Apple cannot refuse the US government’s request for information. Photo: Getty Images. Authorities asked Apple not to disclose information. It was not until last May that McGahn was informed, the source of New York Times said. At the time, special counsel Robert Mueller was investigating allegations that Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign had ties to Russia. Don McGahn is one of the leading figures in the team supporting the US billionaire running for the White House. It is not clear from which side Apple received the request for information. At the beginning of 2018, Donald Trump himself also expressed anger at his aide. However, it is highly likely that the request comes from the Robert Mueller investigation. In addition to Don McGahn’s personal information collection, Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is also facing trial for alleged election fraud. Mr. McGahn was not aware of Apple providing his information to the authorities. Photo: New York Times. Neither Apple nor McGahn’s attorney declined to comment. A few days ago, New York Times also revealed that the US Justice Department under Donald Trump asked Apple to provide information from the accounts of two Democratic politicians Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell. All of these cases have never been officially announced by Apple. In both cases, the concern is not only with who is being investigated, but also in how authorities exploit personal information. According to the Engadget For many years, technology companies have tried to be transparent in the use of user data, however, they do not explain and provide public information about such incidents. Can Apple become the bank of the future? Technology companies are looking to enter the financial technology industry such as Paypal, Samsung. Many rumors about Apple going to bank with Apple Wallet Pay and Apple Card.

A day after Zing reported that Nha Trang beach was crowded with people bathing to cool off, Khanh Hoa province’s authorities directed the correction. Recorded on the afternoon of June 3, Nha Trang beach was deserted than usual. In some areas, people still go to the beach to swim, but are reminded by the authorities to keep their distance to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic. “The beach today is not as crowded as it was a few days ago, there are few people out here, there is no crowded scene, it feels very comfortable,” said Mr. Along the Tran Phu beach park, there is no longer a scene of motorbikes of people going to the beach blocking the path on the sidewalk. A few days ago, the sidewalk in front of 46 Tran Phu Convention Center and 2/4 square was full of motorbikes. On the afternoon of June 3, this place is open and airy, no vehicle is allowed to stop or park in this area because there are always reminders by functional forces. In some areas in Tran Phu beach park, people go to exercise but are reminded to keep their distance to prevent and control Covid-19. Many adherents wear medical masks as recommended. “A few days ago, the car was packed on the sidewalk, there was no footpath, now I feel very open,” said Ms. Hoa, who lives in Nha Trang. No more scenes of motorbikes standing hundreds of meters long, people and tourists can freely walk in 2/4 square. A few Western guests when asked said they were very happy because Nha Trang was still at peace before the Covid-19 epidemic. “Nha Trang is very beautiful, my wife and I love this place very much,” said Mr. John, a British tourist happily. Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province. Photo: Google Maps.

The Children’s Department confirmed that Timmy TV channel has many harmful content for children. According to the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information (DST), the unit is urgently reviewing and evaluating YouTube channel Timmy TV, and at the same time collecting evidence of illegal content posted by this channel. load. Timmy TV is a YouTube channel aimed at children, but it publishes a lot of creepy, horror videos, even promoting superstitions, superstitions, not suitable for the nation’s fine customs and traditions. adversely affect the psycho-physiological development of children. The Department of Information and Communications has checked and appraised a series of videos with scary and haunting titles and content. The most sophisticated, these videos show the appearance of cartoon images, if you just glance at it, you will not notice the abnormality, the risk of being toxic to children. Through preliminary examination by the Department of Education and Training, the owner of the Timmy TV channel, residing in Ho Chi Minh City, is a member of a media company specializing in producing videos introducing games for children. After receiving a written request from the Children’s Department (Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs) on May 17 about objectionable content on the YouTube channel Timmy TV and being informed in the press, the object was hidden. the entire video content, viewers can no longer find the videos played on the YouTube channel Timmy TV. The Department of Information and Communications has collected information and evidence, transferred it to the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City to work and strictly handle the illegal behavior of the owner of the Timmy TV channel. At the same time, the Department will ask YouTube to remove the channel even though the channel’s dangerous content has been set to private and hidden from viewers. In fact, in the past time, some YouTube channels, after being criticized by the press and public opinion for reporting harmful information to children, were sanctioned and hidden the videos, but after a while they reappeared again.

