Although it has been preparing to apply for a license once it is established, Huiyintong, which was born at the end of 2014, is destined to miss this license. As early as July 2014, after the central bank issued the ninth batch of 27 licenses, there have been rumors that the central bank will tighten license approval. In February 2015, the central bank mentioned in the notice on the key points of payment and settlement: “We must strictly enforce market access for payment institutions, encourage the merger and reorganization of existing institutions, continue to develop and improve market exit mechanisms, and study and implement classification and hierarchical supervision of payment institutions.” This is also considered by the outside world to be an important signal of the tightening of license policies. Since then, when the first batch of payment licenses expired and renewed in August 2016, the central bank made it clear that in principle, no new licenses would be issued, and Huiyintong’s wish to apply for a license was thus frustrated. Around 2014 when Huiyintong was born, it coincided with the small peak of domestic home appliance companies entering into finance. After experiencing the impact of the price war in 2000, in order to solve the capital needs of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain and maintain profit growth, home appliance companies have embarked on a development path that combines industry and finance. In 2014, Haier and Gome successively established financial holding companies. Subsequently, TCL, Suning, and Midea also joined the camp. Home appliance companies have adopted equity participation or the establishment of new financial institutions to expand into the financial field. At the same time, the Internet financial industry in 2014 is in full swing. The success of Alipay and WeChat has caused many companies to target the payment industry, and the payment license as an industry pass is naturally sought after by everyone. Throughout the licensing history of several major appliance giants, Suning obtained a payment license through its wholly-owned subsidiary Epay as early as 2012, while Haier acquired a licensed third-party payment institution in March 2014. Quick pass. In addition, in August 2016, Midea acquired a 50% stake in Shenzhou Tongfu for 300 million yuan. In June 2017, Gome Financial Technology announced the acquisition of the entire equity of Yinyingtong Payment for 720 million yuan. So far, only TCL and Gree have never had a card in their hands. Although today, when the number is only decreasing, the license has gradually become a “rare thing”, but it is not that you have the wealth code if you have a payment license. In 2020, Haier’s Express Pass had a net loss of 14.178 million yuan for the year. This payment company not only failed to bring Haier profits, but also generated more than 700 million current liabilities. A few days ago, Haier Financial Holdings has signed an agreement with Commodity City, a listed A-share company, and intends to transfer this license at a price of 450 million yuan. For companies like Suning and Gome that have a complete e-commerce ecosystem, the payment license in hand can maximize the synergy value with the original business. Obviously, Haier and TCL lack such e-commerce soil, and payment licenses have become tasteless. After seven years of deployment in Internet finance, TCL has so far successfully obtained multiple licenses for Internet microfinance, consumer finance, and commercial factoring. However, it is only in the field of payment that it “runs naked without a license”. Faced with the indefinite reopening of approvals, the cancellation of Huiyintong is a prelude to an acquisition that is in line with its peers? Or is it a complete abandonment of this dispensable license? It is not yet clear

On June 15, the Department of Health of Ninh Binh province deployed the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination including 14,330 doses for priority subjects according to Resolution No. 21 of the Government; of which there are more than 8,000 doses for the 1st injection, the remaining more than 7,000 doses are for the 2nd injection cases when they are eligible for injection 8-12 weeks apart. The second phase of COVID-19 vaccination at the Children’s Hospital of Ninh Binh province. Photo: Hai Yen/VNA. Dong Thap province deployed Astra Zeneca vaccine for the 3rd phase of COVID-19 disease, with 30,000 doses allocated from the Ministry of Health, of which 27,000 doses are expected to be injected in the first dose and 3,000 doses in the second injection. prescribed in accordance with Resolution 21/NQ-CP of the Government, including: Subjects who are absent or delayed in injection in the 2nd round; frontline force for epidemic prevention and control; essential service providers; Teachers and administrative units often come into contact with many people. Master Tran Van Hai – Director of the Center for Disease Control of Dong Thap province said that this activity was carried out urgently and earlier than the original plan from July 5. Dong Nai province will use 17,450 doses to inject the second dose for more than 20,000 people. The remaining 11,450 doses will be administered to about 13,500 people in priority groups. The duration of the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination in the province is expected to last from June 12 to June 30. Vaccination sites at 170 health stations in communes, wards and towns… COVID-19 vaccine fund received VND 5,126 billion According to the Management Board of the COVID-19 Vaccine Fund, as of 5pm on June 15, the fund has received 5,126 billion VND (including foreign currency conversion) with a total of 306,791 organizations and individuals contributed. Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phuc said that the COVID-19 vaccine fund operates not for profit, uses capital for the right purposes and in accordance with the provisions of the law, ensuring publicity and transparency. Economical, efficient. The Fund is subject to the inspection, inspection and audit of financial activities by state management agencies in charge of finance and State Audit; supervision of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the community. According to the Ministry of Finance, to vaccinate 75 million people, about 25,200 billion VND is needed; in which the budget has already prepared more than 14,000 billion VND and needs about 11,000 billion VND more. Japan will provide 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam On June 15, Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi announced that the country would directly and freely provide 1 million doses of a domestically produced COVID-19 vaccine under license from AstraZeneca Plc. (UK) for Vietnam. Speaking at a regular press conference in Tokyo, Minister Motegi said that Japan has received requests for vaccine support from many countries and regions. According to Motegi, Japan made the decision to grant a COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam based on a comprehensive review of the epidemic situation in Vietnam, the shortage of vaccines and the relationship between Vietnam and Japan. Minister Motegi said the above batch of COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped from Japan to Vietnam on June 16. Earlier, on June 2, Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide announced that Japan would provide 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to other countries. In addition to providing vaccines, Japan also plans to help developing countries build cold storage chains, allowing the transport and storage of vaccines at low temperatures. On the afternoon of June 15, Vietnam had 213 new cases of COVID-19 On June 15, Vietnam recorded 402 new cases. As of 6pm on June 15, Vietnam had a total of 9,566 domestic cases and 1,646 imported cases. Number of new cases from April 27 to now: 7,996 cases, of which 1,765 patients have been announced to be cured. Screening test for people with COVID-19. Photo: VNA. There are 23 provinces (Yen Bai, Quang Ngai, Dong Nai, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Nam Dinh, Hoa Binh, Tuyen Quang, Son La, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Thai Nguyen, Hung Yen, Hai Phong, Tay Ninh, Gia Lai, Bac Lieu, Dien Bien, Dak Lak, Dong Thap, Tra Vinh) have not recorded new cases for 14 days. The number of tests from April 29, 2021 to now, has done 2,171,076 samples for 4,818,269 turns of people. Currently, the number of negative cases for SARS-CoV-2 is 497. To date, Vietnam has recorded 61 deaths related to COVID-19. The number of cured cases is 4,543 cases.

Accordingly, Pan Macmillan bought the global copyright (except for Vietnamese in the Vietnamese market) and sold the copyright to 5 countries including the US, Korea, China, Norway and Turkey. Private Wild Chang – Bear copyrighted by Kim Dong Publishing House and was released in March 2020 in Vietnam. The copyright representative of Kim Dong Publishing House said that it only took the two sides about 6 months to negotiate and come to an agreement to come up with suitable terms. The book Chang Wild – The Bear features more than 120 hand-painted paintings entirely in watercolor by artist Jeet Zdung. Photo: K.D. Wild Chang – Bear is the first volume in a series of comics by wildlife conservationist Trang Nguyen. The book tells the journey of Chang – a small girl with a burning dream and a desire to protect the survival of wild animals that are being pushed to the brink of extinction due to the bad effects of humans. . From meeting Sorya, a sun bear who was successfully rescued by the Bear Rescue Center from wildlife traffickers, Chang made up his mind to bring Sorya back to nature. Author Trang Nguyen shared: “This is a comic book about wildlife conservation that I and my artist friend were very passionate about, cherished for more than two years before starting to draw. In order to draw this first storybook, I “send” my artist friend to stay at the bear rescue center of the Free the Bears organization to observe, learn and most importantly feel about bears. rescued from farms that keep bears for bile, and even tiny cubs a few weeks old that are kidnapped and sold as pets.” And the result of more than two months of that experience is 120 vivid and realistic hand-painted watercolor paintings by artist Jeet Zdung. This book, not only tells the story of one person, but it also moves people’s hearts about the life of all species, the importance of nature, warns of the unpredictable harms of deforestation, killing of animals. wild animals. Wild Chang – Bear will be published in the UK next September with the English title Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear. The English version of Chang Wild – Bear will be published this September in the UK. Photo: K.D. The second book copyrighted by Pan Macmillan from the author Trang Nguyen is Saving H’non: Chang and the Elephants will be released in 2022. The series, based on true stories, follows the grown-up Chang rescuing an elephant that has been carrying passengers for 50 years. Russel McLean, a representative of Pan Macmillan, shared on the publisher’s website that he was excited to buy the rights to these two works by Trang Nguyen and Jeet Dzung. The stories about the little girl Chang will suit all young readers, animal lovers, those who love to explore and are ready for adventure into the natural world. Pan Macmillan is one of the major publishers in the UK as well as in the world, operating in 70 countries. Two books Wild Chang will be published under Pan Macmillan’s Macmillan Children’s Books in the UK, and Penguin Random House’s Dial Books in the US.

