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Representatives of Generali Vietnam and the National Fund for Vietnamese Children hand over 250 gift sets to children in HCM City. — Photo courtesy of Generali More than 600 parents, children, teachers and child caregivers discussed child health, behaviours and intelligence at a workshop in HCM City on July 4. The event, Sinh Con, Sinh Cha (Born Children, Born Parents), was jointly organised by the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC), HCMC’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Department of Education & Training and Generali Vietnam. At the workshop, participants focused on three popular parenting topics attracting public attention in recent times: protecting children against physical and psychological abuses, handling children’s tantrums, and early education for children about money. “We are heartened to see the community educational workshop was well received with great enthusiasm from participating parents in HCM City. This is a strong … [Read more...] about Workshop discusses child health and intelligence

Prudential Vietnam launches new AI-powered mental wellness tools to enable users to manage their mental and physical health with personalised information and recommendations. — Photo courtesy of the company Prudential Vietnam has announced the launch of its new mental wellness tools aimed at helping users manage their mental and physical health with personalised information and recommendations. The AI-powered tools can now be accessed on Pulse by Prudential (Pulse), adding to the extensive features on this all-in-one holistic health and wealth management mobile app. According to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organization in March this year, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25 per cent in the first year of the pandemic. In pre-pandemic Viet Nam, according to statistics published by the Ha Noi-based Bach Mai Hospital’s Institute of Mental Health, 30 per cent of the population had various mental health issues, 25 per cent related to … [Read more...] about Prudential launches AI-powered mental wellness tools to balance mental, physical health

On Wednesday, a workshop on improving packaging technology and design to enhance business competitiveness and efficiency was held in the southern province of Dong Nai. — Photo vtv.vn The packaging industry will benefit from the growth of e-commerce, and the free trade agreements that Viet Nam has joined, said Nguyen Duc Trung, deputy director of the Enterprise Development Agency, at a training workshop in the southern province of Dong Nai last week. This workshop was focused on improving packaging technology and design to enhance business competitiveness and efficiency. The training session is an activity within the framework of the USAID Improving Private Sector Competitiveness (IPSC) project, funded by USAID. The Ministry of Planning and Investment's Enterprise Development Agency is the project owner. It is designed to equip businesses with the latest information and knowledge on packaging technology and design, thereby supporting businesses to develop appropriate packaging … [Read more...] about Packaging industry benefits from e-commerce

Generali gave hundreds of gifts to children and 30 special gifts along with financial support to families with special difficulties in the locality The Sinh Con, Sinh Cha workshop in Ho Chi Minh City facilitated discussion on three popular parenting topics attracting public attention in recent times: protecting children against physical and psychological abuses, handling children’s tantra, and early education for children about money. Merited artist Xuan Ba, who is NFVC’s goodwill ambassador, volunteered as the workshop’s facilitator. Discussed topics at the workshop were within the programme’s three main content pillars of intelligence, behaviour, and health of children aged 0-6 years. Tran Van Vang, deputy general director of Generali Vietnam shared the insurer's goals and positive results of the programme Many of Generali Vietnam’s staff and agent volunteers; as well as staff members from the NFVC; Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labour, Invalids, and Social … [Read more...] about Sinh Con, Sinh Cha discusses popular parenting topics with hundreds of families

At the event (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – About 200 Vietnamese and Indian enterprises in the pharmaceutical and medical field participated in a networking event in Ho Chi Minh City on July 5, together exploring their ‘golden’ cooperation and investment opportunities in the post-pandemic period. The annual conference was co-organised by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Branch in Ho Chi Minh City ( VCCI-HCM ) and the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India ( Pharmexcil ). As heard at the function, businesses of the sides are looking for joint pharmaceutical partnerships, particularly in COVID-19 vaccine production. In the medical area, outstanding Indian projects in Vietnam include a 500-million-USD pharmaceutical industrial park in Thanh Hoa province and an international pharmaceutical park worth 10-12 billion USD in Hai Duong province. Recently, Vietnam revised regulations and Indian businesses meeting the quality requirements are … [Read more...] about 200 Vietnamese, Indian medical firms join annual networking event

Chairing an online meeting of National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control with the 63 localities nationwide, the leader underlined COVID-19 has still developed complicatedly in the world with the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineage BA.5 in many countries, and that it is crucial to control the pandemic to create favorable conditions for socio-economic development, national protection and the improvement of people’s living conditions. He stressed the need to give top priority to the ensuring of people’s lives and health, and to consider the pandemic prevention and control as the common task of the whole political system. The Government leader highlighted the need to maintain three key pillars in COVID-19 fight – testing, quarantine and treatment, with the new pandemic control formula that sees the combination of mask wearing, disinfection, vaccine, treatment, technology, people’s awareness and other measures. He asked ministries, sectors and localities … [Read more...] about PM stresses significance of preventing COVID-19 re-emerge