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At the seminar (Photo: SGGP) The People's Committee of Thu Duc City yesterday coordinated with the Ho Chi Minh City Computer Association to organize a seminar on ‘Thu Duc City with the orientation of building and developing a smart city - building a set of technology standards for connecting smart cities.' Speaking at the seminar, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc highly appreciated the initiative of Thu Duc City noting that Thu Duc City will soon come up with a common framework to implement synchronously deploying connection technology standards with the aim to help investors, businesses, agencies, and units to jointly implement; therefore, synchronization in smart city management in the city will be created. At the seminar, many domestic and foreign experts and businesses voiced their opinions on issues related to smart cities in Thu Duc City as well as share experiences in smart city development in some countries in the world. The … [Read more...] about HCMC’s Thu Duc City to use smart city connection technology standards

Visitors at the three-day (May 26-28) Smart City Asia 2022 expo being held in HCM City. — VNS Photo Bồ Xuân Hiệp HCM CITY — The newly established Thủ Đức City should strive to become an innovation hub that will attract investments as well as a talented workforce from around the world, officials and experts said at a seminar on Friday. Dương Anh Đức, vice chairman of HCM City People’s Committee, said the city was developing a master plan for Thủ Đức City until 2040, including strategies to create a knowledge-based economy with a highly skilled workforce. It is also developing a centralised database on land use, transportation, canals and other public works in Thủ Đức, he added. Hoàng Tùng, chairman of the Thủ Đức City People’s Committee, said it should be given greater decision making and policy making autonomy to grow its innovation capacity and become more competitive. Nguyễn Thị Đoan Trang, head of Thủ Đức Urban Management Department, said it would be developed … [Read more...] about Innovation hub at the heart of Thủ Đức smart city plan

The National Assembly will this week discuss how to provide more jobs for Vietnam’s citizens, Photo: Le Toan Over the past seven months, Nguyen Duc Minh has been in a lurch to feed his 4-member family, with his wife having had to stop working since late last year for a garment company in Hanoi. Before that time, Minh had been working for a Japanese company based in the capital’s Thang Long Industrial Park for four years. However, the company, producing electronics and plastics equipment, has made a staff cutback of 150 employees including Minh, whose monthly income was about VND7 million ($300). “The company had to reduce production caused by a decrease in export orders from Japan, South Korea, and some European markets,” Minh said. “I hope to be employed again by the company as I learned that the company is going to recover.” In Dong Anh district’s Kim Chung commune, home to Minh’s family, thousands of unemployed people are commonly seen now. They used to work in Thang Long … [Read more...] about All policies on table to ignite enterprises

Insured patients are waiting to receive medicine at Trung Vuong Hospital Recently, many people have reported that physicians at Thu Duc City Hospital or satellite clinics of the hospital asked them to go out to buy medicine because the hospital is short of medicine. Many patients with health insurance cards have been angry about losing their benefits; therefore, they have sent petitions to responsible agencies. Talking about this, Director of the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City Associate Professor Tang Chi Thuong said that right after the social distance, the number of patients with health insurance cards coming to Thu Duc City Hospital for examination and treatment increased from 80 percent to more than 100 percent compared to the number during the epidemic outbreak. According to the data of the health sector, the number of outpatients with health insurance cards in August 2021 was only about 28,048 persons while it was 75,459 patients in April 2022. Worse, the Thu … [Read more...] about Hospitals in HCMC short of medicines

Min and Erik perform Ghen Co Vy , the viral COVID-19 song. (Photo courtesy of the artists) Quang Ninh (VNS/VNA) - A concert, VR By Night 2022 , will take place on June 24 in Ha Long Square overlooking the bay, in the northern province of Quang Ninh. It’s estimated that thousands of people will attend the event, enjoying music from young artists like Duc Phuc (winner of The Voice Vietnam 2015) and Erik and Min (who performed Ghen Co Vy, the viral COVID-19 song). Phi Linh (MC at the opening ceremony of SEA Games 31) will host the show. The concert, which will be free of charge, is to welcome summer, local people, travellers and young music lovers. Singer Min will present some songs in her album 50/50, released in March. This is her debut album, featuring eight songs that cover pop, RnB, dance-pop and disco. Erik will perform his song Chay ve khoc voi anh (Come Crying to Me), which received 31 million views in two months from its release. Meanwhile, Phuc will … [Read more...] about Concert in Ha Long will feature range of exciting artists