(Source: ashtonhawks.com) LG Electronics Inc. The company said on June 3 that its FOSSLight system, an open source software management tool, is ready to “serve” external developers as the Korean technology giant strengthens its presence in the community software . LG said system FOSSLight, which has been used by the company since 2014, can now be downloaded for free on its website. This open source software allows programmers to freely use or edit according to their work needs. However, developers must comply with the license regulations for each open source code. LG’s FOSSLight is an open source compliance audit system, with the ability to analyze a developer’s software for compliance with licensing conditions and meeting security requirements. LG hopes this new move can strengthen FOSSLight’s global presence and improve the system’s stability by receiving mixed feedback from outside developers. This is also part of LG’s commitment to expanding cooperation and partnerships with others to accelerate digital transformation. LG has worked to establish a license management system Source code firmly open to professionals since 2007. LG is also the first Korean company to be recognized by the Linux Foundation’s OpenChain project. OpenChain is a project that helps define key recommended processes to make compliance with open source licenses simpler and more consistent.

However, since the beginning of 2020, the Vietnamese audiobook market has witnessed the participation of young, but ambitious companies who want to develop a copyrighted Vietnamese audiobook platform. Audiobooks on Voiz FM are all copyrighted content. Photo: FB Voiz FM. In early 2020, the Voiz FM platform was born. Built by technology joint stock company WeWe, Voiz FM targets the $2 billion market in Southeast Asia. Voiz FM receives investment from 500 Startup Vietnam fund, and has copyright cooperation from book companies such as First News – Tri Viet, Bach Viet, SaigonBooks… Up to now, Voiz FM has nearly 180 thousand subscribers, an impressive growth compared to the number of 100,000 users announced at the end of 2020. The total number of titles on this system includes about 230 books. structure, approximately 600 non-fiction books, and a variety of podcast content. Besides Voiz FM, around April 2020, another audiobook application entered the market. The application name is Fonos, invested by Hustle Fund, with the companion of Shark Thai Van Linh. Not less than Voiz FM, Fonos quickly signed exclusive rights with a series of big book companies such as Nha Nam, Alphabooks, Thai Ha… to adapt their content to the platform. Image promoting the audiobook Finding Yourself in the Post-Childhood World. Photo: FB Fonts. Up to now, Fonos has about 100,000 users, along with a content database of more than 150 titles from major domestic book companies. Books on Fonos are all read by reputable and experienced voice-talents. It is not difficult to see that the content on Fonos and Voiz FM is exclusive, without interference. If you are an audiobook lover in Vietnam, you will need to register for an account on both platforms to fully enjoy these contents. Developing copyrighted digital content is the future of the publishing industry in the world, and Vietnam will certainly have to follow this path. In Vietnam, it is still very difficult to convince readers to spend money on audiobook content in particular, and digital content in general, because it is too easy to access pirated content sources. Hopefully in the future, there will be more support from management agencies to promote young units, such as Fonos, Voiz FM, to be confident in their activities.

The program said that G-Dragon is a singer with a hobby of collecting luxury items. The most expensive furniture in the 33-year-old idol’s house is a sofa worth 1.1 billion won (about 1 million USD). G-Dragon’s house has many expensive items. Photo: @xxxibgdrgn. Other items include a $35,000 table and a $14,000 chair. According to the Insight , the model of the Big Bang leader’s house chair is in a rare collection, there are only 20 pieces in the world. G-Dragon also owns a painting worth 3.7 billion won (equivalent to 3.2 million USD) through auction. Insight think that this is the amount that can buy three apartments in Seoul, South Korea. In May 2020, G-Dragon shared a photo of a penthouse in Hannam bought for $7.4 million. The living room of the house is equipped with many paintings and artworks by many artists such as Naoki Tomita, David Hockney, Jean Royere, George Condo, Charlotte Perriand… The famous male singer is a super-rich star in Korean showbiz. Photo: @xxxibgdrgn. G-Dragon is okay Financial News Dubbed one of the super-rich stars of Korea. In addition to the 297 m2 penthouse, the male singer once bought a castle-style villa in the Hannam area, Seoul. In addition, the male singer also bought a house in Cheongdam worth 8.8 billion won (about 7.7 million USD). Korea Economic Daily. According to the Insight , G-Dragon earns a lot of money through music rights and advertising, acting as the face of the show. Every year, with royalties alone for 173 songs, he earns 1.4 billion won (equivalent to 1.2 million USD).