Johannes Caspar, head of data protection in Hamburg, the city where Facebook is based in Germany, said: “The aforementioned ban is intended to protect the rights and freedoms of millions of users in Germany, who are have agreed to the terms of use (app). It is very important to prevent damage and disadvantages associated with such a black box process.” Germany also urged the European Union to apply a similar ban in 27 member states. WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $19 billion WhatsApp users around the world have been asked to agree to the new rules and conditions by May 15. Facebook, which has 60 million users in Germany, is encouraging its 1.5 billion users globally to update the WhatsApp app as soon as possible. WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $19 billion and now competes with other messaging rivals such as Signal and Telegram, both of which claim to have a higher level of personal data protection than WhatsApp. Since the beginning of this year, when running the WhatsApp software, a window will automatically pop up. The first page says that WhatsApp is updating its terms of use and data protection regulations, which states that WhatsApp cannot read or listen to chats because they are encrypted, WhatsApp is adjusting the chat business is simpler. The second page says that WhatsApp is updating its terms of use and data protection policy, asserting that WhatsApp does not change the privacy of private chats, but adds information on how to chat with businesses. business as desired and how the business can manage user chats. At the bottom of page 2 there is only the “agree” button and the user cannot do otherwise. If you do not agree to the new update, starting May 15, the use of WhatsApp may experience problems, such as not being able to receive or send messages, even if the account is not deleted or disabled. In short, WhatsApp requires users to agree to their new policy to be able to continue using the service after May 15, in which the update will allow more information to be shared from WhatsApp with Facebook. and other apps like Instagram and Messenger (such as contacts and profile data), except for encrypted chat content. Responding to the German ban, a WhatsApp spokesperson asserted that the ban was imposed without a legitimate basis and was based on a “fundamental misunderstanding” about the purpose and effect of the update. Therefore, the ban will not affect the continued rollout of the update.

Immediately after receiving information about the case, the People’s Committee of Hai Phong city drastically instructed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, and relevant agencies and localities to step in. , inspect, review and mobilize owners to hand over bears to the State; strictly deal with the law if the bear owner intentionally violates it. Therefore, on April 28, the bear was transferred by the owner to a Bear Conservation Facility in Ninh Binh. Hai Phong is one of many localities across the country that are making efforts to completely end bear farming in the city. Previously, from the beginning of 2021, the City People’s Committee issued a general instruction document to relevant departments, agencies, agencies, and units, requesting the agencies to increase the mobilization of households to keep. bears in the locality voluntarily transferred bears to the State. Ms. Nguyen Phuong Dung, Deputy Director of Nature Education Center, said: “The Center for Nature Education welcomes the high determination and efforts of the city government of Hai Phong to completely end captivity. bear bile. The fast and decisive handling of the Hai Phong city government for bear-related violations will help the city soon end the situation of keeping bears in the area ”. By the end of March 2021, there were about 370 bears left in the confines of illegal bile. Hanoi city alone is currently the hottest spot for illegally confining bears with 161 bears (as of April 28). According to the Center for Nature Education, currently both bear species of Vietnam, the horse bear (Ursus thibetanus) and the bear dog (Helarctos malayanus) are listed in the List of endangered, precious and rare species prioritized for protection. issued together with Decree 160/2013 / ND-CP (amended by Decree 64/2019 / ND-CP) as well as listed in Group IB, endangered, precious and rare forest animals. List issued together with Decree 06/2019 / ND-CP. Bears of illegal origin (from before 2005) are only allowed to be kept in captivity if “there is a management record and electronic chips attached”. The act of “raising bears without management records and attaching electronic chips” is a prohibited act in accordance with the law. According to Article 244 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented 2017), people who illegally raise, lock or transport horses (depending on the quantity) can be criminally prosecuted with penalty up to 15 years in prison. “The Center for Nature Education calls on the authorities of the provinces and cities to follow the example of Hai Phong city and drastically instructs the City Forest Protection Department and the district authorities to resolutely fight related violations. to come to bears in order to soon completely end the keeping of bears for bile in the provinces and cities. The registration and attachment of chips for illegal bears to confine bile not only violates the current regulations of the Government, but also makes the situation of keeping bears in Hanoi city even worse. complicated and cannot be completely terminated like many other provinces and cities across the country ”, emphasized Ms. Dung. “The transfer of bears in Hai Phong is an encouraging highlight, marking a step forward in the effort to end bear captive farming in Vietnam. Bear bile farming is not only cruel and hurting to bears. but also affects the image of Vietnam, “said Ms. Maya Pastakia, Campaign Director of the World Animal Protection Organization.

