: COURTESY OF BRITISH EMBASSY IN HANOI HCMC – The British Embassy in Hanoi is calling for video submission to the "Ambassador for a day" contest, which is especially designed for girls aged between 13 and 22 years old in Vietnam on the occasion of the upcoming International Women's Day. To participate in the contest, eligible interested participants should record a 1-minute video explaining in English the question "If you were UK Ambassador, what would you do with your influence to promote a positive change in girls' education in Vietnam?" They should then post the video in public mode to their Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and mention the account @UKinVietnam with the hashtags #BalanceForBetter #UKAmbassadorForADay. The last step is to fill in the … [Read more...] about British Embassy launches “Ambassador for a day” contest

Minister of Public Security, Senior Lieutenant General Tô Lâm at yesterday meeting of the National Assembly. — VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đức HÀ NỘI — Yesterday the National Assembly heard reports on the draft Law on State Secrets Protection and the draft Law on Cyber Information Security. According to the Minister of Public Security, Senior Lieutenant General Tô Lâm, 840 cases of illegal revealing State secrets – including confidential documents regarding Party, State, and Government policies and direction for handling foreign affairs – have been discovered since 2001. The leaks were blamed on a lack of consistency in State secret protection laws and a lack of effective handling mechanisms and strong deterrents, hence the need for a law on State secrets protection. The law will concretise the 2013 Constitution, protect national security, ensure human and citizen rights, and create compatibility with secrecy and confidentiality agreements that Việt Nam has signed with other … [Read more...] about State secret protection law discussed at NA meeting

Members of computer emergency response teams practise preventing lack of authentication and other threats during an international program on cybersecurity in Hà Nội yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – National Assembly (NA) deputies have raised concerns that the draft law on internet security will prevent Vietnamese citizens and companies from accessing information on the web. The draft law insists that foreign service providers, including giant internet service companies like Google, Youtube and Facebook, must store Vietnamese customers’ information on local servers instead of on servers located overseas, as currently practised. On Tuesday morning, NA members gathered in the main hall for their second discussion on the draft law prepared by the Ministry of Public Security, which is meant to ensure national security in the age of the internet. Deputy Phạm Thị Thanh Thủy from Thanh Hóa Province opposed Article 26 of the law. It requires that … [Read more...] about National Assembly debates internet security law

Vague regulations are hindering the use of personal digital signatures in Việt Nam despite rapidly growing demand, an official said on Thursday.— Photo qdnd.vn HÀ NỘI — Vague regulations are hindering the use of personal digital signatures in Việt Nam despite rapidly growing demand, an official said on Thursday. Speaking at a conference on policies for digital signature on mobile devices, the National Electronic Authentication Centre (NEAC) director Lã Hoàng Trung said Việt Nam is a country with a young population where more than 70 per cent of people use mobile devices in big cities. With everything online now, the demand for valid digital signatures in Việt Nam was huge, he said. Trung, however, said that accounts authenticated by the NEAC to have valid digital signatures were disproportionate from businesses, with individuals accounting for less than 5 per cent. “The main reason is there are few to none services accepting personal digital signatures while the … [Read more...] about Lack of policies hinders digital signatures

The tourism sector also needs to follow regulations to ensure accessibility for disabled persons.— Photo Vietnam Pictorial HÀ NỘI — When planning trips for business or pleasure, able-bodied people take certain things for granted — they assume that they’ll be able to easily and safely get around their destination, no matter where it is. For disabled people, tourism can require a bit more thinking ahead. Accessible tourism, which attempts to guarantee access to all tourist destinations and services for all people regardless of their disabilities or age, according to the World Tourism Organisation under the United Nations (UNWTO), remains a fairly new concept in Việt Nam but is gradually gaining momentum. Đỗ Cẩm Thơ, deputy head of tourism department under the culture ministry, says in most developed countries, public infrastructure includes features to ensure ease of use for people with disabilities, such as lifts in train platforms, grab rails in bathrooms and auditory … [Read more...] about Increasing participation of the disabled in tourism

A sample of an electronic medical record. — Photo laodong.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health is drafting a circular on a pilot programme for electronic medical records in a bid to save time and money for both doctors and patients. The draft circular is expected to be issued this year and take effect at the beginning of next year. The draft is now available on the government portal and Ministry of Health’s websites at chinhphu.vn and moh.gov.vn , where the Ministry is seeking to collect public opinion. The electronic medical records (EMR) system has been piloted at several hospitals including the National Children’s Hospital and the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Hà Tĩnh General Hospital . It would be applied at all health care facilities across the country by 2020. Under the draft circular, the electronic medical records (EMR) are a digitalised version of the old paper records and they have the same function as … [Read more...] about MoH plans to digitise all VN medical records

Spam messages are flooding people’s smartphones. — VNS Photo Khoa Thư Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Congratulation! You are this week’s winner. Send DKG to 9183 to receive a top-up card worth VNĐ200,000 (US$8.56). This is just one of the many text messages that pop up on the phone screen of Minh Hương in Hoàn Kiếm District every day. These advertisements encourage users to try multiple services, from data packages to top-up cards, and from English courses to new real estate projects in town. “It’s totally insane,” Hương told Việt Nam News. “They (the network providers) promised to start blocking all spam calls and messages from 2017, but nothing seems to have changed,” she added. Hương has two phone numbers with the biggest network providers in the country, Vinaphone and Viettel. While spam from Viettel invite her to join Keeng, a music social network, watch movies online or use a new mobile money application, Vinaphone advertises data packages, quiz games (which promise … [Read more...] about Spam messages plague phone users

Lê Nguyễn Ngọc Thạch and Nguyễn Thanh Trung from Kon Tum Province in their school’s lab. — VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Điệp Viet Nam News HCM CITY — The blind and visually challenged will soon be able to buy a reading machine invented by a HCM City student. The device is the brainchild of Nguyễn Thanh Trung, a second-year student at HCM City University of Information Technology. His reading machine was awarded the bronze medal at the International Exhibition for Young Inventors in India from October 16-22, an annual event for youths to exhibit their creativity in invention and innovation. The machine also won first prize at the 13th nationwide Children’s Innovation Competition in 2017 when he studied at Nguyễn Tất Thành High School in Kon Tum Province . Trung said many visually impaired people in Việt Nam want to read books, newspapers and other kinds of documents. However, there are few supporting tools available to them. Braille books and reading machines remain unpopular … [Read more...] about Vietnamese student’s reading machine to bring joy to the blind

Have you noticed how popular sites like Facebook and Google are now giving you the ability to add two-factor authentication to improve security? Well now you can add two-factor authentication to your WordPress site. This ensures maximum security for your WordPress site. In this article, we will show you how to add two-factor authentication for WordPress using both Google Authenticator as well as SMS text message. Why Add Two-Factor Authentication for WordPress Login? One of the most common tricks hackers use is called brute force attacks . By using automated scripts, hackers try to guess username and password to break into a WordPress site. If they steal your password or accurately guess it, then they can infect your website with malware. One of the easiest ways to protect your WordPress website against stolen password is to add two-factor authentication. This way even if someone stole your password, they will need to enter a security code from your phone to gain access. … [Read more...] about How to Add Two-Factor Authentication in WordPress for Free