Vaccination against COVID-19 is given to a health worker in Khartoum, Sudan. (Photo: THX/VNA) According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Africa, on June 14, President World Bank (WB) David Malpass had a meeting with the African Union (AU) COVID-19 Vaccine Procurement Task Force (AVATT) to discuss ways of cooperation to promote the vaccination against COVID-19 in Africa, of which WB will support the AU to deploy 400 million doses of vaccination Johnson & Johnson vaccine . Previously, on March 28, AVATT signed an agreement to buy 400 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine with a financial guarantee of $2 billion from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The World Bank and the AVATT Group agreed to speed up all administrative procedures to ensure African countries have access to vaccines as soon as possible. The agreement between the World Bank and the AVATT Group will support AU Member States to implement immunization, including domestic distribution (logistics and storage in accordance with cold chain requirements), ensuring systems, energy necessary capacity and capacity for vaccination, promoting propaganda campaigns so that people are ready to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. John N. Nkengasong – Director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and member of AVATT – said the number of Johnson & Johnson vaccines reached under the agreement is an important key to directing aim to immunize at least 60% of Africans. Achieving this goal is a prerequisite for saving the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa, safely reopening the continent’s economy, and continuing the continent’s economic development agenda. With more than 41 countries at various stages of finalizing their vaccine orders, and with increasing vaccination momentum, it is essential that countries can organize full vaccinations for their populations quickly and with affordable prices. Mr. Strive Masiyiwa – AU special envoy and AVATT coordinator – said that the decision to cooperate with AVATT by the World Bank was made after the US announced the sharing of COVID-19 vaccine, which means that countries can rest in peace. more concerned about access to and financing of needed vaccines. Under the AVATT structure, AU member countries are allocated vaccines based on population size through a collective procurement mechanism. These doses complement vaccines offered through the COVAX Mechanism – which aims to provide vaccines to 30% of the population of the participating countries – allowing AU Member States to achieve their continental vaccination targets. AVATT was established on November 6, 2020, with the task of finding the necessary funding and ensuring equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine for AU member countries.

