The opening ceremony was attended by Head of the Vietnam Institute of Military History Major General Nguyen Hoang Nhien, Deputy Political Chief of the Air Defense – Air Force Service Major General Tran Trong Tuyen, and representatives from the Air Defense – Air Force Service’s agencies and units in Nha Trang city. During the four-day event, 118 participating officers, who are in charge of managing and researching military history, will be equipped with general knowledge about military history and historical and logical methods in studying military history. Participants will also learn experience in compiling projects on military history; collecting, exploiting, and using history documents; organizing seminars on military history. During the course, participating officers will visit Khanh Hoa province’s Museum and the Institute of Oceanography. After the course, trainees will be presented with certificates recognizing their participation in the refresher course on military … [Read more...] about Refresher course on military history held
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Army Corps 4’s Party Committee reviews task performance
Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh attended the conference. After 15 years implementing the Resolution, the technical work of Army Corps 4 has achieved remarkable results. The Corps has made great efforts to ensure weapons and technical equipment for missions; successfully complete the targets of maintenance, repair, synchronization, and storage of weapons and equipment as planned. The technical documents have been fully prepared while the technical training quality has been increasingly improved. In addition, the warehouses and workshops have been basically upgraded and reinforced with numerous new added equipment. Since 2007, the corps has had 6 military science projects on technical work that have been accepted by superiors, affiliated agencies and units have hundreds of initiatives and technical improvements that have been put into use by the Ministry of National Defense and the corps with high efficiency. Speaking at the event, Senior Lieutenant … [Read more...] about Army Corps 4’s Party Committee reviews task performance
Competition for COs and political commissars of centrally-run cities and provinces launched
Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Defense Minister, chaired the opening ceremony. The competition aims to evaluate capacity and professionalism of commanders and political commissars of the military commands of the centrally-run cities and provinces in performing military and defense tasks, thus improve the quality of military personnel to meet the task requirements in the following years. The competition includes two major categories: general theory and practice. The general theory category consists of four contents, namely military-defense affairs, Party and political affairs, logistical and technical affairs. This category is to assess the capability of commanders and political commissars in studying and applying the document system at all levels to implement their military and defense tasks. The practice category consists of three contents, namely determination and resolutions building, K54 shooting lessons 1 and 1b, and unarmed … [Read more...] about Competition for COs and political commissars of centrally-run cities and provinces launched
New trade deal expected to boost Indonesia’s exports to Middle East
Nhập mô tả cho ảnh Jakarta (VNA) – The Agreement on the Indonesia- United Arab Emirates (UAE) Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IUAE-CEPA) is expected to boost trade and Indonesia’s investment performance with Gulf and Middle Eastern countries. The trade deal was signed by Indonesian Minister of Trade Zulkifli Hasan and Minister of Economy of the UAE Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri on July 1, on the sidelines of President Joko Widodo's working visit to Abu Dhabi. The Indonesian President positively welcomes the completion of the IUAE-CEPA, said Trade Minister Hasan in a statement. This agreement is Indonesia's entry point to the UAE, which is a hub for increasing exports to non-traditional destination countries, such as the Gulf, Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. The signing of the I UAE -CEPA is also a historic moment, as it is the first time that Indonesia has a trade agreement with a country in the Gulf region. He said he hopes that when the IUAE-CEPA … [Read more...] about New trade deal expected to boost Indonesia’s exports to Middle East
Google ponders moving smartphone production from China to Vietnam
Global tech giant Google is in the process of considering moving orders for future phones to Vietnam in an effort to avoid risks posed by ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China, as well as China's COVID-19 lockdown, newspaper DigiTimes of Taiwan (China) reported. Google's Pixel 7 smartphone The Taiwanese media outlet cited sources from the upstream supply chain as saying that the US-based tech firm originally planned to produce its smartphones in Vietnam. However, it ultimately decided to keep its production in China due to a combination of the pandemic coupled with the strong support provided by Chinese supply chains. However, DigiTimes assessed that the strict COVID-19 lockdowns implemented by the northern neighbour have prompted the company to reconsider its view. According to figures compiled by Canalys, Google has seen robust demand for its Pixel 6 in the North American market, with the smartphone's shipments reaching around 1.2 … [Read more...] about Google ponders moving smartphone production from China to Vietnam
Two senators call for FTC probe into TikTok over U.S. data access
The request on Tuesday from Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat, and Republican Marco Rubio followed a Buzzfeed report saying the short video app permitted TikTok engineers and executives in China to repeatedly access private data of U.S. users. The senators said such access raised questions over TikTok's claims to lawmakers and users that the data was protected. "In light of repeated misrepresentations by TikTok concerning its data security, data processing, and corporate governance practices, we urge you to act promptly on this matter," the senators wrote FTC Chair Lina Khan. TikTok said Tuesday that access to data "is subject to a series of robust controls, safeguards like encryption for certain data, and authorization approval protocols overseen by our U.S.-based leadership/security team." The company responded to the senators' letter by reiterating "TikTok has never shared U.S. user data with the Chinese government, nor would we if asked." The FTC confirmed it had received … [Read more...] about Two senators call for FTC probe into TikTok over U.S. data access