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The Hanoitimes – The deal between the Danish company with Viet-Uc Seafood aims to expand the market for high-end feed products, focusing on sustainability, traceability, quality and performance.

BioMar, the Denmark-headquartered feed company, has acquired a majority share in the Vietnamese Viet-Uc Seafood Corporation, with activities in shrimp hatcheries, fish hatcheries and shrimp farming.

Viet-Uc Seafood’s shrimp factory in the southern provinces. Photo: Viet-Uc

The deal between the Danish company with Viet-Uc Seafood aims to expand the market for high-end feed products – focusing on sustainability, traceability, quality and performance, according to the Fish Site.

“Considering the performance and agility of the Vietnamese shrimp industry during the last decade, and not least during this last year of pandemic, I am sure the market holds great potential for growth,” said Carlos Diaz, CEO of BioMar Group.

Looking at market forecasts and the increasing consumer focus on healthy and sustainable seafood, the Danish group expects there will be an increasing market share for high-end feed, ensuring farmers can deliver certified products towards global retail channels.

Adding Vietnam into the equation will enable BioMar to build a strong relationship both to Vietnam and the nearby countries, as well as creating benefits from the relation between genetic and nutritional development.

“Partnering with one of the leading companies within this field to develop high performance feeds, concepts and value chain collaborations makes a lot of sense, in order to promote a positive development of the shrimp industry,” Diaz said.

Last year, BioMar signed a memorandum of understanding with Viet-Uc Seafood with the aim of establishing a partnership on aquafeed production in Vietnam, which will help Vietnam’s shrimp production be clean and traceable.

In 2020, Viet-Uc Seafood launched a high-tech shrimp farm in the northern province of Quang Ninh, and currently operates eight other hatchery facilities in the southern and central regions.

Before the surgery, the child, weighing only 16 kg, suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy and end-stage heart failure.

The patient received the heart from a 19-year-old brain-dead donor, with the surgery conducted on February 1.

The child’s mother thanked the family of the donor who, she said, has given her child a new life, and the dedication of doctors and nurses of the hospital.

This is the fifth heart transplant performed on a child at the hospital.

Viet Duc has performed five lung, 36 heart, 92 liver, and nearly 1,100 kidney transplants in total so far.

It is the leading center nationwide for collecting and transplanting organs. All patients are healthy and have returned to daily living.

In March 2017, a 10-year-old boy in Hanoi became the smallest heart transplant patient at that time. After getting the heart from a brain-dead donor, he is now in a stable condition.

Source: VNA

The Hanoitimes – Vietnam should follow the EU’s steps in applying law to better revenue sharing between social media platforms and all content creators including newspapers and magazines.

Total digital advertising turnover in Vietnam would rise to US$630 million by the end of this year, and that of Facebook and Google would go up parallel, reaching a combined US$450 million, according to estimates by ANTS, an integrated programmatic advertising platform, and other sources.

The two tech giants have increasingly gained revenue in Vietnam, sending the local press industry struggling. To make the picture clearer, the online advertising revenue in 2010 in Vietnam was only around US$10 million, of which Google’s and Facebook’s just made up a small amount.
Now the combined revenue of those two largest cross-border platforms in 2018 astonishingly surged to US$387 million, swallowing the biggest portion of online advertising of US$550 million.
In the meantime, the rate of press agencies earning revenue from online advertising plummeted to 31% in 2018 and will continue to fall to 29% in 2019 compared to 81% in 2010.
Also according to a 2018 report of the Central Commission for Communication and Education of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the revenue from online and printed press in Vietnam was VND4.9 trillion (US$210 million) in 2018 and that of television was VND10 trillion (US$429 million).
The figures pose the question about ads business of Facebook and Google as those platforms earned millions of dollars by sharing and citing contents, news articles of local content creators and press agencies but aversely shared the revenue with them, who eventually are accountable to the contents, VietNamNet reported.
Unfortunately, the Vietnamese government is still struggling to tax those revenues of Facebook and Google.
At the beginning of this year, policy expert Nguyen Quang Dong from the Institute for Policy Studies and Communication Development IPS raised his view that Vietnam should follow the EU’s steps in applying law to better revenue sharing between social media platforms and all content creators including newspapers and magazines.
The law is considered a move to guarantee the rights of press agencies which play significant role in providing contents for the social media platforms.
The dominace of social media platforms
The US-based Pew Research Institute’s reports showed that 80% of Vietnamese considered social media positive while just a mere 6% thought it is negative. As a result, despite some undeniable negative social consequences it has caused, social media is still regarded as an essential source of information.
Under the Facebook’s algorithm, users mostly see in their news feed stories which are relevant to them as it ranks the contents based on users’ reactions on previous posts. This could lead to the display of a part of the truth, not the whole of it, which negatively affect people and businesses. However, media experts said, this algorithm may become strength of mainstream press.
These press agencies are unable to compete with the social platforms in terms of speed but it is the accuracy and the honesty of the delivered information that guarantee its value and existence, according to Chairman and CEO of Le Group of Companies Le Quoc Vinh.
By 2021, it is forecast that over 3 billion people in the world would be subscribers of social media platforms while Vietnam would see 57.43% of its population using Facebook, 12.81% watching YouTube and the numbers continue to rise.

