Annual global app innovation competition. This year’s version of the competition in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will be where contestants in the region showcase their skills and talents to win a prize pool totaling $200,000. Interested candidates can apply for the exam from June 10 to August 20. AppUP Contest 2021 Jury Member This year’s Asia-Pacific region competition will feature 10 award categories – Best App, Best Game, App Award with Biggest Social Impact, Honor App Award and Most Popular App Award; as well as new categories including AppGallery’s Rising Star Award, Best FinTech Innovation Award, Best HMS Core Innovation Award, Outstanding Student Award, and Best Student Award Technology women. 20 featured applications will be selected based on social value, business value, user experience and innovation. Shane Shan, Director of Huawei Consumer Cloud Services in Asia-Pacific, said: “At Huawei, we believe in building an inclusive digital society where technology is open to all. Through Huawei’s easily accessible platforms, development tools and technical resources for everyone, we hope to empower developers at all levels to So at AppsUP 2021, we’ve doubled the number of award categories with new awards specially created to honor student developers, developers, and developers. female developers and new developers entering the HMS mobile ecosystem”. Comprehensive support for developers In addition to the cash prize, AppsUP 2021 offers an opportunity to accelerate the way towards the third largest mobile ecosystem, providing a stepping stone for developers to enter the global market. Participating in the competition and introducing developers’ apps to the AppGallery app store is a launchpad for them to reach more than 730 million Huawei smartphone users globally, and increase their exposure. with potential partners and investors. Candidates in the Asia-Pacific region will enjoy an expanded array of technical support, including hands-on training seminars from top Huawei engineers and guest judges. The finalists may also have the opportunity to participate in a global marketing and communication campaign with Huawei.

(Source: Vietnam+) Korea Eyewear Cooperation Association was established in 2020 by eyewear manufacturing companies and related businesses. The association includes companies with diverse capabilities from manufacturing, coating to B2B export and B2C online sales, including Hanmi Swiss Optical, German Tech (Hwashin Optical), Nauri Corporation, Ovius and Covis… Talking about the development of an overseas sales platform through Ovius and its cooperation association, a representative of the company said: “We aim to integrate regional linkage projects that are competitive and diversified characteristics to export domestic eyewear manufacturing technology with greater competitiveness.” Currently, the cooperative association is implementing a business project with the target audience of domestic and foreign eyewear wholesalers as well as retailers of finished products including lenses and sunglasses. The business targets countries in Europe, Africa (EMEA), Asia-Pacific (APAC), Americas (AMERICAS). Currently, in addition to facilities in Korea, Ovius also owns production infrastructure in foreign regions, which is very competitive. In particular, Ovius is a domestic brand of lenses and sunglasses established in 2011, whose standards and features are not inferior to those of world-class glasses brands. gender. High-quality color-changing sunglasses for kids and sports sunglasses that last 50 times the FDA safety standard are also popular. In March of this year, the company succeeded in developing a new generation of full-frame tinted glasses and is preparing to apply for a patent. A representative of the association said that in the case of color-changing sunglasses, the new generation of full-frame color-changing glasses that have been developed recently is equipped with the function of changing the entire frame, so it has surpassed The product is currently on the market, which can only be changed color lenses under the sun. Usually glasses with transparent frames with pink, yellow, green, brown, and blue lenses will change color to sunglasses with black, semi-transparent frames when exposed to sunlight. (Source: Vietnam+) In addition, ICT-linked tint smart sunglasses have improved the existing bone conduction method by installing a Bluetooth device in the frame. This is an advanced technology product that transmits music directly to the ear with a small speaker inserted into the glass frame. The cooperative association is conducting discussions with members to build a target revenue level after launching the online sales platform overseas in June. The online platform under development is now a fast, simple and suitable online ordering system for both retail and wholesale eyewear businesses, which can conveniently deliver both orders balance (available stock) and Rx (custom stock). Talking about the plan in the near future, the association’s representative said: “We will continue to recruit more members who are eyewear manufacturers and related businesses (circulation, transportation, etc.) , providing product packages…) to exploit domestic and foreign markets so that the quality and services are getting better and better.” “In addition to selling, we will also do our best to improve transparency and efficiency in counting, data collection, and relevant information on technical innovation, quality improvement, regulation, price average, price volatility, circulation mechanism…of the eyewear industry.” In addition, the association also plans to provide English speaker services to foreign markets.