The US has a rather slow 5G rollout. Photo: NetEase Since the advent of 5G technology, US carriers have been slow to deploy 5G networks. The main reasons are limited spectrum resources available for 5G, cumbersome deployment of 5G devices, and lack of killer applications for 5G services. The media often uses words like “fast” to describe 5G speeds, but the speed of 5G wireless network rollout in the US has nothing to do with the word. Over the past three years, the prospect of 5G wireless networks has been the focus of major media reports. But for most Americans, the real 5G that can achieve the desired effect is yet to emerge. Although all the major wireless carriers in the country claim that their 5G services have covered the entire US, industry analysts argue that this so-called 5G service is not much different from the US. 4G. According to market research firm Evercore ISI, most Americans may not enjoy 5G service that is significantly faster than current wireless communication networks. “Overall, it is expected that between late 2021 and late 2023, truly better 5G services will cover two-thirds of the US population,” said James Ratcliffe, an analyst at Evercore ISI. The first batch of mobile phones that support 5G networks was launched in mid-2019, according to Ratcliffe, in the most optimistic scenario, wireless network operators will be able to provide “real” 5G services to 2/3 of the US population in the next 30 months. Meanwhile, the first mobile phone to support 4G network was released in 2010, and the US 4G network was basically rolled out 18 months later. Analysts, academics and former industry executives say a combination of factors has resulted in a relatively slow rollout of 5G networks in the US. Some of these problems are related to network infrastructure: high-speed network transmission frequency bands and signal coverage are limited. Moreover, the new network equipment that needs to be on the shelves to deploy 5G networks is relatively cumbersome. In addition, many new devices are not made in the US, so the time to purchase the device will be longer. Industry observers also point out that the current 5G network still lacks breakthrough applications, and cannot stimulate user demand and promote the spread of services such as mobile video in 4G networks. John Roese, chief technology officer of Dell Technologies and a former executive at companies like Huawei and Nortel, said that although wireless operators have recently invested billions of dollars in 5G networks, when Because their revenue in 5G-related businesses is not stable, they may not be able to accelerate the construction of new networks. According to Mr. Roese, wireless network operators have had disappointing returns when investing in 4G networks. He said that the main beneficiaries of 4G networks are technology companies that provide applications and other services through the network. “So wireless operators are very cautious about this.” Limited frequency range Photo: Sina To meet the large traffic that 5G networks have to transport, carriers need to open “highways” for data. The spectrum is similar to the real estate that the government grants to carriers through auctions to build highways. The more land they have, the more lanes they can open for faster 5G and easier access. Currently, 5G networks mainly transmit data through low-band, mid-band and high-band. High-band (mmWave) aka millimeter wave has the highest data transfer rate and largest bandwidth, but the smallest coverage. Low band has wider coverage but slowest transmission speed. Finally, the mid-band is considered to be the balance between coverage and transmission speed. Companies like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile all claim that their 5G networks now cover more than 200 million Americans, enough to meet US demand. However, most of these networks rely on low-band radio waves to complete coverage, and network transmission speeds are limited. Wireless network operators are currently focused on capturing mid-bands and have invested a lot of money in recent tenders for these resources. But the main problem facing these companies is that most of the mid-band bands have been occupied by US government agencies and other agencies, mainly for military communications and meteorological services. . Until now, wireless network operators could only use a fraction of the mid-band resources. US government agencies are also aware of the lack of mid-band resources. Earlier this year, the US auctioned a total of $81 billion in mid-band licenses, and plans to hold another auction this fall. When operators were preparing to roll out 5G nearly 10 years ago, they generally believed that 5G networks would primarily use high-frequency radio waves, said Stefan Pongratz, analyst at Dell’Oro Group. . This portion of the spectrum resource is essentially unused. But Pangraz says that rolling out a 5G network using millimeter waves requires building more base stations, which will certainly take time to increase deployment density of base stations. He said that until recent years, the US turned its attention to mid-band radio waves as a way to roll out 5G networks faster. Where is the profit point? Photo: Justin Hall Comics Brian Kelley, an associate professor of electrical engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio, said the lack of disruptive applications is another major factor hindering the rollout of 5G networks. Mr. Kelly, who was an engineer at Motorola, said: “It can be said that this is the biggest factor that can stimulate the speed of 5G deployment.” According to analyst Craig Moffett, the 3 main advantages of 5G networks are faster data transmission (100 times faster than 4G), support for a large number of simultaneous connections, but also significantly improved response speed between devices. device is connected. “There isn’t a single revenue model that can combine these three advantages. It’s not even clear if consumers are willing to pay more for faster video downloads,” Moffett said. Moffitt said that because 5G networks can seamlessly connect sensors and other IoT devices, companies will likely be the first adopters of 5G services. He said that 5G networks “can be considered the next generation of Wi-Fi wireless networks, which are faster, more secure and can connect more devices”. But Moffett said the question is: “Will wireless operators build their own 5G networks for enterprises, or will the enterprises themselves deploy them?” This is important, he says, because if businesses choose to deploy their own 5G networks, wireless operators may lose the associated revenue and not be able to invest more money in building infrastructure. 5G layer. Device problem Currently, in the world, there are 5 companies that have successfully produced network equipment for 5G, none of which is in the US. Photo: Sina 5G networks are very different from 4G, in part because 5G networks need to transmit data at a higher frequency band. This means that upgrading 5G networks requires different technologies and devices. Evercore analyst Ratcliffe says installing new equipment can require finding a suitable location, obtaining the right permits, and even digging up roads and laying fiber optic cables to transfer data at high speeds between base stations. Gazzola, chief executive officer of Atlanta-based infrastructure company Bennett & Pless, said it is expected that by 2022, the construction work needed to bring wireless communication networks to 5G standards will increase. . However, the epidemic and technical obstacles have delayed progress. Equipment availability is also a common issue faced by wireless network operators. Dell’s Rose said that when 4G was first introduced around 2010, there were about a dozen technology vendors offering wireless networking equipment, including Canada’s Nortel and America’s Motorola. Today, there are only five major players in the global network equipment market: Nokia, Ericsson, Samsung, ZTE and Huawei. “Two in China. One in Finland, one in Sweden and one in Korea.” These suppliers are all located outside the US. Worse still, 5G network equipment requires computer chips while the chip industry has been struggling recently to cope with supply shortages.