The Hanoitimes – Vietnam will watch how Facebook fulfills its commitment to complying with Vietnamese law.

Facebook must comply with Vietnamese law and should cooperate with the government in creating a secure and healthy environment, a spokeperson has said.

IT companies like Facebook are required to comply with Vietnamese law

As a foreign-invested company operating in Vietnam, Facebook has commited to complying with Vietnamese law and the government of Vietnam will see how its commitments are fulfilled, Deputy Spokesperson of Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ngo Toan Thang said at a press conference on April 23.

Vietnam has developed digital infrastructure to facilitate the operations of foreign companies and supports them in terms of telecommunications on the condition that they abide by Vietnam’s law and fulfil all tax obligations and social responsibilities, the official noted.

“IT companies should cooperate with the government in creating safe and healthy environment,” Thang said in answering a question by DPA on whether Facebook is required to limit access to contents that are deemed illegal in Vietnam.

On April 21, Reuters reported that Facebook’s local servers in Vietnam were taken offline early this year, slowing local traffic to a crawl until it agreed to significantly increase the censorship of “anti-state” posts for local users.

Vietnam has more than 65 million Facebook users who use this social network as the main platform for both e-commerce and expressions of political dissent, Reuters added.

Emeralda Resort Ninh Binh is an amazing destination for sightseeing during the ripe rice season at Tam Coc

At an advantageous location near Hanoi, just a 90-minute drive from Hanoi, Emeralda Resort Ninh Binh lies on the edge of Van Long Nature Reserve – a tranquil reserve of Ninh Binh province’s characteristic reedy wetland.

Emeralda Ninh Binh Resort & Spa

With rich traditional Vietnamese architectural elements and furnishings wedded to cutting-edge enhancements and guest comforts, Emeralda Ninh Binh Resort incorporates the environmental commitment to go with its surroundings.

This April, Emeralda Ninh Binh Resort & Spa offers the best deals for visitors starting from VND1.225 million ($55) per guest (inclusive of VAT and service charge), including three complimentary meals for one and complimentary in-room tea, coffee, and bottle of water.

The offer applies for a Superior room that can accommodate two guests per room and is available until May 31, from Monday to Thursday. Different pricing will be applied during holidays. On Fridays, a surcharge of VND300,000 ($13) per room per night, while on Saturdays the surcharge will be VND1.1 million ($50) per room per night.

Enjoy your vacation at a French colonial villa in the heart of Dalat city

French Colonial Villa Village – a fairy land in the heart of Dalat city

Ana Villas Dalat Resort & Spa is famous for its elegant vintage and romantic beauty where visitors can enjoy a slow pace of life and immerse themselves in the nature of Dalat.

Moreover, visitors will be able to fill their Instagram with photos from Ana Villas Dalat Resort & Spa and its magnificent design in the midst of the forest.

Visitor at Ana Villas Dalat Resort & Spa

Ana Villas Dalat Resort & Spa is one of the top luxury resorts and wonderlands for young people in Vietnam.

This April, the resort offers the best rate ever for guests booking directly, only from VND1.75 million ($75) per room night for two guests (tax and service fees applicable), including a buffet breakfast for two and free use of the outside swimming pool and kids’ club.

The offer is applicable for the Le Petit rooms that can accommodate two guests and is valid from April 1 to June 30, from Monday to Thursday. Friday and Saturday bookings are subject to a surcharge of VND500,000 ($22) per room per night while the surcharge for Sunday is VND200,000 ($8.70) per room per night.

Another special offer includes a free room upgrade during the week (from Monday to Thursday) for bookings from two nights with a choice of one of the following special offers:

• Complimentary afternoon tea for one Villa room booking
• Complimentary foot massage (30 minutes) for one Villa room booking
• Complimentary one way pick up at the airport for one Villa Studa booking

Visit Ana, breath in the fresh morning air of the pine forest, and enjoy an afternoon tea with sweet cakes.

Afternoon Tea & Resort tour: VND170,000 (7.40) per person

Set Menu & Resort tour: VND320,000 ($13.90) per person. The prices include VAT and service charge.