The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has released a second set of stamps on Covid-19 prevention to raise awareness, spirit and responsibility of each individual and community in prevention, combat and readiness to cope with epidemics. The stamp set titled "Living safely with the Covid-19 epidemic" was designed by painter To Minh Trang. It has 2 samples, 32 x 43mm, with face price of VND4,000 plus VND2,000 and VND6,000 surcharge. The surcharge of VND2,000 from each stamp will be donated to the Government's Disease Control Fund. The stamps are provided at 63 provincial post offices throughout the country and widely circulated in 192 countries and territories under the World Postal Union (UPU). The stamps will be circulated on the public postal network from now until December 31, 2022. In addition to issuing stamps, Vietnam Post also offers many products on the same theme, including: FDC envelopes, postcards, personal stamps... The MIC last March issued the first stamp set on the topic of Covid-19 prevention, which was titled "Joining hands to prevent and fight against the Covid-19 epidemic", which was also one of the first Covid-19 epidemic stamps in the world. Painter To Minh Trang signs stamps on the date of issue. Binh Minh …
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E-newspapers receive emergency rescue if cyber-attacked
Affirming that there has been no sign of massive cyberattacks on many newspapers, the Authority of Information Security said it would soon issue a procedure for quickly responding to cyberattacks on press agencies. Some online newspapers, including VOV, Phap Luat Thanh Pho HCM, Saigon Giai Phong and Thanh Nien, some days ago incurred DDoS attacks, which caused access interruption. There was speculation that a campaign of cyberattacks was targeting press agencies. AIS on June 16 confirmed with VietNamNet that since June 12, the agency had been cooperating with network operators to help VOV at their website vov.vn and Phap Luat Thanh Pho HCM at plo.vn to troubleshoot the attacks. AIS said only these two press agencies incurred attacks, on June 12 and June 15. Appropriate agencies are continuing the investigations and tracing to find the sources, subjects and methods used in the attacks. The websites returned to normal shortly after with early support from the agency in charge of information security, and network operators, and enhanced security solutions, and on-call technical personnel from infrastructure service providers. Thanh Nien and Saigon Giai Phong on June 14 also incurred access interruption because the two newspapers were running on the same infrastructure with Phap Luat Thanh Pho HCM and were indirectly influenced by the attack on plo.vn. AIS denied that there is a large-scale attack campaign aimed at press agencies, saying that only two e-newspapers have been attacked so far. Most press agencies have been aware of the importance of the application of solutions to ensure cybersecurity. However, others are not paying appropriate attention to this. Ministry of Information and Communications has assigned AIS to act as a focal point, joining forces with relevant agencies to assist press agencies in handling information insecurity incidents. AIS and MIC now have an adequate legal framework to coordinate and respond to cybersecurity …
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Vietnam’s Internet affected by broken undersea cable route
In recent days, Internet users in Vietnam have encountered problems using international services such as downloading content and images on Facebook, sending gmail or watching YouTube. APG and AAE-1 are two of the five undersea cable routes that account for most of the Internet connection capacity from Vietnam to the world, along with three other undersea cables, namely AAG, IA and SMW3. (illustrative image) Internet service providers (ISPs) in Vietnam told VietNamNet that two of five undersea cable routes that account for most of the Internet connection capacity from Vietnam to the world have been interrupted. Specifically, the Asia Africa Europe 1 (AAE-1) undersea fiber optic cable had a problem on the morning of May 26. The operator detected a voltage drop on the S1H branch of the AAE-1 route. According to the initial assessment, there was an error causing a partial break of the fiber on the S1H.1 segment of the cable route. ISPs in Vietnam have not received a repair plan to fix the problem on the AAE-1 undersea fiber optic cable. Put into operation in July 2017, AAE-1 fulfills the role of improving Internet connection quality towards Europe and the Middle East as well as providing additional capacity and redundancy towards the connection direction to Hong Kong (China) and Singapore. While the incident that occurred on the morning of May 26 on the AAE-1 undersea cable route has not been fixed, according to a representative of an ISP in Vietnam, another undersea cable line, APG, had cable maintenance in the direction of Hong Kong (China) from 12am on June 5 to 10pm on June 10. The Asia Pacific Gateway - APG international undersea fiber optic cable route was put into operation in mid-December 2016, after four years of construction. With the participation of four domestic carriers, APG is considered a cable route that offers a stable transmission line with a large capacity for Internet users in Vietnam. Capable of providing a …
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