A Huawei store at a mall in Shanghai, China. Photo: AFP/VNA In a short video posted on social networks, Huawei said that the HarmonyOS operating system will be officially put into use from June 2. At the same time, the company’s internal announcement said that Huawei CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei (Ren Zhengfei) announced major investment strategies in the software sector. HarmonyOS operating system was released by the Chinese telecommunications “giant” on August 9, 2019, in the context that this corporation faces the risk of losing access to Google’s Android operating system due to one of consequences of trade tensions between China and the US. According to the announcement, Harmony OS will be applied on a series of smart devices, including wearable technology devices. HarmonyOS also enables artificial intelligence (AI) compatibility and can also be used on personal computers and other devices. Huawei has been developing the operating system since 9 years ago, but information about this platform only appeared after the US put this company on a banned list in mid-May 2019, thereby blocking the access of the Chinese corporation. Nation for from chip to Android operating system. Every year millions of Huawei smartphones are installed. Therefore, the introduction of HarmonyOS plays an important role in the future of smartphone production activities of the Chinese technology group. Huawei’s rollout of its own operating system comes amid a slump in smartphone sales and overall revenue for China’s top technology group since last year when US sanctions took effect.

Hanoi requires that hotels serving as concentrated isolation places must ensure the requirements in epidemic prevention and control, and deploy surveillance camera systems. Photo: InterContinental Hanoi Westlake Hotel In this document, the Hanoi Department of Tourism requires the units to fully implement the regulations and measures in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in accordance with the direction of the city such as: Stop the meeting activities. , unnecessarily large gatherings of people; implement minimum distance; strictly implement the “5K message”… Restaurants in hotels, standard food and drink establishments to serve tourists, ensure the minimum seating distance in accordance with regulations. Accommodation establishments in the Capital area register and regularly self-evaluate and update to the national Covid-19 safety system at http://safe.tourism.com.vn. Any establishment that temporarily suspends its operation or does not do business must still register and tick the box “Business establishments temporarily suspending operations on the system”. For 19 hotels decided to establish by the Hanoi People’s Committee as a concentrated medical isolation area, the isolation process must be strictly followed according to regulations; tighten the management and supervision of activities at the hotel. These facilities must be responsible for closely coordinating with relevant agencies to assess the situation, deploy surveillance camera systems to integrate and connect with the centralized monitoring system set up by the Ministry of Information and Communications. implementation to ensure on schedule; comply with the adjustment of concentrated isolation time for cases subject to isolation according to current regulations of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Tourist accommodation service businesses, tourist operators and transport units, tourist areas and attractions need to be updated from official sources of information about the epidemic situation; Fully update information, guest list, daily travel schedule for medical declaration, information retrieval upon request. In addition, the Department of Tourism requires units to meet information technology in epidemic prevention and control, to actively create and use QR Codes; install Bluezone application to serve monitoring and contact tracing of Covid-19 epidemic. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other users who have installed Bluezone. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

On April 15, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presided over the Government meeting to implement the work after being strengthened at the 11th Session of the 14th National Assembly.

