HCMC is the first locality in the country to introduce a digital transformation program to boost the development of a digital economy, a digital government and a digital society. The city has laid the groundwork for the four main pillars of a smart city: a shared database and open data ecosystem, a smart city operating center, a center for socioeconomic forecasts and simulation and a center for information safety. … [Read more...] about HCMC proposes seven solutions to develop knowledge economy
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Solar energy storage system offers low-cost solution for Vietnam
Hanoi (VNA) - The Solar Storage System (ESS) offers a low-cost and low-emissions solution for peak-hour power supply, helping Vietnam pursue low emissions development and ensuring economic growth, according to an expert at a workshop held in Hanoi on January 27. Mark Leslie, Managing Director of the Green Investment Group at Macquarie Capital, said the solution helps integrate solar power into the grid. Energy storage is the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time, to reduce imbalances between demand and generation. According to a representative from the Blueleaf Energy company - an organiser of the workshop - the solar energy storage system allows the use of low-cost solar power at noon to charge and then discharge during peak hours to meet peak loads. Solar power sources are intermittent and fluctuate during the day, thus causing several issues for grid operation. The combination between the source and the energy storage system can lead to more stable … [Read more...] about Solar energy storage system offers low-cost solution for Vietnam
Vietnam attends 17th ASEAN – Russia senior officials’ meeting
At the event, ASEAN and Russia agreed to soon complete their draft comprehensive action plan for the 2021-2025 period, thus laying an important foundation for bilateral ties in the new period, with a focus on priority fields such as terrorism and trans-national crime fight, trade, digital economy, science and technology, smart city development, energy, disaster management and people-to-people exchange. … [Read more...] about Vietnam attends 17th ASEAN – Russia senior officials’ meeting
Breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy improves patients’ quality of life
Breast reconstruction methods can be divided into three groups, including use of artificial materials like saline padded bags or gel silicone. There are also many different techniques to reconstruct the breast with a part of the patient's body. The other method combines the patients' body materials with synthetic materials. … [Read more...] about Breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy improves patients’ quality of life
Finance sector contributes decisively to national achievements: Official
Over the next five years, the sector will focus on completing and synchronously implementing policies on pricing, State finance, corporate finance, accounting, auditing, administrative reform, applying achievements from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and allocating financial resources in accordance with market signals. The sector will also give priority to attracting foreign investment, shifting from extensive investment to intensive investment, and fully implementing previous and new free trade agreements. Dung said the finance sector will effectively implement the principle of spending within financial capacity and borrowing within repayment ability, and work to complete a database on revenues, expenditures, public debts, and public assets, while improving the efficiency of public financial management and administration at both the macro and micro scale, and promoting openness and transparency, as well as intensifying the fight against corruption and wastefulness. The … [Read more...] about Finance sector contributes decisively to national achievements: Official