Mr. Nguyen Van Phuoc – Director of First News Tri Viet book company, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Minh – Director of planning and copyright of Nha Nam book company and Mr. Tran Dang Tu – Copyright employee of Kim Dong Publishing House will share with readers difficulties, challenges and opportunities in buying and selling book rights when the pandemic is changing the world. Convert form from offline to online For book rights trading, the biggest difference when the Covid-19 epidemic took place, according to all three representatives, was that major copyright book fairs in the world were canceled. The London Book Fair in March, the Bologna Book Fair in April or Frankfurt in October… are all major book fairs in the world, where publishers meet and directly introduce outstanding and potential books. big. The world’s major copyright book fairs have all been canceled or changed their organizational plans, switching to online form because of the epidemic. Photo: Reedexhibitions. Especially for children’s books with many beautiful illustrations, which is the strength of Kim Dong Publishing House, is a series of books “very suitable for display at book fairs, now losing the opportunity to attract attention”. Mr. Tran Dang Tu shared. The alternative to the book club is online meetings through online platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Team or Google Meets… However, having online meetings with partners who have to work remotely is not always comfortable, from poor connection to difficult search, lack of information, lack of sample books. And instead of meeting partners in just 2-3 days like in traditional fairs, the meetings often span a whole month, and due to the time difference, the appointment is convenient for both. side is not an easy thing either. Amid such difficulties, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Minh said that online exchanges with partners also allow the two sides more time to introduce and negotiate, instead of meeting only 30 minutes like meetings. market. But meeting face-to-face, shaking hands, touching books, enjoying the book-filled atmosphere is still something that copyright professionals really want to experience in the future, just like before. here used to be. Another bright point of online transactions is that “electronic contract signing” is legalized, which replaces direct signatures and must be delivered to the partner’s offices. “This way of e-signing saves costs and time, minimizes risks and conveniently stores data,” said Mr. Tran Dang Tu. In the context of the pandemic and having to work online, there are many shortcomings, but the book company First News still brings back many books of great value, including the autobiography. The Promised Land by former US President Barack Obama, a book about the life of artist Chow Yun Fat, signed a contract to buy book rights with actor representative Keanu Reeves… “The pandemic is a time to prove the dynamism of the copyright team, who can contact and negotiate and buy good titles about Vietnam in any situation,” concluded Mr. Nguyen Van Phuoc. Mr. Nguyen Van Phuoc bought the copyright to a book about the French President at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Photo: FBNV. Observe the reading taste of readers, be careful when choosing new books When the Covid-19 epidemic took place, publishing units in general reduced the number of new books to some extent, so the consideration and selection of titles will be conducted more carefully. The copyright department of the units carefully observes the reading trends of the readers so that they can bring back many titles that are suitable for the tastes of the country. Representatives of three publishing units have different opinions about readers’ reading taste. According to Mr. Tran Dang Tu’s observation, readers tend to change their reading forms, shifting more to e-books (ebooks) and audiobooks (audiobooks). This is completely natural because these types of books are both cheaper than paper books, easy to buy and suitable for conditions requiring social distancing due to the epidemic. However, buying copyrights for e-books and audiobooks in Vietnam still faces many difficulties, because foreign partners do not really trust the Vietnamese market when there is a situation of pirated books illegally posted online. . However, Mr. Tran Dang Tu still hopes that ebooks and audiobooks will capture the market share of future readers to match the technology trend. Next, in recent times, the phenomenon of classic books, books of old authors… are strongly consumed. This is thought to stem from the anxiety that causes many readers to read books they already believe in, or recommend old and good books to others rather than risk new books. Or because the economy is difficult and forced to stay at home, many people take advantage of reading all the old books they have bought, instead of buying new books. But broadly in the world market, new books are still respected and released by publishers. Books in the highly entertaining genre are still well received. For example, Japanese manga in the North American market received huge growth with more than 35% sales growth, many manga books also entered the top sellers with high rankings. This is a good sign for Kim Dong Publishing House to continue to exploit relevant and interesting books about Vietnam. In 2022, Kim Dong Publishing House will celebrate its 65th anniversary, which is the time to release many large, massive and unique books on this occasion. That pushes the copyright department to explore special works even more. Ebooks and audiobooks are considered a new trend of readers during the epidemic. Photo: Deloitte. On the side of First News, Mr. Nguyen Van Phuoc found that during the pandemic, readers were more interested in self-understanding books, spiritual books, and books that enhance their own inner strength. That’s part of the reason the work Eternal life by Professor John Vu – Nguyen Phong published by First News became the publishing phenomenon of 2020. Episode 2 of Eternal life recently released is also well received by readers, and First News is expected to release volume 3 in the near future. Other books on the subject of Osho’s meditation or books on health and self-care have also received more attention during the pandemic. Nguyen Xuan Minh, representative of Nha Nam, is more interested in readers’ reading taste when the epidemic has passed. Because publishing a book in Vietnam takes time to implement, making the book lag behind the general trend. As a unit specializing in publishing literary books, Nha Nam focuses on the world’s valuable literary titles. In addition, this publishing unit also searches and exploits quality manuscripts from domestic authors, both contributing to the development of the country’s literature and ensuring objective factors such as translation. disease has the smallest impact on publishing.

Driving test training. Also on May 10, in order to prevent, control and limit the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic in the community, the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam issued a written request to suspend the organization of driving tests at some centers. in Hanoi. Specifically, the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam proposed that the Vocational Training and Driver Training Center under the People’s Security Academy, the Vocational Training, Training and Driving Test Center under the People’s Police Academy, the Center for Vocational Training, and Driving Test. Vocational training and driver training under the International Academy, the Vocational Training and Driver Training Center of the People’s Police College 1, the Driving Test Center of Ngoc Ha Intermediate School strictly implement the following measures: measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic, strengthen the organization of online training courses in car driving theory subjects. The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam requested the aforementioned centers to coordinate with the Department of Vehicle and Driver Management of the General Department to arrange a plan for compensating tests as soon as conditions permit. 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 Bluezone installed users. 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.