[Global Times Special Correspondent Li Qiang]The Taiwan authorities will start a new round of Taiping Island expansion plan in 2020, which is expected to be completed in 2023. Recently, due to the public discussion of Taiwan’s “legislators”, the expansion plan of Taiping Island has once again attracted attention. Some media reported that after the expansion of Taiping Island is completed, it will be able to dock 4,000-ton frigates. The former “Secretary of Defense” even stated that there is US influence behind this and that US ships may be docked in the future.

Taiping Island Wharf is built and built again, what do you want to do

Taiwan’s “Liberty Times” website reported on the 15th that the Marine Patrol Agency has promoted the new construction of the Taiping Island terminal in the South China Sea last year, but it is only five years before the new terminal was built during the Malaysian government era. Luo Zhizheng, a “legislator” of the DPP, said that the expansion of the wharf is obviously in response to changes in the regional situation, but it also appears that the Malaysian government’s planning is short-sighted and conservative.

The “Marine Inspection Agency” responded that the current expansion is to respond to the recent South China Sea situation and related service needs. The Marine Patrol Agency stated that in the South China Sea arbitration on July 12, 2016, all the islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands were identified as non-island “rocks”, which severely damaged the “rights to the South China Sea islands and their related economic waters.” On the 19th of the same month, Taiwan announced the creation of Taiping Island as a base for humanitarian rescue, international transportation and scientific research. Only the “Marine Patrol Agency” will cooperate to promote the “Nansha Taiping Island Port Side Dredging and Wharf Renovation Project Plan” from 2020 to 2023. The expenditure is NT$1.648 billion.

Taiwan’s “United Daily News” reported on April 7 that the Tsai government clearly declared the “South China Sea sovereignty policy” for the first time. The “Ocean Commission” stated that the situation in the South China Sea is treacherous, and neighboring countries are actively constructing various transportation infrastructures and deploying large-scale various types. For ships, in order to effectively enhance Taiwan’s patrol energy in this area, Taiwan is expanding the Nansha Taiping Wharf, strengthening the Taiping Island Wharf’s “typhoon avoidance” function, and dredging existing berths to strengthen Taiping Island’s operations. According to the report, the Taiwan authorities will strengthen the patrol of the “inherent territory of the South China Sea” in the economic waters and the high seas, enhance the patrol capability of Taiping Island in Nansha, and strengthen the control of the South China Sea region.

Taiwan’s “Legislative Yuan’s Internal Affairs Committee” reviewed the 2021 “Ocean Committee” budget unfreezing case on the morning of the 7th, and the schematic diagram of the Taiping Island Pier dredging project was exposed for the first time. In addition to strengthening the existing simple dock facilities, the newly-expanded Taiping Island Wharf will “have a port in the port”, set up a new vertical inner embankment, and provide special seats for 100-ton boats with surge gates. Both sides of the dock will also be dredged to 7 meters, it can accommodate 4000 tons of frigate ships at the inner wharf, reducing the probability of being attacked by swells.

What does the 5,000-ton class mean?Taiwan’s main frigate can dock

Before this round of expansion, Ma Ying-jeou’s authorities had expanded Taiping Island. According to the “Free Times” website report, the Malaysian Government era began to promote the “Nansha Taiping Island Traffic Foundation Reconstruction Project” in 2013, and newly built two sections of gravity caisson wharves with a total length of 318 meters, which can accommodate up to 3000-ton frigates. In addition, the Taiping Island Airport runway navigation related facilities were improved. The “Marine Patrol Agency” prepared the budget, and then the “National Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Communications” was responsible for the agency. The expenditure was NT$3.374 billion. The Taiwan military stated in April 2016 that the Taiwan Navy’s “Kangding” “Xingang” “Success” class ship and the nearly 5,000-ton class “Zhonghe” class ship have all passed the verification of docking operations at the Taiping Island Terminal.

According to the report, Zhao Tianlin, a member of the National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan, said that the Malaysian government’s reconstruction of the Taiping Island wharf and related equipment at that time is now very short-sighted. DPP “legislator” Wang Dingyu stated that the expansion of the Taiping Island wharf is mainly to strengthen the berthing performance of the wharf. Although the current three to four thousand-ton frigates can be berthed for a short time, the stability of the wharf is insufficient. The boat is berthed for a long time.

American ships will dock on Taiping Island?

