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HCM City aims to promote smart traffic system
HCM City aims to promote smart traffic system
Along with completing its transport infrastructure system, Ho Chi Minh City is building a smart traffic management and operation system using high technologies to deal with traffic congestion and reduce accidents. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The southern economic hub is the first locality to build a smart traffic operation centre, which has been put into operations in 2019,...
Computer viruses cause losses of 716 million USD in 2023
Computer viruses cause losses of 716 million USD in 2023
Computer viruses caused estimated losses of 17.3 trillion VND (716 million USD) to Vietnamese users in 2023, according to a cybersecurity assessment programme for individual users conducted by Bkav Corporation in December last year. Computer viruses caused estimated losses of 17.3 trillion VND (716 million USD) to Vietnamese users in 2023. (Source: VNA) This figure has decreased compared to...
Lang Son: Nearly 1,000 families break piggy banks for charity
Lang Son: Nearly 1,000 families break piggy banks for charity
On the afternoon of January 21, at Thanh Pagoda (Lang Son city), the Administration Council of Provincial Buddhist Sangha organized the Piggy Bank Breaking Day "Raising piggy banks - Growing kindness". Attending the event were representatives of the Department of Home Affairs, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, the Provincial Youth Union, the Provincial Department of Public Security... Representatives of...
Vietnam presents earthquake relief to Japanese localities
Vietnam presents earthquake relief to Japanese localities
Vietnamese organisations and individuals in the Kansai region have donated 600,000 JPY (over 4,000 USD) to help residents in earthquake-hit Suzu and Wajima cities, Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture. Vietnamese organisations and individuals in the Kansai region have donated 600,000 JPY (over 4,000 USD) to help residents in earthquake-hit Suzu and Wajima cities. (Photo: VNA)   At a ceremony on...
Vietnam moves towards smart governance of water resources
Vietnam moves towards smart governance of water resources
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has said it will step up digital transformation and maintain the operation of the online surveillance system over water exploitation and use for about 600 works licensed by it in 2024. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) This move aims to ensure the effective management, exploitation and protection of water resources online...
Vietnam, UNESCO expand cooperation in natural sciences, culture, education
Vietnam, UNESCO expand cooperation in natural sciences, culture, education
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Hong Thai on January 18 had a working session with Chief Representative of UNESCO in Vietnam Jonathan Baker. Chief Representative of UNESCO in Vietnam Jonathan Baker. (Photo: VNA) Thai congratulated Jonathan on starting his working term in Vietnam in the context that Vietnam and UNESCO have committed to promoting a deeper...
Vietnam, UK cooperate in human trafficking prevention, control
Vietnam, UK cooperate in human trafficking prevention, control
Commander of the Border Guard Command Lieutenant General Le Duc Thai and Head of Home Office International Operation of the UK’s Home Office Victoria Pullen signed an agreement on cooperation in the prevention and combating of human trafficking between the two sides in Hanoi on January 18. Commander of the Border Guard Command Lieutenant General Le Duc Thai and...
Preventing illegal cross-border trade of antiquities
Preventing illegal cross-border trade of antiquities
Lang Son is a border province adjacent to and regularly has trade activities with China. With such a location, Lang Son can easily become a transit place for transporting antiques abroad. To prevent this, in recent years, governments at all levels and relevant agencies have made efforts with many positive solutions. Provincial Museum staff classifies antiques after receiving and...