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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

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

Dr Trần Đình Tuấn, deputy head of Tây Nguyên Eyes Hospital in Đắk Lắk Province, said the Việt Nam Social Insurance should offer clear guidance to health facilities on the kind of payments covered under the health insurance fund. — VNS Photo Gia Lộc Viet Nam News HCM CITY — An independent council for professional assessment of health care techniques, medicine and clinical records should be established to determine which payments can be covered by the health insurance fund, experts have recommended. The assessors currently working for Việt Nam Social Insurance do not have sufficient qualifications, doctors said at a meeting held on Monday in HCM City. “Few assessors are doctors,” said Dr Nguyễn Đắc Lực, head of Y Đức General Health Clinic, in Đồng Nai Province’s Biên Hòa City. Many of the assessors are accountants or graduates of two-year pharmaceutical training courses, and lack expertise to determine which techniques and medicines are proper for patient … [Read more...] about New council for assessment of health insurance payments needed: doctors

Video Apple's MagSafe Duo charging solution is now available. After spending some time with it, we are on the fence about the company's latest iPhone 12 accessory. With Apple's latest iPhones, there are more ways than ever to charge. The most unique, is MagSafe . At the moment, the only official options are Apple's MagSafe charging puck or the new MagSafe Duo. Soon, third-party options will flood the market, including options from Belkin and Scosche, but for the time being, we have Apple's to consider. Subscribe to AppleInsider on YouTube MagSafe Duo - Design MagSafe Duo is a simple enough product. On one side is a MagSafe wireless charger and on the right is an integrated Apple Watch charging puck. The charging puck operates similar to Apple's own Apple Watch charging stand in that the puck is metal-encased and can flip up or lay flat. MagSafe Duo is powered by Lightning On the opposing side is the MagSafe charger. Unlike … [Read more...] about Review: MagSafe Duo is almost everything you need, but has too many compromises

By April 24, 2018, all mobile subscriptions activated before April 24, 2017 must be registered with accurate information about the owners including name, identification number and a profile picture. Otherwise, telecommunication service providers will block incoming calls after 15 days and stop providing services in the next 15 days.— VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI –Mobile subscribers may have their SIM cards deactivated if they fail to submit profile photos following a new regulation. 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 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. Viettel said that their only strategy for encouraging customers to comply with the regulation was providing sufficient … [Read more...] about No photo, no phone: Customers may lose service

Feature AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. With the varieties of USB and Thunderbolt terminology floating about, as well as new versions being adopted by Apple and other device producers, sorting out the mess can be a problem. Here's what you need to know about USB 3, USB 4, Thunderbolt 3, and Thunderbolt 4. For most users, there are two general families of multi-purpose connections: USB and Thunderbolt. Both have their benefits and their foibles, as well as sharing many characteristics, but the two technology trees are, largely, quite different. If you don't read any further, here's your main takeaway: The term "USB-C" by itself doesn't specify anything for data, charging, or video beyond the physicality of the connector. But, as you might expect, there are a lot of details behind USB … [Read more...] about USB 3, USB 4, Thunderbolt, & USB-C — everything you need to know

Simpler procedures needed to attract investment in healthcare sector: experts By Hoang Nhung Delegates at the seminar, entitled, “What does the Vietnamese healthcare sector need to attract investment?” - PHOTO: HOANG NHUNG HCMC - Although recent years have seen a wave of investments in the local healthcare sector, investment procedures in the sector are often overlapping and complicated. Therefore, the country should pay more attention to simplifying these procedures, said experts at a seminar held in HCMC on March 29. At the seminar, entitled, “What does the Vietnamese healthcare sector need to attract investment?” jointly held by the Saigon Times Group, the HCMC Medical Association, the HCMC Private Medical Practice Association and DG Medical, a provider of health solutions, Dr Dilshaad Ali, a professional consultant for DG Medical, said many foreign enterprises are keen to invest in Vietnam’s healthcare sector, but they expect the country to simplify procedures. … [Read more...] about Simpler procedures needed to attract investment in healthcare sector: experts

Vietnam needs to embrace technology to escape middle-income trap: PM The Saigon Times Daily Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivers a speech at the National Forum on Developing Vietnam Technology Companies in Hanoi on May 9 – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – It is essential that technology be regarded as the crucial factor that could take Vietnam out of the middle-income trap and turn it into a developed country, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at a technology forum in Hanoi today, May 9. The inaugural national forum on developing Vietnam’s technology companies kicked off earlier today. Themed “Aspiration, vision and strategy for a prosperous Vietnam” and with the action motto of “Make in Vietnam,” the forum acts as a catalyst for the development of a community of Vietnamese technological companies. The forum brought together some 1,000 delegates representing the Government, ministries, agencies and localities, along with hundreds of locals, foreign experts and … [Read more...] about Vietnam needs to embrace technology to escape middle-income trap: PM

Children enjoy play time. The ratio of newborn boys per 100 girls between 2011 and 2015 ranged from 105 to 107 in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế Anh Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Awareness of and compliance with the Law on Gender Equality (2007) is low, and several of its provisions have proved impractical, experts said at a workshop in HCM City on Tuesday. Trần Minh Thái, deputy head of the municipal Health Department’s personnel division, said that, for instance, the regulation giving female workers up to 20 days leave for taking care of their sick children needs to be amended to give them more days off. “In case children are ill for a longer period, their mothers have to take leave to take care of them. If their leave exceeds 20 days, they lose their benefits. Some are even sacked.” This is “unequal,” he said. When a woman does not buy social insurance but her husband does, the law is not clear about what happens when their child is sick, he added. Thai further noted … [Read more...] about Gender parity law needs changes: workshop

Việt Nam needs to develop a legal framework and feasible roadmap to turn its wind energy potential into reality, which will help to meet the country’s rapidly rising electricity demand. – Photo qdnd.com.vn HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam needs to develop a legal framework and feasible roadmap to turn its wind energy potential into reality, which will help to meet the country’s rapidly rising electricity demand, experts have said. Tobias Cossen, head of GIZ’s project on supporting the up-scaling of wind power said that Việt Nam has great potential to develop wind power as the country possesses around 3,000 km of coastline with excellent wind conditions. The Vietnamese government has approved several programmes to encourage the development of renewable energy in the country. As many as five wind farms with total capacity of almost 200MW are currently in operation. More than 50 other projects are in the construction and planning phase. However, a number of regulatory and market barriers … [Read more...] about Legal framework, roadmap needed for Việt Nam’s wind power