Regarding Taiwan’s intention to expand Taiping Island, Taiwan media reported that it mainly responded to the situation in the South China Sea, but the former “Minister of Defense” of the Taiwan authorities had different views. The “United Daily News” website reported that the “Council of the Sea” stated that this expansion plan will strengthen the Taiping Island wharf’s “typhoon avoidance” function, and deepen the existing wharf, and use 100-ton patrol boats to station in Taiping Island for a long time. The newly built 4,000-ton frigate performs patrol missions in the South China Sea to enhance the patrol capabilities of the sea area, effectively deter the surrounding fishing boats from crossing the border and illegal fishing, and actively safeguard Taiwan’s “sea and territorial sovereignty.”

The “IOC” also stated that in recent years, extreme weather has produced super typhoons, strong winds and large waves have not only caused serious threats to ships operating in the sea, but also caused severe disasters in neighboring countries in the South China Sea. Therefore, it provides medical assistance for overseas humanitarian and disaster relief for rapid response. , It is necessary to cooperate with the new 4000-ton frigate equipped with advanced medical facilities, and strengthen the existing terminal facilities to facilitate the berthing of the 4000-ton frigate. The Air Crew Corps “Dolphin” and “Black Hawk” helicopters and the Navy’s S-70C anti-submarine helicopter can land on the flight deck of a 4000-ton frigate and temporarily stationed on the ship. The “Marine Guard” will complete the landing of the first 4000-ton “Chiayi” ship and “Black Hawk” helicopter by the end of 2021.

However, Yang Nianzu, the former “Chief of Defense” of the Taiwan authorities, said in a recent interview with the media that there must be US factors behind the expansion plan of Taiping Island and that US ships may be docked. Yang Nianzu said that Taiwan does not have “diplomatic” relations with the United States. Although the United States has passed some resolutions and hopes that the U.S. Navy will send warships to visit the ports of Taiwan, since it cannot rely on Taiwan ports, rely on Taiping Island. This is considered a flexible method in the United States. . He believes that if the expansion of Taiping Island takes shape in the future, some large ships, such as sea cruisers, may be docked, “this is equivalent to a side-by-side shot.” Yang Nianzu also said that Taiping Island used to be controversial whether it was the development, expansion, or extension of the airstrip, but now suddenly everything has been resolved, “I believe there will be American influence.”

Family offices: practically unregulated

The advantage of a so-called family office in which investors manage their own assets is that they are practically not subject to any regulatory or disclosure requirements. This is different with other constructions such as hedge funds that do business with other people’s assets: They must be registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and report quarterly on the investments in their portfolio. They are also obliged to disclose data on the ownership structure, assets under management and contacts with banks. For wealthy private individuals, a family office is therefore an ideal opportunity to move billions away from the public and regulatory authorities and to do business that should not necessarily be known. Which super-rich would like their investments to be discussed in detail by a broader public? This is also the reason why very few details are known about Hwang’s bets. The trigger for the problems at Archegos was apparently the price development of the share of the US media company ViacomCBS. Credit Suisse and the Japanese bank Nomura were particularly hard hit. Competitors such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan or Deutsche Bank, who also had business relationships with Archegos, were able to get themselves to safety in good time.

The warning ignored

For Hwang, the secretive nature of a family office is likely to have been a major factor, as he has repeatedly come into conflict with laws in his investor life. In 2012, the US Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of insider trading. Hwang had to pay $ 44 million to get this done. Hwang has learned a painful lesson, he would be well advised to heed this warning, SEC Director Robert Khuzami advised him in the Securities and Exchange Commission notice. Khuzami’s warning went unheeded: In 2014, a court in Hong Kong banned him from trading stocks there for four years after Hwang admitted using inside information when trading Chinese bank stocks. In 2013 he founded his family initiative Archegos Capital.

Family offices are becoming increasingly popular

Family offices are playing a growing role as actors in the financial markets. Of course, many wealthy families do not want to increase their capital in extremely risky ways – and in the process get shipwrecked like Hwang. The aim is to manage the capital for years to come and generate returns. Most family offices are interested in long-term investments, as a study by the Insead business school found. A 2019 study by analyst firm Campden Research said they managed roughly $ 6 trillion in assets worldwide. In 2020, the family office of the Walton family, the founding family of retailer Walmart, was at the top with more than $ 160 billion in assets under management. According to estimates by the consulting firm EY, there are currently around 10,000 family offices around the world. The trend has been increasing for years. Most family offices have been created in the past 20 years, according to Insead. According to the experts at the consulting firm KPMG, one reason for the popularity is simply the fact that there are more and more wealthy families.