According to the news agency DW The final decision on whether or not to give up the copyright for the COVID-19 vaccine will be decided by the 164-member World Trade Organization (WTO). Of these, more than 100 countries have supported negotiations towards the abolition of measures to protect intellectual property rights with the COVID-19 vaccine. However, as long as a country disagrees, the WTO cannot approve this proposal. However, there are still countries that oppose the US move. Press conference on this issue on May 6, a spokesman for the German government warned that this would make pharmaceutical companies and biotech companies lose motivation to research and develop vaccines, negatively impacting. the entire vaccine industry in general. Therefore “the protection of intellectual property is a resource for creativity and must be maintained in the future”. The waiver of the vaccine license does not help much in the goal of increasing world vaccination coverage. The reason, “the factors that limit the number of vaccines vaccinated are production capacity and quality standards, not the copyright story”. Protect effort and gi Oh degree ng l Ugh c research According to radio CNN In the current context, giving up intellectual property rights with vaccines is a very complicated problem. A vaccine that has been successfully researched and developed is a collection of a series of different ingredients and materials and each ingredient and ingredient is copyrighted by at least one company or researcher. wisdom. For example, inside the vaccine company Pfizer (USA) and Biotechnology Company BioNTech (Germany) produces 280 ingredients and materials are licensed from many parties from 19 countries. Once a waiver scenario occurs, anyone can freely access and use the ingredients and ingredients in this vaccine – causing significant damage to Pfizer, BioNTech and others. holding the copyrights of those ingredients and materials. Medical staff in the capital Berlin (Germany) prepare the vials of vaccines to be vaccinated in April. Photo: DW “A single dose of vaccine contains all intellectual property from licensing agreements, copyrights, industrial designs to trade secret protection laws, patent secrets. If the copyright for the COVID-19 vaccine is abandoned, how can this be enforced? ” – Intellectual property rights expert Achal Prabhala of the Shuttleworth Foundation (South Africa) analyzed. Mr. Prabhala also affirmed that intellectual copyright is the backbone of the entire pharmaceutical and medical industry because it is difficult and time-consuming to research and create a product that is safe to use in humans. The recognition and protection of copyright is a way of respecting the efforts of researchers. The risk of technology secrets disclosure Another equally important issue when it comes to vaccine licensing issues is the protection of vaccine technology and formulation. Currently, Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna (USA) are the pharmaceutical companies and technology companies leading the use of new generation mRNA technology to significantly increase the effectiveness of vaccines. This technology is also evaluated to be highly applicable not only in the prevention of COVID-19 but also in other diseases in the future. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies in Russia or China have not fully applied this technology; Vaccines that these countries produce and put into use do not have mRNA technology, so the effectiveness level is also somewhat not as high. “Pfizer and Moderna took years of research to develop these vaccines. China and Russia and other countries both want to access it. Their goal is to possess the underlying technology to make vaccines not only to prevent COVID-19 but also for other diseases, ”said former US Ambassador to China Gary Locke. Reuters . In the event that the vaccine rights are abandoned, Beijing will likely force the above-mentioned pharmaceutical firms to hand over the technology if they want to operate in the Chinese market. On the other hand, Beijing may also ask other companies to generate income for such information without fear of being criticized for stealing foreign company secrets. If pharmaceutical companies refuse to provide information, they will face many legal consequences. Remember, intellectual property rights have been a big question between the US and China for many years now, and has been one of the main reasons for the outbreak of the US-China trade war in 2018. • EU completed a contract to buy 1.8 billion vaccine money Associated Reuters May 10 quoted Mr. Thierry Breton – Commissioner in charge of industry and domestic markets the European Union (EU) said that this bloc will not continue to buy vaccine COVID-19 by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (UK-Switzerland). Swedish) production. The reason AstraZeneca has not met its commitment to supply vaccines to the EU. By the end of the first quarter of 2021, the EU received only 67 million doses of vaccine from AstraZeneca, although the initial target was 300 million doses. It is expected that in the second quarter, the EU will receive an additional 250 million doses. The remaining 280 million doses will be delivered to the EU by AstraZeneca during the last six months of 2021. In addition to legal disputes with the EU, AstraZeneca’s vaccine reputation has also deteriorated due to information related to adverse reactions. Some European countries such as Denmark have stopped using AstraZeneca’s vaccine, while in most other countries in the region, this vaccine is only used for people over 55 years old. After discontinuing the contract with AstraZeneca, the EU plans to order more vaccines using mRNA technology such as Pfizer / BioNTech or Moderna. In fact, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said over the weekend that the EU has officially completed a contract to buy up to 1.8 billion doses of Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine over the next two years.

