Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin delivers a speech during the launch of the special terrestrial Education TV channel (Source: Bernama ) Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on February 17 launched the special terrestrial Education TV channel DidikTV KPM, which can be viewed from 7am to midnight daily. The setting up of the special channel was an effort by the education ministry to increase access to quality education for five million students nationwide, the state-run news agency Bernama said. In his speech at the channel’s virtual launch, Muhyiddin said the government is aware that education is one of the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a difficult situation and the ministry had to close schools during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period. DidikTV KPM will be able to assist in the implementation of home-based teaching and learning, especially for students who do not have access to online education. Broadcast programmes are based on the education ministry’s curriculum and co-curriculum, as well as news on the world of education, edutainment programmes and student-generated content, the Malaysian PM added. As of February 16, Malaysia had reported 269,165 COVID-19 cases and a death toll of 983, as well as four-digit new infections daily. Stringent preventive measures are being in place, including a limit on inter-state or inter-district movement and closure of educational establishments ./. VNA …
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Samsung to shift operations to Vietnam after ending Tianjin TV production
The Hanoitimes - The move would make Samsung's global production more efficient, stated the company. Samsung is expected to shift parts of its TV production to Vietnam following the closure of its sole China TV factory in Tianjin at the end of November, Nikkei Asian Review reported. Samsung is expected to move part of its TV production to Vietnam from China. Photo: Reuters. The move is part of a greater trend of businesses shifting supply chains away from China, stated Nikkei. Samsung, the world's top seller of flat-screen TVs, has been losing market share in China due to the rising quality of local competition as well as boycotts triggered by Seoul's decision in 2016 to deploy a US-developed missile shield over Beijing's objections. Labor costs also have been rising in China. The Tianjin factory, which opened in 1993, employs about 300 people after several rounds of downsizing. Samsung plans to reassign these workers to other facilities or help them find new jobs as part of the closure. Samsung also shut its smartphone factories in Tianjin and the southern Chinese city of Huizhou before the end of 2019, and the company said in June that it would cease production at a computer factory in Suzhou, for which Vietnam would also be the alternative destination. Samsung still operates an appliance factory in Suzhou and two chip factories in Xi'an. In the 2008 – 2018 period, Samsung increased its total investment in Vietnam from US$670 million to over US$17.3 billion, a 26-fold increase. In early March, Samsung Vietnam started construction its largest R&D center in Southeast Asia in the west of Hanoi at a cost of US$220 million. The company expected Vietnam would not only be its largest production hub, but also a strategic base for R&D. …
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Ho Chi Minh City TV launches drive to raise fund for Vietnam to buy coronavirus vaccine
Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) has kick-started a campaign to raise funds for Vietnam to buy COVID-19 vaccines in the hope of soon ending the coronavirus pandemic. The pathogen re-emerged in Vietnam in January after the country had spent nearly two months detecting zero local infections. A total of 811 community cases have been detected in 13 provinces and cities since January 27. Vietnam has recorded a total of 2,403 COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday morning, with 1,760 recoveries and 35 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health. The whole country is striving to focus all resources on the government’s dual goal: suppressing COVID-19 and developing the national economy at the same time, HTV said in a statement. The Vietnamese healthcare sector is speeding up the clinical trials of domestically-made vaccines while the government has been negotiating with international partners on the purchase of their jabs in order to soon roll out mass inoculation. For this cause, HTV has launched the ‘Chung Mot Tam Long’ (One United Heart) drive to call for contributions and donations from organizations, businesses, and individuals to help Vietnam buy coronavirus vaccines. Anyone who wants to donate can do so via the ‘Chung Mot Tam Long’ drive’s bank account number 116000090648 at VietinBank, Branch 7, Ho Chi Minh City, with the transfer description reading UNGHOMUAVACCINE. For bank transfers from outside Vietnam: - Account number 116000090648 at VietinBank, Branch 7, Ho Chi Minh City, with the transfer description reading UNGHOMUAVACCINE - Swift code: ICBVVNVX924 - Bank code: 79201008 - Branch code: 924 The bank account will be open for contributions and donations from February 25 to March 31, HTV noted. Benefactors can donate directly at HTV at 14 Dinh Tien Hoang Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam! …
