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HCMC Customs officers are checking imported goods. (Photo: SGGP) Statistics reveal that in the first half of 2022, there were nearly 54,200 cases of law breaking related to smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods (a drop of 25 percent compared to this time last year). Functional agencies retrieved VND3,728 billion (US$159 million). Deputy Director of the Police Department for Corruption, Smuggling and Economic Crimes Vu Nhu Ha stated that smugglers now use legal entities for their crimes, especially with goods whose prices are fluctuating a great deal like fuel. Smuggling activities usually go along with money laundering, money transfers in large amounts across borders. The act of appropriating tax refunds has been detected lately, with the quantity coming to VND500 billion ($21.4 million). There has been a rise in smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods for various essential commodities on popular social networks such as YouTube, Facebook, Zalo, Tiktok. Deputy … [Read more...] about Smuggling, commercial fraud on social networks becoming more serious

On July 1 the 93-year-old woman in Hanoi's Nam Tu Liem District agreed to have her hair cut for the first time in her life on the condition that "it be gifted to cancer patients." "It used to take me several hours to wash my hair when I was younger because it used to reach all the way down to my calves. "Someone once advised me to cut it short to make it easier to care for but I refused." Nguyen Thi Lan before and after cutting her hair at her home in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Nguyen She recently some bald patients on TV and wondered why "these women and girls do not have hair" and decided to cut her hair short to donate to them. Her granddaughter, Do Tuyet Minh, 34, explained to her that they were cancer patients undergoing radiation and chemotherapy, which caused hair loss. She joked with her grandmother about cutting her hair to donate to them. Everyone in the family assumed Lan would refuse. "But as soon as I mentioned … [Read more...] about Donors give cancer patients locks of hope

During the signing ceremony, permanent vice chairman of the VBA Phan Duc Trung said, "Through the launch of this Blockchain Bookshelf, the VBA and Alpha Books want to provide opportunities for professionals to speak out and share their knowledge." Officials from the National Innovation Centre who attended the ceremony highlighted their vision for the digital transformation of the country until 2030 and planned programmes for developing human resources in technology. The Blockchain Bookshelf launch signing ceremony The first book to be published on the new technology, NFT Revolution, will debunk any and all misunderstandings about it. It covers what NFT is, how it functions, what the consequences for the future of humanity are, and how to join this trend before it's too late. The second book in the Blockchain Bookshelf is The Metaverse and it is intended to introduce readers to a network of experiences, gadgets, tools, and infrastructure that transcends the idea … [Read more...] about The Blockchain Bookshelf: A future technological foundation

An overview of the conference (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The steering committee for ASEAN dissemination at the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) held a conference in Hanoi on August 4 on the dissemination of information about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the occasion of the bloc’s 55th founding anniversary (August 8). In his opening remarks, Trieu Minh Long, Director of the MIC’s Department of International Cooperation, said that ASEAN was established on August 8, 1967, marking the first milestone in the process of formation and development of a regional organisation considered to be very effective and growing strongly. The conference was chaired by the MIC, in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade, Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, to further improve understanding on, update the situation, development orientations, and opportunities from the ASEAN integration … [Read more...] about Vietnam intensifies communication on ASEAN on its 55th founding anniversary

In his opening remarks, Trieu Minh Long, Director of the MIC’s Department of International Cooperation, said that ASEAN was established on August 8, 1967, marking the first milestone in the process of formation and development of a regional organisation considered to be very effective and growing strongly. The conference was chaired by the MIC, in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade, Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, to further improve understanding on, update the situation, development orientations, and opportunities from the ASEAN integration process to provide necessary information for people, organizations and businesses, he said. Pham Quynh Mai, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department, stated that Vietnam joined ASEAN on July 28, 1995. Over the past 27 years, Vietnam has proactively and actively participated in ASEAN economic integration and, together with … [Read more...] about Vietnam intensifies communications on ASEAN on its 55th founding anniversary

When Thien Binh first moved to Binh Lap village, Cam Lap commune, at the beginning of the year, she was surprised to see the beach right next to the village covered in plastic waste. Locals used to refer to it as a "carpet" that hindered fishermen’s efforts to take their boats out to sea. Binh, 41, explains: "Every day hundreds of plastic bags containing fish food and household wastes are dumped directly into the ocean because Cam Ranh Bay is a cage aquaculture area. The wind blows them back onto beaches." Because the commune lacks a landfill or collection and treatment facilities, she and her son decided to pick up the trash, burn it and bury it the next morning. Thien Binh and her son clean the beach next to Binh Lap village, Khanh Hoa Province, in June, 2022. Photo courtesy of Binh She and her 12-year-old son traveled from Hanoi to Phu Quoc Island in June 2021, and rented a house on Ham Ninh Mountain to unwind after being confined at home for too long due to … [Read more...] about Mother, son leave urban life behind to clean up trash-filled beach