The hotline to support medical declaration 18001119 is completely free. On 4-6, after investigation and verification, the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Information and Communications said that the information about subscribers being deducted when listening to a call displaying the word “BCD Covid19” in Bac Ninh is complete. totally fabricated. In order to provide maximum support for Bac Ninh in the prevention and control of Covid 19, from the morning of May 29, the Ministry of Information and Communications has directed telecommunications businesses to use Callbot technology to call mobile subscribers in the province. Bac Ninh and Bac Giang have not installed Bluezone to mobilize and guide people to install and use this application to protect themselves and the community against the Covid-19 epidemic. In particular, under the direction of the Ministry of Information and Communications, these calls are completely free of charge when people answer the phone or call back. However, recently, in Bac Ninh province and on social networks, information sharing about the situation has been spread: the number of the switchboard impersonated based on the Covid-19 epidemic to cheat money withdrawals from customers’ and customers’ phones. people. Mobile phone subscribers are charged when receiving an incoming call displaying the words “BCD Covid19” or “BCD Covid-313158” or “18001119”. In order to have a basis for information and propaganda on the mass media to let the people know, as well as to serve well the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and other provinces and cities in the area. nationwide, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Information and Communications have investigated and verified. Accordingly, subscriber information that is deducted when listening to the phone is completely fabricated, people need to be alert when sharing, to avoid affecting the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic in Bac Ninh province. A facebook post corrected the previous false information. Source: Mic.gov.vn. In addition, the information that subscribers lost their charges when they heard from the Covid-19 switchboard spread on social networks has made people in Bac Ninh province bewildered, not daring to listen to the phone, greatly affecting the public sector. disease prevention and control as well as the security and order situation in Bac Ninh province. Therefore, the Department of Information and Communications of Bac Ninh province is also coordinating with relevant agencies to verify and track down the subjects who posted and shared articles about listening to calls losing money to handle according to regulations. provisions of the law. People installing and using Bluezone will help them receive timely warnings and support from health authorities when they come into contact with an infected case. When everyone participates, the Bluezone system will help to quickly trace, zoning, accurately isolate, and quickly prevent epidemics. At the same time, helping the community reduce the number of quarantined people, saving society’s resources.

Illustration. The Prime Minister, on June 1, signed Decision No. 830/QD-TTg approving the program “Protecting and supporting children to interact healthy and creatively in the online environment for the period 2021-2025”. This is the first time that Vietnam has issued a Program at the national level specifically on the issue of child protection in the online environment. The program “Protecting and supporting children to have healthy and creative interactions in the online environment for the period of 2021-2025” aims at dual goals: Protecting the secrets of private life and preventing and dealing with behaviors taking advantage of the online environment to abuse children, with special attention being paid to equipping children with age-appropriate knowledge and skills (digital immune system) so that children can self-identify and be able to ability to protect themselves in the online environment; Maintain a healthy network environment, develop an ecosystem of Vietnamese products and applications for children to learn, connect and entertain in a creative way. The program is highly interdisciplinary with the participation of many state management agencies including: Ministry of Information and Communications, Ministry of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs, Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Public Security; the coordination of socio-political organizations: Vietnam Fatherland Front, Vietnam Women’s Union, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee; the participation of information and communication enterprises, press agencies; and especially the involvement of parents, teachers and caregivers. In order to effectively implement the goal of protecting the secrets of private life and preventing and dealing with acts of taking advantage of the cyber environment to abuse children, at the same time, maintaining a healthy online environment and developing the ecosystem. By embracing Vietnamese products and applications for children to learn, connect, and entertain in a creative way, the program has introduced many innovative initiatives, tasks, and breakthrough solutions, specifically: Deploying new technology solutions (artificial intelligence, big data…) to automatically collect and analyze early warning, prevent/handle content that violates the law on children, inappropriate content suitable for children. Establishing and organizing activities of the Network to rescue and protect children in the online environment with the main tasks of raising awareness and sharing experiences of child protection in the online environment; receive, classify, transfer, and promptly handle complaints and problems arising from children in the online environment; Develop and implement programs and activities to support and encourage businesses to develop initiatives and provide information security technical solutions to protect children from interacting safely in the online environment; propose a pilot mechanism to order businesses to provide products and services developed by Vietnamese enterprises to support children’s creative interaction in the online environment. Integrate online notification channels on issues related to children in the online environment with the National Child Protection Switchboard No. 111; towards forming a single application on the network environment to reflect and share issues related to children. Develop and integrate into the educational program the training of “digital skillset” for children by age, including a number of contents and skills such as knowledge about the Internet, social networks; minimum information security skills; protect personal information online; how to recognize when being exploited or violated in the network environment and where information and reflection are needed… Implement technical solutions at schools to monitor, block and filter access to illegal content and inappropriate content for students of each age group. Previously, on May 26, the Minister of Information and Communications issued Decision No. 716/QD-BTTTT on the establishment of a network to rescue and protect children in the online environment. This network with the participation of many agencies, organizations and businesses acts as an interdisciplinary organization, helping the Minister of Information and Communications to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of state management and real results. performing the tasks of preventing child abuse in the online environment, raising social awareness and creating a safe and healthy online environment for children.