Where were the regulators?

The collapse of Archegos could now bring the issue of regulation of family offices on the agenda: The massive transactions and losses would raise questions that affect the banks and their relationship with Archegos, commented the Democratic US Senator Sherrod Brown on the incidents. The treatment of family offices should also be questioned. The “Financial Times” quotes Mark Sobel, chairman of the US think tank OMFIF, a longstanding and high-ranking employee in the US Treasury. He agrees with Brown: Archegos raise fundamental questions about the suitability of banks’ risk management. The regulatory perspective on the interactions between banks and non-banks should also be examined – to which, as we have seen, family offices have long belonged as powerful players in the financial markets. ECB director Isabel Schnabel told “Spiegel” that the collapse shows that there are significant regulatory gaps in funds. “Fortunately, it has only been a single fund so far. Nevertheless, this is a warning signal that there are considerable systemic risks here that need to be better regulated.” So why do banks provide at least a seedy figure like Hwang with credit billions that he can gamble away on dubious bets? And why doesn’t a supervisory authority know anything about it? Questions that should be answered quickly.

A corner of Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: Getty)

Ho Chi Minh City strives to become the leading destination in the region by 2025 attracting investment, innovation, develop science and technology and create business environment equality and safety for people, businesses and investors.

This is the target identified by the City People’s Committee in the recently issued plan to improve the business environment, investment environment, and improve the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) of Ho Chi Minh City. the period of 2021-2025.

Along with that, Ho Chi Minh City determined to continue to improve the PCI every year, resolutely overcome the shortcomings and weaknesses, propose self-improvement solutions to have clearer improvement steps on the environment. the city’s business and investment school in the direction of convenience, transparency and equality among all economic sectors; put the city in the group of localities with the best socio-economic management quality in the country.

On the other hand, improving the business and investment environment in the direction of digital transformation towards digital economic development in order to improve competitiveness to help businesses in the city develop sustainably; striving for the period of 2021-2025 to be in the group of 5 leading localities in the country in terms of PCI index.

To accomplish the above objectives, the City People’s Committee proposed groups of solutions including strengthening the leadership and direction of the committees and authorities; promote the role of the Fatherland Front at all levels, socio-political organizations and people.

In particular, it is necessary to grasp deep awareness and uniform action among cadres, civil servants and public employees on the task of enhancing the city’s competitiveness; strengthen leadership, inspect, urge, preliminarily review and promptly rectify the improvement of the business environment, investment environment, and improve competitiveness at the unit.

Commissars at all levels lead government agencies to develop programs and plans to improve the business and investment environment, improve competitiveness, especially reform administrative procedures to serve people and businesses. Karma.

Regarding the improvement of the PCI component indexes for the 2021-2025 period, the City People’s Committee focuses on implementing and assigning functional agencies to improve related indicators. Specifically, on the market entry index for enterpriseThe city strives to have 93% or more of documents for business registration via electronic information network; The rate of investment registration certificates online reached more than 40% …

Regarding the index of land access and stable use of production premises, the city focuses on improving the operational efficiency of the Land Fund Development Center in order to well prepare a clean land fund and call for investment; publicizing master plans, plans on land use, unused land fund in order to create favorable conditions for investors to access land resources, production premises …

Regarding the index of publicity and transparency, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City assigns departments, branches, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Thu Duc city, districts to publicize internal processes to resolve administrative procedures in all state management agencies so that people and businesses can control the progress of the procedures, problems and responsibilities of the acceptor; regularly organize dialogues between authorities with people and businesses in various forms; overcome the status of the record is late.

Along with that, Ho Chi Minh City focuses on implementing many solutions to improve and improve indicators such as time cost; unofficial fees; fair competition index; Index promotes dynamism and pioneering of the city government; development index and quality improvement of business support services; indicators of improving the quality of human resources to reduce training costs for businesses; The index improves enforcement efficiency of legal institutions.

The City People’s Committee also assigned the City Department of Planning and Investment to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in, formulating and advising the City People’s Committee to issue and implement the Ministry of Industry and Trade. evaluation number of executive capacity at department level, departments, city of Thu Duc and districts to serve as a basis for evaluating the performance of tasks, solutions to improve business environment, investment environment , improve the city’s PCI for the period 2021-2025 of units ./.