Illustration. https://kinhtexaydung.petrotimes.vn The cost of pollution in Europe has risen by more than 50% this year, signaling that climate policies need to be harsher, the region is also starting to make a difference. Futures in the carbon market of Europe, the largest market in the world, exceeded $ 60 / ton for the first time on May 4. Rising prices make it more expensive to release carbon dioxide into the air and force the industry to look for cleaner ways to run production. According to Ulf Ek, investment director at London’s Northlander Commodity Advisors LLP, the bulls have to go further. He hopes the futures contract will trade as high as $ 91 / ton by the end of the year, to boost his incentive to protect the environment. The rise in prices and industry concerns about its competitiveness, poised to put further strain on political discussions about the implementation of the “Green Agreement,” aimed at achieving neutrality. on climate by 2050 and strengthening emissions reduction targets by 2030. Some technologies to cut emissions, such as hydrogen generated without pollution, are still too expensive for steel and chemical manufacturers. But further price hikes could change that. Record carbon prices in Europe will strengthen the Government budget. EU leaders are arguing about enacting stricter pollution targets over the next decade at an extraordinary summit in Brussels, to be held on May 23. On July 14, the European Commission will propose a regulatory package to enact a new goal, by 2030, to cut greenhouse gases by at least 55% from 1990 levels. Agree by national governments and the European Parliament to become the binding rule. https://kinhtexaydung.petrotimes.vn

Red roses, books and lovers are the three indispensable factors in the streets of April. Not just a religious festival, this is considered the most romantic time of the year. In particular, for the people of Catalonia, it is more valuable and meaningful than Valentine’s Day. Spaniards often refer to April 23 as Rose Day, Book Festival, or a version of Valentine’s Day; is an opportunity for book lovers to gather, buy and buy books and celebrate the best holiday of the year: the Feast of Saint Jordi. On April 23, lovers will give books and red roses to their other half. Photo: Getty. Legend of red rose and Saint Jordi The origin of this religious festival is a mixture of traditional customs of many periods. According to legend, in the old days in Catalunã appeared a dragon monster specializing in cannibalism. To alleviate its hunger, every day people had to pay tribute to him a virgin. One day, the death number called the name of the beautiful princess. Thinking death was imminent, suddenly a knight named Jorge (later named Saint Jordi) appeared with sparkling armor, riding a white horse, defeating the monster, promptly rescuing the attack. God. After his death, from the blood spilling out from the monster appeared bright red rose bushes, strangely beautiful. Jorge quickly picked up a flower and gave it to the princess. The legend of Saint Jordi became the design inspiration for Batlló house by architect Antoni Gaudí. The house is located in Barcelona, ​​attracting many visitors during April. Photo: Casabatllo. Since then, the villagers are at peace, Jorge is considered the patron saint of Catalonia. This day is annually taken as Valentine’s Day in Catalonia for the same reason. Guys who are “in love” will give a rose to the girl they love. For them, a rose branch represents eternal and unique love. And the women will give a book to the man they love in return of their sincerity. That custom becomes a new and unique feature. With the flow of time, it gradually expanded to include not only lovers, but also family members, friends or colleagues. This anecdote has been passed down in some European countries such as England, Greece, and Portugal. There, the campaign for each customer to buy a book will be rewarded with a rose, which is also very enthusiastic. Random overlaps Since 1929, the city of Barcelona has held its annual global exhibition on October 7. Bookmakers took this opportunity to promote and sell books. But after many years, they decided to choose April 23 (this time in Spain is spring) as a reading festival on the street. The idea also stems from a very beautiful traditional custom in Catalonia: On April 23 every year (is the feast of St. Jordi), there are many book fairs and street festivals held, attracting crowds. Island people to visit. In addition to the cool climate, a Valencia native living in Barcelona found a coincidence between the death of St. Jordi and the two world great writers Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare. These two great pens are said to have died on April 23, 1616. In fact, the “father” of the work Don Quijote fights the windmill died 10 days earlier than Shakespeare, but since Spain at that time used the Gregarian calendar, while in England it was Julian, there was a coincidence. April 23 is also the birthday or death anniversary of other famous authors such as Maurice Druon, K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. With that special coincidence, in 1995, UNESCO selected April 23 every year as World Book Day and Copyright, to honor books and those who have made great contributions to the cultural development of the people. species. April 23 becomes more special in Catalonia and Barcelona As an important holiday with interesting stories in Catalonia and Barcelona, ​​the bookstores and flower shops here are open all day. The attraction of the event made the streets full of passersby. Red rose, the book of the same flag Senyera is covered in the color of love. The towns of Barcelona and Catalonia are full of people buying books and flowers. Photo: Vietcasa. In the midst of that bustling scene, it is not difficult to see writers and poets signing books directly to customers, readers love you. If on normal days, people here are afraid to go down the crowded streets, in this festival they cannot ignore the tradition of walking the streets and looking to buy books. Barcelona and Catalonia quickly became a huge library with street corners selling a wide variety of books and red roses. The crowded line of people, interspersed between bookstores and flower stalls is the most popular on Ramblas, Gracia, Sant Joan, Rambla de Catalunã or Sant Jaume squares. April 23 is really an opportunity to take a walk in the bustling atmosphere and filled with the scent of roses. In addition to giving flowers, lovers give books as a way to remember the traditions deeply ingrained in the culture of gaur people.