The program has “dual goals” including: Protecting the secrets of private life and preventing and dealing with acts of taking advantage of the online environment to abuse children, with special emphasis on equipping children knowledge and skills appropriate for each age (digital immune system) so that children can self-identify and protect themselves in the online environment. The second goal, the program maintains a healthy network environment, develops an ecosystem of Vietnamese products and applications for children to learn, connect, and entertain in a creative way. Program to protect and support children to have healthy and creative interactions in the online environment for the period of 2021-2025 It is considered to be highly interdisciplinary with the participation of the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Public Security. In addition, the program also received the coordination of socio-political organizations, Vietnam Fatherland Front, Vietnam Women’s Union, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee. Information and communication enterprises, press agencies also participate and implement the program. The program also introduced many breakthrough initiatives, tasks and solutions. One of them is deploying new technology solutions (artificial intelligence, big data…) to automatically collect and analyze early warning, prevent/process content that violates the law on children , the content is not suitable for children. The program to establish and organize activities of the Network to rescue and protect children in the online environment with the main tasks of raising awareness and sharing experiences of child protection in the online environment; receive, classify, transfer, and promptly handle complaints and problems arising from children in the online environment. Develop and implement programs and activities to support and encourage enterprises to develop initiatives and provide information security technical solutions to protect children from interacting safely in the online environment; propose a pilot mechanism to order businesses to provide products and services developed by Vietnamese enterprises to support children’s creative interaction in the online environment. Integrate online notification channels on issues related to children in the online environment with the National Child Protection Switchboard No. 111; towards forming a single application on the network environment to reflect and share issues related to children. Develop and integrate into the educational program the training of “digital skills” for children by age, including a number of contents and skills such as knowledge about the Internet, social networks; minimum information security skills; protect personal information online; how to recognize when being exploited or violated in the network environment and where information and reflection are needed… Implement technical solutions at schools to monitor, block and filter access to illegal content and inappropriate content for students of each age group. The promulgation of the above program is to concretize a step of the implementation of Resolution No. 121/2020/QH14 dated June 19, 2020 of the National Assembly on continuing to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of policies and laws. law on the prevention and control of child abuse. This move is also a strong message, demonstrating the Government’s determination to protect the future generation of digital citizens, towards building and maintaining a safe and healthy online environment for children to unleash their creativity. create. Nguyen Son The entire Program ‘Protecting and supporting children to have healthy and creative interactions on the internet’ ‘

Accordingly, from June 1, 2021, VietinBank will free and change the transaction notification channel from SMS to OTT message channel on VietinBank iPay Mobile application for all credit card customers. and are using VietinBank’s digital banking service. OTT messages on VietinBank iPay Mobile application help customers receive transaction notifications 24/24 even while working or traveling abroad, just need to have an Internet connection with the device that has installed the application. In addition, OTT news with no character limit with clear and complete message content will help customers manage their accounts in the best way. VietinBank hopes that the form of notification of transaction fluctuations via OTT messages directly on VietinBank iPay Mobile will help customers have a great experience and ensure safety and security for customers when using products. , services of VietinBank. For customers who have not installed VietinBank iPay Mobile application, VietinBank will continue to send SMS messages and provide free services to customers. For more information, please contact the nearest VietinBank branch/transaction office, Customer Support Center: 1900 558 868 or Email: contact@vietinbank.vn.

Dr. Le Quoc Cuong, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications, said that Gate 1022 has been integrated on the Operation Center system of the city’s smart city. Photo: LE THOA It is ready to receive 24/7 feedback from the people about the COVID-19 epidemic situation related to Ho Chi Minh City. Accordingly, to send feedback to port 1022, people can do it by the following five methods: – Via the 1022 switchboard phone number – press 3. – Through the application “PBX 1022” (install the Mobile App on Android and iOS operating systems). – Via website: https://1022.tphcm.gov.vn. – Via email box (e-mail) at address: 1022@tphcm.gov.vn. – Via Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/1022.tphcm.gov.vn The City Department of Information and Communications confirmed that port 1022 allows people to monitor the processing process; receive notification of processing results after completing troubleshooting. At the same time, people can compare the actual handling and continue to reflect back to the system in case the actual problem has not been handled or the quality has not been handled. Thus, the 1022 portal currently receives information in the fields of transport infrastructure, water supply and drainage, trees, lighting, urban order, electricity, telecommunications, public transport and even COVID. -19…

Gate 1022 serves to receive information 24/7; allowing people to monitor the treatment process; receive notification of handling results after completing troubleshooting; People compare the actual handling and continue to reflect back to the system in case the actual incident has not been handled or the quality has not been handled. Portal 1022 will receive information about the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic To send feedback to Portal 1022, people can do it through the following 5 methods: – Provide information in the form of a phone call to the switchboard number 1022 – press 3. – Install the Mobile App software “Switchboard 1022” (Android and iOS versions), allowing to take pictures and select the incident location on the map to reflect. – Access the portal at https://1022.tphcm.gov.vn to reflect information. – Send feedback to email address: 1022@tphcm.gov.vn – Reflect on the social network Fanpage: at https://www.facebook.com/1022.tphcm.gov.vn Currently, the epidemic situation in Ho Chi Minh City is very complicated. In addition to the previous outbreaks, Ho Chi Minh City has 2 new outbreaks involving 17 crew members on a ship carrying rice from India to Vietnam and an outbreak at the Renaissance Mission Church in Go Vap district. Up to now, related to the Renaissance Mission Church, there are a total of 25 suspected cases of Covid-19 in the community in 6 districts.