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Marking the 1,000th public service to be put online on the National Public Service Portal, the service allows residents and businesses to register cars and motorcycles as well as pay registration tax online. Vietnam on July 21 kicked off a car and motorbike online registration service, marking the 1,000th public service to be put online on the National Public Service Portal. Online registration will reduce people's travel and waiting time in registration procedures and license issuance. Photo: The Traffic Police Department According to Colonel Do Thanh Binh, deputy head of the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, the service allows residents and businesses to register cars and motorcycles as well as pay registration tax online, regardless of time and administrative boundaries. He added that people can access the Traffic Police Department's web portal ( http://csgt.vn:8888/ ) to fill out forms, declare their means of …

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The ASEAN Online Sale Day 2021 will be slated for August 8-10. — Photo courtesy of IDEA Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are preparing for the ASEAN Online Sale Day 2021, which is slated for August 8-10. This year's programme will be co-chaired by Brunei, which is Chair of ASEAN in 2021, Singapore and Viet Nam. It comprises two tiers for domestic and cross-border transactions. According to the Viet Nam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (IDEA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, consumers can shop online via the website http://onlineasean.com/ starting August 8. In addition, firms can register to take part in the programme at: https://forms.gle/y97Jn2ajjgw3wUfF7 . As Chair of ASEAN last year, Viet Nam initiated the organisation of the event annually on August 8. The ASEAN Online Sale Day is the first online shopping event that will be conducted collectively on a region-wide scale. Its first edition drew more than 200 …

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Illustration photo. Source: freepik.com Decree No.72/2013/ND-CP dated 2013 on internet services and online information has been one of the key legal instruments in the realm of cyberspace, with some coining it the “Vietnam Internet decree”. Despite the amendments made to Decree 72 in 2018, it appeared that many notable issues around the internet in recent years were still not addressed. Government oversight of these services has become inevitable. The growing influence of foreign internet service providers has also certainly played a critical role in pressuring Vietnam’s government to address these issues quickly. In addition, the country’s data centre market is booming and projected to reach $1.64 billion by 2025 due to the general shift of enterprises to cloud platforms and the growing embrace of the Internet of Things, big data, and cloud-based solutions. Last year the government issued a draft outline of a decree amending Decree 72, and this month the draft decree was …

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Olympics The Việt Nam team at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Eighteen athletes secured slots to take part in the most prestigious sport event in the world. AFP/VNA Photos Thanh Hà “If you are not by our side when we lose, don't cheer when we succeed,” was weightlifter Hoàng Thị Duyên’s elegant response to those abusing her teammates, after their failure to secure medals at the Tokyo Olympics. Duyên’s online riposte received much support after several netizens targeted Vietnamese Olympians online with numerous insults, such as: "Waste of rice. Waste of money," "So shamed, so embarrassed!" "2016 Olympics gold was just an accident." The Việt Nam Olympics Committee sent 18 athletes to compete at the Tokyo Games, with some of them shouldering high expectations to place in their sports' top three. However, for a variety of reasons they came up short. Those who came under attack included marksman Hoàng Xuân Vinh, badminton player …

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In implementing the 08-CTr/TU Program of the Hanoi Party Committee on “Promoting administrative reform and enhancing the responsibility and quality of service of officials and civil servants and officials”, the City always determines one of the key tasks is to constantly improve the public service. In order to improve the quality of public service delivery, Hanoi People’s Committee has carried out the project “One-stop-shop mechanism trial of public service delivery in SOEs  and city’s agencies”, making Hanoi the first locality in the country to develop and implement this model. Two piloted entities are Hanoi Clean Water Company No. 2 and Hanoi Employment Service Center providing  two essential services of clean water provision and unemployment support. After more than a year piloting the model in the 2 entities, the public services bettered off. The services are more accessible to the people; the rates of timely processing, internal control and external supervision …