State treasury officer in Nam Sach – Hai Duong is in control of the budget capital payment documents To prevent this situation and to avoid state budget loss, the State Treasury is promoting the management of digital certificates in electronic transactions. Strictly obey the management of digital certificates Implement reform of administrative procedures in the field of State Treasury (State Treasury) in accordance with the direction of the Government and the Ministry of Finance, in addition to focusing on implementing Decree 11/2020 / ND-CP of Government regulations on administrative procedures in the field of the State Treasury and the State Treasury have promoted the application of information technology in transactions with budget spending units (SDNS) by online public services (public services). Up to now, the State Treasury’s payment service system has completed connecting 100% of the SDNS units that are required to conduct transactions via telecom service. This has created many advantages for the management units and SDNS because transactions are done quickly, transparently, safely, economically and efficiently. In the coming time, the State Treasury will soon improve many functions and utilities on public service, both creating more favorable conditions for management units and SDNS, and moving towards digitizing treasury in all professional activities. However, in the period of the 4.0 technology revolution which is strongly developing, besides the outstanding advantages, there are still many potential risks and high risks such as information “hacking” if the security is not guaranteed. said. Moreover, the risk often occurs when SDNS units do not strictly manage digital certificates, digital signatures, CFS program accounts. For example, many account holders (usually the heads of the SDNS unit), because of work, do not have time, so they always deliver pin codes, digital certificates, digital signatures to the chief accountant or representative ( authorization is not allowed). Notably, many account holders who are not familiar with computers should hand over all digital certificates and pin codes to others in contravention of regulations, or ask someone else to use their digital certificates to sign them for payment transactions in financial activities. In addition, there are also cases where, subjectively, account holders disclose information about their pin codes, fail to maintain digital certificates in accordance with regulations, especially regularly install and plug digital certificates on their personal computers. exiting the public service service program after finishing the job … Taking advantage of this loophole, bad objects have conditions to try to misappropriate the fund, causing loss of money from the state budget. Synthesizing from reality over many years, there have been many cases of money and state property loss of management units and SDNS from the authorization and authorization of the use of digital certificates, digital signatures and passwords. not in accordance with the law in electronic transactions. In order to prevent risks in the management of state budget funds, the State Treasury sent an official dispatch to the local State Treasury units to request the management units and SDNS to fulfill their assigned tasks and functions. and work position. At the same time, thoroughly grasp the contingent of cadres, civil servants and public employees who are specialized in the State budget accounting to perform their functions and powers, strictly comply with the accounting process and budget expenditure from the state budget. In addition, the State Treasury also requires heads of SDNS units to pay attention and carefully consider the process of comparing and confirming monthly account balances with the State Treasury. If detecting the unreasonability, it is necessary to promptly contact the State Treasury where the transaction is conducted for specific consideration. At the same time, the account holders must be fully responsible for the information registered for transactions on the cash register system of the State Treasury, especially the information about email notification received from the treasury. The whole state treasury system took part Determined to build a healthy, transparent, economical, efficient national finance, especially, not letting the state budget be lost, the entire State Treasury system has joined the “risk warning”. Ms. Tran Thi Khanh Trinh, Head of State Accounting Department, Ninh Thuan State Treasury, said that the IT service level 4 has been deployed to 100% of compulsory SDNS units in the area. With 757 units of SDNS and payment vouchers per month of over 10,000 transactions, the peak month of nearly 20,000 transactions has contributed to strong administrative reform, creating favorable conditions for SDNS unit, reducing travel time. and reduce operating costs for entities in transactions with the Treasury. However, along with the advantages, the risk of risks also increases. Therefore, Ninh Thuan State Treasury has sent an official dispatch on strengthening the management of digital certificates in transactions with the State Treasury to send to SDNS units and investors. In this dispatch, Ninh Thuan State Treasury has recommended heads of SDNS units to manage and use digital signatures, digital certificates, and the issued CFS program account to transact and send documents of state budget expenditure control via the system. The State Treasury’s payment services ensure strict compliance with current regulations. Heads of SDNS units, investors absolutely do not let their digital signature handover, digital certificates, or CFS program accounts be issued to others for management, revealing information about digital certificates. and login accounts (login codes and passwords) of the members of the unit on the cash register system of the State Treasury. SDNS units, investors are fully responsible for the information registered for transactions on the State Treasury’s transaction service system (especially the information about email notification received from the system). The State Treasury’s public service services are also highly appreciated by the SDNS units in Quang Nam when simplifying administrative procedures towards reducing documents, reducing paperwork, reducing