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Deputy PM signs decision on national database sharing
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has recently signed Decision No.1911/QD-TTg dated November 15, 2001 on the connection and sharing between the national database on population with national and specialised databases.The connection and sharing of citizens’ information among databases must ensure confidentiality, cyber security and ...
Data defined as new resource for economic and social development
Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung said that the Covid-19 pandemic showed valuable lessons about the importance of open data and data sharing in planning the epidemic prevention strategy of each country. Vietnam recognized early on the importance of data and open ...
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Vietnam’s Open Data ranks higher than Thailand, Laos, East Timor, Cambodia
Vietnam is strong in infrastructure but weak in policies, according to the World Bank (WB).In 2020 Open Data Watch’s ranking, Singapore ranks first in the world, followed by several European countries, including Poland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden. Most countries’ open data are about budget, while ...
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Southeast Asia’s largest-scale genome sequencing center set up in Vietnam
A genome sequencing center, the largest-scale project of its kind in Southeast Asia, was set up in Vietnam on October 7, according to Cao Anh Tuan, CEO of the Vietnam-based genetic engineering company Genetica. The genome sequencing center will serve as a place for genetic ...
Vietnam to minimise new coal-fired power plants
Although the most recent draft of the National Power Development Plan increased the volume of coal-fired projects in Vietnam, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has said it won’t consider developing any new coal-fired plants, to save the environment.MoIT said many parts of the ...
Vietnam ready to join talks on global treaty on marine plastic waste
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has approved a plan for Vietnam to proactively prepare for and take part in the building of a global agreement on ocean plastic pollution.The Government leader signed Decision No 1407/QĐ-TTg to approve the plan with a view to ensuring sufficient ...
Nano Covax producer asked to provide more data
Nanogen Biopharmaceuticals and the research team behind Việt Nam’s home-grown COVID-19 vaccine Nano Covax, have been asked to provide more data before an emergency use licence can be granted. The request was made by the Advisory Council for the Registration of Circulation of Drugs and ...
Hanoi sets two scenarios for Covid-19 testing after September 6
Hanoi will conduct focused, large-scale testing of Covid-19 from August 27 to September 4 with a total of about 200,000 samples done by the RT-PCR testing and will prepare testing scenarios for the period after September 6, when social distancing ends.Scenario 1: When outbreaks worsen ...
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Conservation programs put on hold with access denied due to spread of COVID
Biodiversity conservation projects and forest protection in the central highlands region, over the past two years, have been either delayed or suspended as travel and mass gathering activities are limited by COVID-19 prevention measures.Trinh Viet Ty, director of managing director of Kon Chu Rang Nature ...
Vietnam sets new regulations, tightens advertising on Facebook, YouTube
From September 15, cross-border platforms such as Facebook and Google will have to remove ads in violation of regulations within 24 hours after receiving a notice from the Ministry of Communications and Information.The new decree was created ad per the proposal of MIC with an ...
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