Gamification has become a buzzword in recent years. Simply put, gamification is the use of game elements in a non-game context, offering a great way to retain customers. It’s a growth strategy straight out of China, which has seen many major e-commerce companies, including Alipay, Alibaba’s Taobao, and Pinduoduo, incorporate gamified elements into their apps to increase user engagement and draw in repeat customers. Learning from the Chinese experience with gamification, many Vietnamese companies have started to leverage the strategy of incorporating gamification in business as a solution to target customers in a more engaging and effective manner. Growing gamification…
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Vietnam reported an additional 14,638 Covid-19 infections on Sunday with the two biggest cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh confirming the largest number of cases. According to the Ministry of Health,14,621 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 58 out of 63 localities in the country including TPHCM (1,216), Hanoi (980), Tay Ninh (920), Dong Thap (745), Ben Tre (722), Ca Mau (675), Can Tho (669), Khanh Hoa (590), Vinh Long (584), Bac Lieu (563), Soc Trang (524), Tra Vinh (475), Da Nang (442), etc. There were 17 imported patients confirmed today. ###: Vietnam reports highest daily…
With a total area of about 200,000ha, cinnamon cultivation currently provides a livelihood for hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority households in remote areas. — VNA/VNS Photo Tố Như HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is the third-largest cinnamon producer and exporter in the world after Indonesia and China, and the future is full of potential. However, challenges need to be carefully navigated to ensure sustainable development. Vietnamese star anise and cinnamon are consumed by markets in India, the Middle East, Japan, South Korea, the US, and Europe with annual export revenue reaching about US$400 million. A report from Việt Nam Timber and Forest Products Association…
Vials of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. — XINHUA/VNA Photo MOSCOW — A factory producing Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 will be built in Việt Nam within one year and is expected to produce 30-40 million doses annually, Chairman of Russian pharmaceutical company Binnopharm Dmitry Zubov told Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Russia. Earlier this month, Binnopharm and the Russian Direct Investment Fund signed a memorandum of understanding with Việt Nam’s T&T Group on the transfer of production technology and the formation of a facility with full cycle production capacity of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine along…
The Vietnamese physical education teacher has been suspended due to video of him beating students A physical education teacher at a middle school in Vietnam’s northern Lai Chau Province has been subject to a seven-day suspension from work following the discovery of a video capturing him beating multiple students in a classroom on Thursday. According to the local media, Trinh Ngoc Hai, head of Than Uyen District’s education bureau in Lai Chau, on Friday afternoon confirmed the suspension of H., a physical education teacher at Muong Cang Middle School, as a step to facilitate the verification of the video in question. Preliminary verification results showed that, as…
Vietnam confirmed an additional 16,141 Covid-19 infections on Saturday, which is the highest daily infection tally reported so far in the country: According to data from the ministry of health, 16,104 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 59 out of 63 localities in the country. There were 37 imported patients confirmed on Saturday. ###: Over 56.38 million people in Vietnam received two Covid vaccine doses The new infections showed an increase of 1,285 cases compared to Friday’s figure. There were 9,478 infections found in the community. As of Saturday evening, 1,393,034 infections had been reported since the…
By Bảo Ngọc Tourism in Quảng Ninh Province is showing signs of recovery after a long period of closure to control the Covid-19 pandemic. The creativity of businesses in renewing tourism services as well as the effective disease control of local authorities are “levers” to help the province revive in the new normal situation. The checkpoint at Chùa Vàng Bridge, Đông Triều Town, strictly controls people and vehicles entering and leaving the province. — Photo courtesy of baoquangninh.vn Quảng Ninh opened tourist attractions to welcome local visitors from September 20 and visitors from outside the province from November 1.…
A popular Vietnamese tourist city has pledged to phase out selling cat and dog meat, officials said Friday, a first in a nation where some consider the animals a delicacy. An estimated five million canines are consumed every year in Vietnam — the second highest in the world behind China — with some believing eating the meat can help dispel bad luck. Authorities in Hoi An, a historic trading port and World Heritage site, signed a deal with animal rights group Four Paws International promising to phase out sales and consumption of cat and dog meat. “We want to help…
Vietnam logged an additional 14,839 Covid-19 infections in 57 out of 63 cities and provinces on Friday According to the Ministry of Health, 14,819 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 57 out of 63 localities in the country. There were 20 imported patients confirmed on Friday. ###: Another Vietnamese students died after getting Pfizer vaccine The new infections showed a decrease of 481 cases compared to Thursday’s figure. There were 8,843 infections found in the community. As of Friday evening, 1,376,930 infections had been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April. Some…
A staff member of Postmart (Vietnam Post) – a completely Make-in-Vietnam e-commerce platform. The products of local digital technology enterprises have been used and brought about many benefits. — Photo courtesy of Vietnam Post HÀ NỘI — In 2021, Việt Nam recorded 5,600 newly-established digital technology businesses, stemming from the need to work, sell and communicate online in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nguyễn Thanh Tuyên, Deputy Director of Information Technology Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), said statistics from the ministry showed that Việt Nam currently had about 64,000 digital technology enterprises…