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Hanoi (VNA) - As of 2020, 11 percent of Vietnam’s population had taken out life insurance , heard a recent symposium in Ho Chi Minh City. According to Ngo Trung Dung, Deputy Secretary General of the Insurance Association of Vietnam , the figure is set to rise to 15 percent by 2025. Revenue from insurance premiums was 186.22 trillion VND (8 billion USD) in 2020, up 16.5 percent year-on-year. Of this, 130.55 trillion VND came from life insurance premiums , a rise of 22 percent. Insurers paid out 47.03 trillion VND in claims during the year, Dung said. He noted that the insurance sector is forecast to experience significant change over the next decade, adding that given the fierce competition, insurance companies should embark on digital transformation ./. VNA …

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People attend a rally against racism and violence on Asian Americans in Flushing of New York, the United States on March 27, 2021. Politicians in America voted on Wednesday on a plan to advance legislation to strengthen federal efforts to address hate-crimes that are directed at Asian-Americans. Xinhua/VNA Photo Bảo Hoa, Vân Nguyễn & Paul Kennedy Vietnamese nationals living in the US say although they are concerned about the increase in the amount of attacks on Asians, they are doing their best to maintain normality. On Wednesday, politicians in America voted on a plan to advance legislation to strengthen federal efforts to address hate-crimes that are directed at Asian-Americans. The bill is sponsored by Senator Mazie Hirono, Democrat of Hawaii, and Representative Grace Meng, Democrat of New York. It would create a new position at the Justice Department to speed up the review of hate crimes that are deemed related to the coronavirus pandemic. On the same day, President Joe Biden named a liaison from his administration to the Asian-American Pacific Islander community. Attacks targeting Asians living in the US have increased by almost 150 per cent in the past year, many against women and the elderly. Non-profit organisation Stop Asian American and Pacific Islander Hate, completed a study last month that revealed there were 3,800 incidents reported over 12 months during the pandemic. It showed that women reported twice as many complaints as men. Findings revealed that Chinese are the largest ethnic group (42.2 per cent) that report experiencing hate, followed by Koreans (14.8 per cent), Vietnamese (8.5 per cent), and Filipinos (7.9 per cent). On March 16, 2021, a series of mass shootings took place at three massage parlours in Atlanta, Georgia. Eight people were killed, six of whom were Asian women, and one other person was wounded. The suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, was taken into custody later that day and claims he acted not …

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Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A workshop on opportunities, challenges and solutions to promote the participation of people with disabilities in politics was held in Hanoi on April 15. Co-organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam and the Centre for Education Promotion and Empowerment of Women ( CEPEW ), the event aimed at enhancing the right to political engagement of people with disabilities in Vietnam where is home to more than 6 million disabled persons. Speaking at the workshop, Diana Torres , UNDP Assistant Resident Representative in Vietnam, said there will be a political gap between non-disabled and disabled people unless the community joins hands to promote equality and empower people with disabilities on political platforms. Without their voices in agencies under the National Assembly and People’s Councils, the people with disabilities will find it difficult to really integrate into society, she added. Le Ngoc Hoan, a member of the Blind Association of Lang Son province, who is a self-nominated candidate for the election of deputies to the 15th  National Assembly, said people with disabilities need representative voices in the law-making body so that their legitimate aspirations and needs will be heard. According to a quick assessment of the group’s readiness for political involvement as candidates in the elections of deputies to the National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils, 92 percent of people surveyed hoped to have disabled deputies and 63 percent said they are ready for self-nomination to the elections in the next five years. The assessment, jointly conducted by the UNDP Vietnam and the Norwegian Embassy in Vietnam, was released as part of the workshop. It showed three challenges facing the group in elections – feeling unconfident in the possibility of success, lacking knowledge on self-nomination and campaigning, and distrusting that the community will vote for people …

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