GE Healthcare on a mission to innovate Vietnam’s healthcare 08:00 | 18/12/2017 On the occasion of signing a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam’s privately-run Vinmec Healthcare System, Terri Bresenham, president and CEO ... Making local healthcare ‘future-ready’ 08:00 | 18/12/2017 US’ GE Healthcare has joined forces with Vinmec Healthcare system under Vingroup to advance Vietnam’s healthcare standards. Van Mai reports. GE Healthcare becomes strategic partner of Vinmec 10:08 | 13/12/2017 GE Healthcare, the medical arm of General Electric, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Vinmec Healthcare System, fostering science ... GE to drive wave of solar investment in Vietnam 1 … [Read more...] about Corporate News, Latest Business
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Art & Entertainment News Headlines 12/2
Ethnic spring festivals on show this month An annual festival that features the cultural colours of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups through their New Year celebrations will take place at the Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hanoi from February 15-17. During the event, which will be hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, visitors can take part in a wide range of cultural activities. They will include a rite to pray for peace, favourable weather and a good crop of the Lo Lo ethnic minority group in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang and a festival to welcome the New Year of the Dao ethnic group in Hoanh Bo district of the northeastern province of Quang Ninh. In addition, the New Year celebration of the Thai people and the gong festival of the Muong people in northern Hoa Binh province will also be presented at the event. The husband-catching festival of the Chu Ru people in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, and the rice planting … [Read more...] about Art & Entertainment News Headlines 12/2
Google sends local news to smartphones
Google on Friday began letting US smartphone users stay abreast of local news whereever they happen to be. Google News first made location-based service available about three years ago. The new featue enables people to tap into location-sensing capabilities of smartphones to customize what headlines are displayed on homepages of devices. "Google News for mobile lets you keep up with the latest news, wherever you are," Singh said. He said the new feature "surfaces news relevant to the city you're in and surrounding areas" once smartphone users have given permission for the software to access location information on devices. Source AFP … [Read more...] about Google sends local news to smartphones
Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 20
Check out the news you should not miss today, January 20 Politics-- Vietnam hopes Japan will continue its provision of ODA for the country, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said at a reception for a delegation of Japanese parliamentarians attending the 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26) in Hanoi on Friday. Society-- ILL-Abilities, an international breakdancing crew comprised of dancers with different physical limitations that has inspired audiences around the world with their extraordinary performances, is in Vietnam from January 19 to 23 to promote messages of diversity, equality and inclusion of marginalized populations.-- Nearly 1,100 middle school students in coastal areas in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan participated in a drill on natural disaster prevention supported by the United Nations Development Programme on Friday.-- A truck, weighing a total of 15 metric tons, including its load, was trying to pass a … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – January 20
Journalists protest Philippine move to close news website
Philippine journalists took to the streets Friday in support of a news website facing state-enforced closure, accusing President Rodrigo Duterte of trampling on press freedom. The government withdrew the corporate registration of the Rappler website this week and has summoned its chief executive to answer a "cyber-libel" complaint in what media watchdogs describe as payback for critical coverage of Duterte's deadly war on drugs. About 200 journalists and activists, most of them wearing black, gathered in northern Manila at dusk to protest the ruling, seen by critics as Duterte's latest bid to stifle opposition to his narcotics crackdown. The protesters carried banners saying "fight the Duterte dictatorship" and "defend press freedom". Duterte's spokesman Harry Roque said in a statement that the demonstration showed "that freedom is alive and democracy is alive in the Philippines". Rappler, founded in 2012, is among a handful of Philippines-based news organizations which had produced … [Read more...] about Journalists protest Philippine move to close news website