After listening to the discussion of Government members, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh concluded that the Government decided on the following issues:

Regarding the direction and direction: The Prime Minister asked ministries, branches and localities to continue implementing synchronously, drastically and effectively the objectives, tasks and solutions set out in the fields according to the fields. Resolution of the Party, National Assembly and Resolution No. 01 / NQ-CP dated 1-1-2021 of the Government; Focusing on controlling inflation, ensuring macroeconomic stability and major balances of the economy, being more active in solving difficulties for production and business, dealing with lingering backlog problems. ; Enhance the application of science and technology, promote innovation, creativity, digital transformation, develop the digital economy, digital society, strive to achieve the highest level of goals and tasks set out in the six month and year 2021.

Continue to focus on building the Government and administrative agencies at all levels for solidarity, high unity, integrity and democracy together with strengthening discipline and discipline; action practical, effective, effective, serving people and businesses; ensuring publicity, transparency and accountability; uphold the responsibility of being an exemplary and exemplary spirit. Uphold the spirit of responsibility, self-reliance, self-reliance, innovation, creativity, dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility, be drastic and effective in action; continue to arouse and promote strong aspirations. The contents of directing, administering and assigning tasks must be clear and specific about the responsible subject and ensure feasibility; At the same time, it is necessary to regularly urge, evaluate, supervise and inspect. Proactively handle work according to competence, strengthen coordination, not push responsibilities. Focus on handling centralized and key jobs, do what to stop, ensure efficiency and substance, avoid show off and formality.

The Government and the Prime Minister request ministries, agencies and localities to continue promoting their recent work results, dissatisfaction, subjectivity, and being satisfied with their achievements; with the spirit of inheritance and innovation, stability and development; to thoroughly grasp and strictly observe the principles of the organization and operation of the Party and the laws of the State; all for the sake of the nation, the nation, wholeheartedly, serving the Fatherland, serving the people. Commendation and strict discipline in public duty performance; protecting cadres who dare to think, dare to do, and dare to take responsibility for the common good. To substantially and effectively intensify administrative reform, prevent corruption, waste, and negativity, first of all in the state administrative system; resolutely prevent and repel harassment, causing troubles to people and businesses. For unexpected, unexpected, important and urgent issues, it is imperative to follow the Party’s guidelines and lines, the State’s policies and laws, actively grasp the situation and require practicality to have solutions. and handle the job with the highest efficiency.

Timely remove difficulties and problems for production and business; develop domestic trade and tourism market; to develop stably and sustainably the real estate market and the stock market; continue to improve the business investment environment; effectively mobilize and use all resources for national development with appropriate and effective institutions, mechanisms and policies. Ensure social progress and equity, pay more attention to social security and people’s lives, especially in remote, border and island areas. Promote cultural values ​​and Vietnamese people to become an important resource and driving force in socio-economic development. Strengthen prevention of natural disasters, proactively respond to climate change. To firmly ensure national defense and security; social-political stability, safety and security for the people; active, proactive international integration; maintain independence and sovereignty; to build and preserve a peaceful and stable environment for national development.

The Government respectfully requests that the Party’s agencies, the National Assembly, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, the business community and the people of the country always accompany and coordinate closely with the administrative agencies. state at all levels, strengthen supervision of public service implementation and contribute constructive ideas, contribute to creating social consensus to soon bring the Resolution of the XIIIth Congress of the Party into practice in social life.

Regarding the Government’s Action Program to implement the Resolution of the XIII Congress of the Party, the Prime Minister directed that the formulation of the Program must adhere to the Congress Resolution, the functions, tasks and powers of the Government, request development and the real situation of the country. The Ministry of Planning and Investment was assigned to expeditiously complete with concerned ministries and agencies, clearly showing the major tasks and projects to be implemented, ensuring focus, focus and feasibility; effectively implementing three strategic breakthroughs; submit to the Government at the regular meeting in April 2021 for promulgation.