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Environment-themed online exhibition features Vietnamese, foreign artists The Saigon Times A painting by Pham Binh Chuong that is featured at the “Story of the River” online exhibition - PHOTOS: COURTESY OF ORGANIZER HCMC - The Song Foundation is organizing an online exhibition featuring over 20 paintings of Vietnamese and foreign artists to raise public awareness over environmental protection and raise funds for charity and social programs. Huong Giang, founder of the Song Foundation, said she got the idea for the exhibition after witnessing serious drought and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta. “When we stop deforestation and over-exploitation of river sand, we will be able to protect underground water and soil. The whole community needs to join hands for a more sustainable ecosystem,” she said. The “Story of the River” exhibition presents beautiful artworks by Vietnamese artists such as Nguyen Van The, Nguyen Quoc Thai, Le Dinh Nguyen, Ton That Bang, Doan …

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Fans queue to buy tickets of the match between Vietnam and Malaysia at the ongoing AFF Cup at My Dinh National Stadium .(Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) will sell 25,000 online tickets if Vietnam qualify for the ongoing AFF Suzuki Cup 2018’s semi-finals, according to VFF general secretary Le Hoai Anh. Anh said the VFF held an urgent meeting to deal with difficulties in selling tickets to avoid touting. The VFF sold tickets for the match between Vietnam and Malaysia from 150,000 VND (6.5 USD) to 400,000 VND (17 USD). They sold through public bodies, online registration and in person at the stadium. 11,000 tickets were sold via public bodies, 3,700 tickets online and fans had to queue to buy 9,000 tickets at My Dinh National Stadium. The rest of the tickets went to VFF’s partners and sponsors. However, the VFF’s supply didn’t meet fans’ demand, with many unable to secure tickets through legal means so had to buy them on the black …

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Quarantine hotels are ready for F1 patients, immigrants, and medical staff Accordingly, under activities for the Ho Chi Minh City tourism industry to join hands in the prevention and control of COVID-19 pandemic, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism has entered into a cooperation with Traveloka Vietnam, a travel booking company, to implement an online quarantine hotel booking system on its website and application. In order to ensure the requirements of COVID-19 prevention and control, as well as encourage hotels to transform their business models, when participating in this programme, hotels users will be able to post information and enjoy the travel platform's services for free for the first three months, with other incentives made available in the following months. In addition, the department of Tourism will publish and regularly update the list and information of hotels registered as isolation facilities on its website. People can book hotel rooms when they need to be …

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The Vietnamese Youth Alliance in Singapore (VNYA) organised an online career workshop on July 24-25. (Photo: VNA) Singapore (VNA) – More than 600 Vietnamese students from 13 countries worldwide participated in an online career workshop held by the Vietnamese Youth Alliance in Singapore (VNYA) on July 24-25. VNYA 2021 Career Fair also brought together representatives from a number of corporations such as P&G Vietnam, Shopee Vietnam and VNG Corporation. With the support of the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore, the association had spent two months preparing for the event that aims to provide Vietnamese students and alumni in Singapore and other countries an insight into the future work environment amidst the impact of COVID-19. Representatives from the corporations talked about recruitment trends and programmes to lure talents, and shared experience in job application. In his opening remarks, Ambassador Mai Phuoc Dung lauded the association’s initiative to organise …

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The biggest online shopping festival in ASEAN 2021 is about to take place The Department of E-commerce and Digital Economy under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has recently announced the launch of ASEAN Online Sale Day 2021. The programme, organised by Brunei Darussalam (ASEAN Chair 2021), Singapore, and Vietnam, is expected to take place from August 8 to 10. In 2020, as the ASEAN Chair, Vietnam proposed to organise the largest online shopping day in ASEAN – ASEAN Online Sale Day on August 8 every year. In the context of COVID-19, e-commerce is emerging as a useful buying method. Governments in ASEAN are making efforts to create favourable conditions for businesses to go online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is a good opportunity for enterprises across ASEAN to promote their products and increase their sales via e-commerce in the region. The ASEAN Online Sale Day will facilitate ASEAN member states to promote cross-border trade through e-commerce. Through …

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