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There are hundreds of thousands of unauthorized games, card games, and gambling games which cause insecurity and disorder as well as bad consequences for the society, the ministry’s Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information said at a meeting on Thursday. The unauthorized games, mainly released on the App Store, Google Play, and online gaming platform Valse Stream, are estimated to generate an annual revenue of nearly VND5 trillion ($211.86 million), accounting for 30% of the total revenue of the game industry in Vietnam. The ministry is requiring organizations and businesses that provide intermediary payment services not to allow payment for unauthorized games through their systems. In the case of payments via IAP (in-app purchases), they should ask Apple and Google to provide sufficient information about the transaction to block the payment. Every month, the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information will update the list of licensed and unlicensed games … [Read more...] about Vietnam to block payment for unlicensed games

Miss Grand International’s Thai president Nawat Itsaragrisil said that he came to HCMC Thursday to prepare for this year’s pageant, which is set to be held in Vietnam in October. Accompanying Itsaragrisil are were contestants from the 2023 Miss Grand Thailand: Tapimsiya Kasemwuttirat, Vanessa Nattacha Wenk, Tia Li Taveepanichpan, Kamonwarai Prajakrattanakul, Ajcharee Srisuk, Tantawan Jiteelak, Kodchakorn Korntrakoon and Chayatanus Saradatta. Some of the beauties caught the media’s eye by wearing traditional Vietnamese ao dai and conical hats . In order to visit Vietnam, the women had to sell Miss Grand products via livestream. The eight contestants with the most orders got to go on the trip. Itsaragrisil gave the women a food product sales quota of at least 200 orders a day. Itsaragrisil 's actions caused controversy on social networks. While many of his Thai fans said he made good use of every situation to make money, … [Read more...] about Thai beauty pageant contestants visit Vietnam

The report, released on March 20 to coincide with the International Day of Happiness, is published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. (Photo: pattayamail.com/) Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - Thailand has moved up one spot to rank 60th on the World Happiness Report 2023 , while Finland has maintained its position as the happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row. The report evaluates 137 countries based on various criteria, including social support, income, expectations of a healthy life, and perceptions of corruption, to assess happiness levels. The report, released on March 20 to coincide with the International Day of Happiness, is published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Participants from each country rated their level of happiness on a scale of zero to ten, with zero indicating complete dissatisfaction and ten representing complete satisfaction. Thailand scored 5.843, making it the third happiest country in Southeast Asia, … [Read more...] about Thailand improves rank on World Happiness Report 2023

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – Vietnam pledges to further enhance cooperation with international organisations and partners, especially countries within the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and Mekong-Lancang cooperation mechanism, to achieve sustainable cross-border water development goals, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has said. Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha meets President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon (Photo: VNA) Within the framework of the event, Deputy PM Ha met with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and suggested both nations consider boosting cooperation in climate change adaptation and water resource management in the coming time. Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha and UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem (Photo: VNA) In a meeting with Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Natalia Kanem, Ha suggested the fund offer continued support to build and launch social social welfare policies … [Read more...] about Vietnam commits to cross-border water development goals: Deputy PM

Netflix is making necessary procedures in order to establish its legal entity in Vietnam, said Josephine Choy, vice president and general counsel Asia Pacific at Netflix, during a recent meeting in Hanoi with Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Thanh Lam. Josephine Choy, vice president and general counsel Asia Pacific at Netflix, meets with Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Thanh Lam in Hanoi. She expressed the streaming giant’s hope that competent agencies in the country would create favourable conditions in order for Netflix to complete all procedures and find a legal entity locally in the near future. Lam for his part noted that with its potential in technology and content creation, Netflix would help fuel the development of the film industry and creative economy in Vietnam. He also requested that Netflix urgently set up a group to work closely alongside the Ministry of Information and Communications in order to regularly … [Read more...] about Netflix to establish legal entity in Vietnam

