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An online press conference was held by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) on June 18 to launch the Make in Vietnam Digital Technology Product 2021 Awards. General view of the launching ceremony. (Photo: VNA) This is the second year the awards have been organised to honour excellent digital technology products that are designed, created and manufactured in Vietnam and have great practical value recognised in the development of the digital economy, digital government and digital society in the country. Speaking at the event, MIC Deputy Minister Phan Tam said that the awards aim to encourage Vietnamese digital technology enterprises to research and create digital technology products. This is the way for Vietnamese businesses to master both technology and products and keep pace with world powers in the research, development and application of new digital technologies, thus rising above in the global value chains, he stated. This year, the awards will honour outstanding digital technology products in five categories, including excellent digital platforms, excellent digital products, excellent digital solutions, narrowing the digital gap, and potential digital products. To be eligible for the awards, products must satisfy two major criteria: being designed and created in Vietnam, and having practical value. The “potential digital products” category is only open to non-business organisations, small and medium-sized enterprises or creative start-ups, whereby the Top 10 products will be named. Meanwhile, there will be gold, silver, bronze and Top 10 awards on offer for the remaining four categories. The Organising Board will receive applications from June 20 to September 20. Applications can be submitted online at the portals: makeinvietnam.mic.gov.vn and makeinvietnam.vcci.com.vn. The award ceremony will be held in December. In their first year, the awards created …

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Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has proposed the World Health Organization (WHO) accelerate the transfer of vaccine production technology to Vietnam to help the country become a regional vaccine production centre. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has an online meeting on Thursday with Dr Takeshi Kasa, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific. — VNA/VNS Photo Dam, who leads the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control, had an online meeting yesterday with Dr Takeshi Kasa, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific, to discuss vaccine supply, Vietnam’s response to the outbreak and the country’s access to vaccines. Deputy Minister Dam spoke highly of WHO’s role in the fight against the pandemic and thanked the organisation for offering assistance to Vietnam over the past one and a half years since the pandemic broke out. He said the Vietnamese Government has made efforts to accelerate the implementation of its vaccination strategy to achieve herd immunity soon and resume socio-economic activities as well as ensure public health and social security. He proposed the WHO promote vaccine delivery under the COVAX Facility and transfer of vaccine production technology to Vietnam, aiming to help regional countries soon get access to vaccines. Dr Kasa said he appreciated Vietnam's effective COVID-19 response measures, noting that drastic and focused direction from senior leaders along with communications on pandemic prevention and control measures have been effectively implemented with the engagement and strict observation of the entire community. Vietnam has become a good example in the region for its response to COVID-19, he said. He spoke highly of Vietnam’s precise and effective approach to vaccines. Vietnam has made stable investments in pandemic prevention and control, especially attracting the participation of the private sector and promoting public-private partnerships (PPPs) for technology transfer and vaccine …

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HCMC to spend VND8 trillion more on anti-flooding projects The Saigon Times A motorcyclist wades through a heavily flooded street in HCMC after heavy rain. HCMC has plans to kick off 12 anti-flooding projects worth over VND8 trillion this year – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The HCMC Department of Construction has sent a plan to the municipal government proposing that the city kick off 12 anti-flooding and environmental cleanup projects worth over VND8 trillion (US$348 million) in total this year. The 11 anti-flooding projects and one environmental cleanup project are scheduled for completion before 2025, according to deputy director of the HCMC Department of Construction Dang Phu Thanh. Thu Duc City has the highest number of projects, with three projects on Road No. 8 and Nguyen Duy Trinh and La Xuan Oai streets costing a total of over VND455 billion. HCMC has carried out a dozen anti-flooding projects in recent years, but many of them have lagged behind schedule. The city’s biggest anti-flooding project, which costs some VND10 trillion, has been 96% complete. However, it has been suspended since mid-November last year. The build-transfer contract for the project between Trung Nam Group's subsidiary Trung Nam BT 1547 Co., Ltd, the investor of the project, and the HCMC government, which was signed on November 18, 2019, expired on June 26, 2020, but the two sides have yet to sign an appendix to extend the deadline of the project. Therefore, the project has no legal foundation to continue. The tardiness in signing the appendix was attributed to the disagreement between the two sides over the payment method. Fast urbanization, an aging drainage system, the overexploitation of underground water and a large amount of garbage discharged into rivers and canals have made the city unable to address flooding-related problems. Professor Le Huy Ba, former chairman of the Science, Technology and Environmental Management Institute, said most anti-flooding …

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