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This year’s International Thalassemia Day, themed “Addressing Health Inequalities Across the Global Thalassemia Community”, is devoted to raising public awareness about Thalassemia and one of the major causes in the spread of the disease - cousin marriages, as well as the importance of pre-marriage and pre-pregnancy counselling and screenings to early detect the disease. Data shows that there are about 8,000 new-borns carrying the Thalassemia gene every year, around 2,000 of which will suffer from severe symptoms. Some 13 million Vietnamese, or 13 percent of the population, carry the gene. About 20-40 percent of the Thalassemia gene carriers are mountainous ethnic minority people, mainly due to inbreeding. According to the General Office for Population and Family Planning, despite many efforts, treatment can only help improve patients’ quality of life and does not completely cure the disease. A report shows that since 2001, up to 20 percent of children born with Thalassemia died at the age of 6-7 and most people with severe symptoms cannot find a spouse. Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder caused when the body doesn’t make enough haemoglobin - an important part of red blood cells. The disorder results in excessive destruction of red blood cells, which leads to anaemia. People with severe symptoms may suffer from bone problems and liver and heart failure, and the condition can be fatal. A child can inherit Thalassemia if one or both of his or her parents carry the mutant gene. The risk is higher if both parents have it. Most married Vietnamese couples do not have any tests or consultancy on inherited disorders. People who carry such genes show no abnormal signs so do not undergo examinations or screening before giving birth. Huge investment in medicine and regular blood transfusions make Thalassemia a costly disease, placing a financial burden on families and society as a whole. It is estimated that 2 trillion VND (85.1 million USD) and …

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Of nearly 1 million cyber-attacks on critical IT systems handled annually by the Network Information Security Center of the Government Cipher Committee, attacks that exploited vulnerability accounted for more than 87%. Speaking at the recent Security World 2021 seminar and exhibition, Colonel Tran Duc Su, Director of the Center for Information Technology and Cyber ​​Security Monitoring of the Government Cipher Committee said that, according to McAfee, losses caused by cyber-attacks and cybercrime caused in 2020 were huge, about $1 trillion, up 50% compared to 2018. Colonel Tran Duc Su, Director of the Center for Information Technology and Cyber ​​Security Monitoring of the Government Cipher Committee. According to Su, the Covid-19 pandemic was believed to be the cause of an increase in cyber-attacks. "As digital transformation platforms grow stronger and people operate more in virtual space, the increase of cyber-attacks is understandable," he said. Mr. Tran Quang Hung, Director of the Center for National Cyber Security Surveillance (NCSC) under the Department of Information Security, Ministry of Information and Communications, said that in 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic’s impacts caused a significant increase in the risks of network insecurity. According to Hung's analysis, the increase in online activities such as online learning, working online, and e-commerce created many challenges in cyber safety and security for Vietnam in particular and the world in general. In 2020, the number of malicious codes and malicious websites rose dramatically compared to previous years, reflected in reports by NCSC, as well as reports of many international security organizations and firms. In addition, the time the world focused on dealing with Covid-19 was also an opportunity for many groups of hackers around the world to operate actively. The number of security vulnerabilities discovered and exploited in 2020 increased …

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Fruit, vegetable sector targets export revenue of $10 billion The agricultural sector has determined to improve quality to meet import market standards and achieve the export target of 10 billion USD by 2030. Of which, the proportion of export turnover of processed fruit and vegetable products will reach 30 per cent or more; fruit and vegetable processing capacity will reach two million tonnes per year, nearly double that of last year. To achieve these goals, the agricultural sector will boost investment in improving the capacity of fruit and vegetable processing in the future; develop establishments for preliminary processing and preservation of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as promoting key fruit and vegetable products and high value-added products. New stocks on HoSE will temporarily trade on HNX Companies that want to list on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) will temporarily trade on the Ha Noi Stock Exchange (HNX) as a temporary solution to the overload issue occurring on HoSE since the end of last year. The State Securities Commission (SSC) of Viet Nam recently instructed HOSE and HNX as well as the Viet Nam Securities Depository (VSD) to implement temporary regulations on listing and conversion processes to reduce the load on HOSE's trading system. Accordingly, enterprises wishing to list during this period can submit registration documents to HNX or HOSE. For enterprises that want to list new shares or transfer their listing from HNX to HOSE, HOSE will receive and process their documents. After assessing and issuing the listing decisions, these shares will be temporarily traded on HNX. Once the congestion problem is solved, these companies are allowed to transfer transactions back to HOSE without reviewing their profiles. Regulations such as trading mechanisms, transaction supervision, listing management, reporting and information disclosure for businesses whose shares are listed on HOSE and are transferred to HNX also …

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