In a bid to join hands with the nation to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as well as ensure social welfare and people’s wellbeing, state-owned oil and gas group PetroVietnam has recently donated VND30 billion ($1.3 million) to the national COVID-19 Vaccine Fund. The sum was contributed by the parent company PetroVietnam and its numerous member units. In the fight against COVID-19, PetroVietnam has been actively supporting the government and people across the country to keep a safe environment for people and maintain production. So far, PetroVietnam and its member units have contributed more than VND500 billion ($21.74 million) to…
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Covid-19 hotspot Bac Giang wants more than 120,000 suspended workers back at work by the end of November. The northern province, which leads the nation in Covid-19 tally with 5,490 cases in the latest wave, plans to bring back its workers to industrial parks from now until the rest of the year in a phased manner: 30,000 by next month, 50,000 by August and 100,000 by October. The province also wants factories to set up accommodations for workers to stay within their premises to avoid contagion. It targets accommodating 7,000 people by next month and 35,000 by November. The manufacturing…
Trials for Nanocovax, a made-in-Vietnam Covid-19 vaccine, have shown positive results. Between December last year and April this year, Vietnam completed the first and second stage of human trials of Nanocovax with the participation of more than 600 volunteers. All of the vaccinated volunteers have developed antibodies against Covid-19 at different levels. Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC, the vaccine producer, has also sent serum samples from the volunteers to research facilities in Vietnam to assess immunity against India’s Delta variant. The third phase of human trials of the vaccine would require around 13,000 volunteers split into two groups: one injected with…
An additional 80 more Covid-19 patients have been confirmed, raising the total number of patients in the country to 13,862, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday noon. According to the ministry’s report, all of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases most of whom were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown in some localities including 40 in Ho Chi Minh City, 23 in Binh Duong, eight in Bac Giang, four in Hung Yen, two in Lao Cai, two in Long An, and one in Bac Kan. As of Wednesday noon, 10,574 locally-transmitted cases have been reported since the…
Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a crucial role in digital transformation. It allows machines to detect, understand, act, and augment human activities. This is important for businesses who look to streamline their operations as well as deliver new and transformative experiences. Conversational AI helps contact centres in many forms – from powering intelligent virtual assistants (IVAs), analysing calls in real-time to summarising calls for agents. The short answer to “Are AI-powered contact centres a hype or reality?” is that it has long been a reality, especially for the financial, telecommunications, business process outsourcing (BPO), and e-commerce industries during the…
All foreigners travelling on internal flights must have a valid passport that has been approved for entry and travel within the country. Alternatively, United Nations laissez-passer; emergency travel documents issued by foreign representative offices in Vietnam; or foreign countries’ documents issued to Vietnamese residing abroad (US green card, long-term residence card) are also accepted. For holders of temporary residence cards that include a photo and passport details, no further documentation is needed for domestic flights. Holders of temporary residence cards or certificates of foreign passengers without a photo will require further documents to take domestic flights. If they do not…
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh yesterday attended the summary meeting for the two key projects ‘National Population Database’ and ‘Producing, Issuing, and Managing Chip-based Citizen ID Card’. Both will be officially launched on July 1. Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Duy Ngoc stated in the meeting that ‘National Population Database’ and ‘Producing, Issuing, and Managing Chip-based Citizen ID Card’ are the two largest and most meaningful IT projects for the establishment of an electronic and then a digital government in Vietnam. More story at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. Until now, these two projects have been basically finished. The National Population…
The HCMC traffic police started to temporarily stop receiving new auto and motorcycle registrations from June 22, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 which is still raging in the city. The decision comes as new daily Covid-19 case numbers remain high, according to the Road-Railway Traffic Police Division under the HCMC Department of Police. Under the decision, only registration papers and procedures signed and completed before June 21 will be handled. The division decided to suspend receiving letters and files asking for the use of sirens and priority lights, the local media reported. To handle administrative violations and investigate traffic…
The Foreign Secretary of the UK Dominic Raab has been in Hanoi on June 22nd to forge closer bilateral ties between the UK and Vietnam. In his second visit within 9 months, the Dominic Raab has met counterpart Vietnamese Foreign Minister, Minister Bui Thanh Son, to discuss the implementation of the UK-Vietnam Strategic Partnership Agreement, in addition to subjects such as the global health security, climate change and Myanmar, according to a press release by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP. The visit will build momentum for the UK’s bid to join…
A delay in issuing official legal regulations on managing cryptocurrencies will cause a rise in the risks of fraud and theft related to virtual assets, experts have warned. Recently, investment in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Pi Network, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin has increased in Vietnam. It is estimated 1 million Vietnamese are already trading cryptocurrencies and the number is expected to increase 30 times by 2030, Vietnam News Agency reported. At present, Vietnamese law does not mention cryptocurrencies as a legal means of payment, and neither does it recognise them as an asset or a foreign currency. Possessing, trading, and…