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Hanoi (VNA) – The final pitching competition and awards ceremony for the Ending Plastic Pollution Innovation Challenge took place in Hanoi on January 26. Funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, the ASEAN-wide competition aims to tackle plastic pollution in coastal areas of Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines by seeking, upgrading and spreading innovation solutions. Among 14 finalists, four teams won the awards, namely Galaxy Biotech, Green Joy and Refill from Vietnam and CIRAC from Thailand. Each winner received a seed funding of 18,000 USD and will start a 9-month impact acceleration programme. The organising board received 159 entries from six ASEAN member states. The best 14 teams joined an incubation programme launched by the United Nations Development Programme and the Vietnam Silicon Valley’s Accelerator Programme from October – December. Team members received necessary skill training and took field trips to Ha Long Bay … [Read more...] about Award ceremony for ASEAN plastic pollution innovation challenge

To successfully address this challenge, Omise decided to implement the network-certified and PCI-ready Netcetera 3-D Secure Server on premise solution. They are among the first PSPs to implement the 3DS server with the latest protocol EMV 3DS 2.2. Jatuporn Pinnuvat, Head of Product Innovation at Omise, says: "After a thorough evaluation and investigation of different suppliers and products, we decided on Netcetera with their flexible, agile and independent payment offering. We consider their 3DS server as the most reliable and viable product to support secure and convenient transactions. The implementation was smooth and efficient, and we were able to save a lot of time and effort thanks to the comprehensive technical documentation, educational webinars and Netcetera's professional support." … [Read more...] about Securing Payments in Asia: Omise Integrates the EMV 3DS 2.2 Protocol Using Netcetera’s 3DS Server

Gender inequality with ethnic women, which is part of the social structure mentioned above, also exists at both the family and individual levels, where stigma towards women and the lack of resources have been and are preventing ethnic minority women from speaking up and practicing leadership in their families and communities. The voice of women in the community is very limited. However, the reality and the survey show that, if there is sufficient support and resources, women can not only help themselves but also contribute significantly to the family and the surrounding community. … [Read more...] about Efforts to empower ethnic minority women

The role of the people will be promoted, with citizens central to the country’s development strategy. Several key principles will be upheld, including socio-political proactiveness, the rights and responsibilities of people to take part in building and promoting the Party, building a socialist law-governed State, Fatherland Front and socio-political organisations, building a contingent of Party members, officials and public servants; having a mechanism to promote potential, strength and innovation ability, and mobilising people to take part in economic development and social development management. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam aims to become a socialist-oriented developed nation by mid-21st century

Shan Shau Jok is a crunchy candy brand established in 2016. Currently, more than 20 products, such as nut crunchy, nougat and cookies, are all "Made in Hong Kong" products. It strictly selects high-quality ingredients from all over the world, including some quality local crops. With its own low-temperature baking technology, the products break the old-fashioned notoriety of candies - sugar-rich, oil-rich, and fat-rich. On the contrary, its candies retain the original nutrition and aroma of ingredients, being delicious at the same time. … [Read more...] about Lee Tung Avenue’s Lunar New Year Presents Butterflies of Hope．Blessing Lanterns