Regarding the review of the working regulations of the Government: The Government agreed to early review and evaluate the implementation situation in order to amend and supplement the Regulation, ensure the inheritance of the advantages, to overcome the limitations and shortcomings. update, follow the situation and meet practical requirements of leadership, direction and administration. In the immediate future, the Government members are requested to thoroughly grasp the direction of: Solidarity and high unity; strengthen discipline, discipline, openness and transparency; The Government and the Prime Minister only deal with matters falling within their competence; promote decentralization, decentralization, clear identification of collective and individual responsibilities associated with urging, examining and supervising the implementation; upholding the personal responsibility of the members of the Government, not avoiding, pushing the responsibility, ensuring the quality and processing time of work. The Government Office was assigned to assume the prime responsibility for urgently summarizing, evaluating and amending the Regulation and submitting it to the Government.

Regarding the continued review of the legal system, proposing amendments, supplements or promulgation of new legal documents: The Government assigned the Ministry of Justice to assume the prime responsibility for continuing to carefully and comprehensively review the legal system. to propose amendments and supplements to remove difficulties and problems for people and businesses and promote production and business development in all fields, to report to the Prime Minister soon. Requesting ministries and agencies to urgently develop assigned laws, ordinances and resolutions; not let debt, slow, poor quality when promulgating documents detailing law implementation.

Regarding the election of deputies to the XVth National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the term 2021-2026: The Prime Minister asked ministries, agencies and localities to continue to seriously and effectively implement the tasks. according to the assignment in Directive No. 02 / CT-TTg, ensuring democracy, openness and transparency in accordance with the law, on schedule and in accordance with the proposed plan and selecting worthy people to join the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels. Promote propaganda about the election; take the initiative in fighting and countering wrong and distorted views of hostile forces; have plans and scenarios to prevent and fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and ensure political security, order and safety for the election and election day.

Regarding epidemic prevention and control and vaccination against Covid-19: The Government requires ministries, branches, localities, agencies and units to continue to strictly implement epidemic prevention and control measures according to the motto “prevention. active, early detection, fast isolation, effective treatment, complete handling, quickly stabilizing the situation ”; for individuals implementing the formula “5K + vaccine”; for a collective that strictly implements the measure of “Covid safety”; absolutely not subjective, indifferent and ready to respond to any epidemic situation. To request production and service establishments to strictly comply with epidemic prevention regulations and strictly handle violations. Continue to strictly control immigration activities, prevent and strictly handle illegal entry. Organize vaccination urgently, absolutely safe, decisively not to prevent vaccines being injected in time, must be canceled. The Ministry of Health was assigned to urgently complete the plan and study and deploy the “vaccine passport” mechanism and create favorable conditions for the early availability of domestically produced vaccines.

Regarding the promotion of disbursement of public investment capital: The Government requires the heads of ministries, agencies and localities to be directly and comprehensively responsible for the implementation and disbursement of public investment capital according to the plan. The Ministry of Planning and Investment was assigned to assume the prime responsibility for urgently reviewing and evaluating the disbursement of public investment capital over the past time, clearly identifying difficulties, problems, limitations, shortcomings and causes, and lessons learned. ; propose synchronous, effective and feasible solutions to strive for the highest disbursement rate, focusing on key infrastructure works; at the same time, ensuring the objectives, quality and efficiency of the use of public investment capital in accordance with the provisions of law and avoiding mistakes.

Regarding the Decree extending the time limit for paying taxes and land use levies in 2021 and the implementation of Resolution No. 42 / NQ-CP on support for people in need due to the Covid-19 pandemic: The Government agrees to issue Decree extending the time limit for tax and land use levy payment in 2021. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs is assigned to take the lead in urgently reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of the Government’s Resolutions on measures supporting people in difficulty due to the Covid-19 pandemic; report to the Prime Minister.

Regarding the organization of the national high school exam: The Government requires the Ministry of Education and Training to actively implement and take full responsibility for the exam; continue to improve exam regulations, ensure strict, create maximum favorable conditions for candidates. Assign the Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee to take full responsibility for the organization of the test in the area, ensuring seriousness, safety, honesty, fairness, objectivity but not causing stress or pressure on candidates and parents. students and in accordance with the disease situation.