Illustrative image (Photo: Bangkokpost) Bangkok (VNA) - The Thai Ministry of Commerce’s Internal Trade Department (ITD) is implementing 22 measures to manage fruit supply for this year's harvest, with production estimated to grow by 3% to 6.78 million tonnes. Director-general of the department Wattanasak Sur-iam said the higher output is attributed to cooler weather late last year and early this year. The department remains concerned about the quality of fruit and held discussions with the Agriculture Department about introducing stringent measures to control the quality of exports, especially durian, he said. The ITD also wants to register at least 120,000 orchards for Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) standards this year. Wattanasak said the 22 measures are focused on four areas, covering plans for production, domestic marketing, foreign marketing, and legal issues. The Ministry of Commerce and the Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry also plan to coordinate with … [Read more...] about Thailand tightens fruit quality management

A China-Vietnam-Laos freight train loaded with agricultural products at Nanning International Railway Port in Nanning, China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Photo: xinhua) Hanoi (VNA) - Trade between countries along the Mekong River and China posted steady growth last year despite COVID-19 and the sluggish global economy. Specifically, China's trade volume with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam hit 416.7 billion USD in 2022, up 5% year-on-year. The figures were disclosed at the opening ceremony of Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Week 2023, which was held on March 23 in Kunming, China’s Yunnan province. Since, the mechanism was launched in 2016, it has become a landmark cooperation model in the region, and has continuously injected vitality into regional development./. VNA … [Read more...] about Trade between Mekong countries, China reaches over 416 bln USD in 2022

Hanoi (VNA) – Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said his ministry will collaborate with Skouw Cross-Border Post (PLBN), Jayapura, Papua, Chief Administrator Yan Numberi, for tourism and creative economy development in Indonesia-Papua New Guinea (PNG) border. The official was quoted by local media as saying that the ministry will carry out two agendas to revive the tourism sector and the creative economy in border areas. The agenda for tourism and creative economy development in the border region aims to restore the condition of the Skouw PLBN to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic when 1,500 foreign tourists had entered Indonesia, he stated. The first agenda is the improvement of tourism infrastructure and the creative economy within the framework of the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) that will be proposed in collaboration with the Jayapura City Tourism Service, Uno said. Moreover, he plans to hold the cross border festival in 2023 that … [Read more...] about Indonesia, Papua New Guinea strengthen tourism cooperation

The event, entitled “Offshore Renewable Energy: Opportunities and Challenges to Green Transition,” drew the virtual and in-person participation of more than 200 domestic and foreign experts. It was jointly organized by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation (KAS). In his remarks, Assistant to Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu expressed optimism about the development of renewable energy in general and wind power in particular. In the long term, offshore wind power will be cheaper than current fossil fuel-based energy sources, he said, adding that other types of offshore renewable energy are also becoming indispensable elements of the modern, blue economy. Vietnam is committed to joining the common effort of mankind to promote clean energy, as demonstrated through its commitments at the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) and the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), the official said. Vietnam is an attractive … [Read more...] about Ocean dialogue discusses offshore renewable energy potential

The companies are Hoa Phat Group, Vicostone JSC, Viglacera Corporation, Hoa Sen Group, An Cuong Wood – Working JSC, Tien Phong Plastic JSC, Binh Minh Plastic JSC, Vicem Ha Tien Cement JSC, Siam City Cement Vietnam Ltd., and Eurowindow JSC. The list was based on Vietnam Report’s independent research. Businesses are filtered out from the database in Vietnam Report's ranking studies in the construction industry with financial data updated to December 31, 2022, in combination with the use of Media Coding method and surveys, giving the most comprehensive, objective and complete assessments of the businesses during the recent period. Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic, amid unpredictable fluctuations, construction materials enterprises are still trying to adapt to new conditions, improve resilience and competitiveness to rise stronger in the future. Vietnam Report General Director Vu Dang Vinh said that all businesses in the construction material sector engaged in the survey said … [Read more...] about Top 10 Vietnamese construction material companies announced