the focal point of document delivery and receipt, and reducing direct transactions with customers … However, according to the report at Quang Nam State Treasury, during the implementation process, a few SDNS participating units are still subjective, not strictly complying with regulations on electronic transactions in financial activities. easy to lead to violations of the management and use of the state budget. Accordingly, Quang Nam State Treasury also recommends SDNS units to strictly comply with regulations on electronic transactions in financial activities. In particular, in order to make transactions through telecom services smoothly, reduce congestion, cause insecurity in transactions, Quang Nam State Treasury has asked SDNS units to subscribe to large-capacity packages; equipped with high-configuration computers and had to exit the application when no longer participating in digitally signing on electronic vouchers in financial activities. With recommendations given to SDNS units, the State Treasury is calling on individuals and organizations to work together to make the management of the state budget fund more transparent, safe and efficient. This is also the desire of the State Treasury to strictly comply with the process and regulations on electronic transactions with the State Treasury via public service providers. Deploying risk warning application on a large scale Since August 2019, the State Treasury (State Treasury) has deployed a large scale application of risk warning. The application has provided an additional online information channel via mobile devices to inform customers about: The fluctuation of the account balance of the budget user unit at the State Treasury; processing and delivery status of dossiers, vouchers of payment requests, cash withdrawal papers of budget using units in the course of transactions with the State Treasury. At the same time, adding the process of direct delivery and receipt of documents – this is a function that is closely linked to the online public service system, assisting the treasury officer to print the instruction sheet for completing the application. records, records receipt and results delivery appointment for applications submitted directly at the headquarters of the State Treasury unit.

Accordingly, when accessing the domain name phimmoizz.net, users only receive a message in English with the content “Error 522”. Starting from the morning of April 24, when accessing the domain name phimmoizz.net, users only receive a message in English with the content “Error 522.” (Screenshots) Thought the pirated movie websitemoizz.net was officially gone, in the afternoon of the same day, some netizens discovered a pirated movie website with the domain name phimmoiizz.net. However, in the afternoon of April 25, the Vietnamese online community continued to “get up” when the domain name phimmoiizz.net once again “evaporated” from the Internet. On the same afternoon on April 24, some netizens discovered a pirated movie website with the domain name phimmoiizz.net. (Screenshots) However, up to the present time, the domain name phimmoiizz.net has “evaporated” from the Internet. (Screenshots) With phimmoizz.net and phimoiizz.net taking turns “flying color”, many netizens believe that the future of Vietnam’s biggest pirated film website may be coming to an end. However, this pirated movie website has continuously changed its domain name to bypass the authorities, from phimmoi.net to phimmoiz.net and to phimmoizz.net. Therefore, it is still not possible to confirm that phimmoi.net will not continue to “proliferate” domain names to operate again in the near future. On June 18, 2020, the website phimmoi.net was blocked by network operators in Vietnam. However, many people believe that the above jobs only solve the tip of the problem. On June 18, 2020, the website phimmoi.net was blocked by network operators in Vietnam. (Photo: SAOstar) Accordingly, in recent years, creating a pirated movie website is said to be quite easy and does not cost too much. Owners of these pirated movie websites will buy unlimited cloud storage accounts at very cheap prices from cloud storage services such as Facebook, Google, Fshare, Openload … to store and project. movies that are not copyrighted. Along with that, buying domain names or international hosting is currently very easy and the cost is extremely cheap. So, in case a domain name is blocked, the website owner only needs to activate the new domain name and link it to his own movie store. Therefore, blocking the IP of a pirated movie website only solves the tip of the problem because immediately another website “pops up”. In the last few years, creating a pirated movie website has been said to be quite easy and does not cost too much. (Photo: Internet) The obvious proof is that after being blocked for a day, phimmoi.net resumes operation with a new domain name – phimmoiz.net. After that, phimmoiz.net continued to be blocked but also quickly returned to the domain name phimmoizz.net. According to many experts, if you want to solve the problem of pirated movies, you must first solve the tip of the problem – the consciousness of Internet users. If you want to solve the problem of pirated movies, you must first solve the tip of the problem – the awareness of Internet users. (Artwork: ICT.News) Currently, a large part of Vietnamese people still do not have the habit of paying money to watch movies and listen to music on the Internet, so “invisible” is helping to support pirated movie websites to have more “land to live.”

The popular science book series “National Geographic Kids” The interesting thing about the series is the coherent presentation of scientific information, along with accurate and interesting illustrations, leading the reader will not be able to miss any knowledge. Along with that are the images – the imagination is beyond their understanding. After reading small readers, they will build up a useful mind map by themselves, with outstanding scientific knowledge retention. Another set of science books to be released on this occasion is My science castle . With 8 books divided into scientific topics from animals to plants such as: How the eggs hatch into chicks ; Why do whales migrate ; Why do seeds sprout in spring? ; Frogs like tadpoles ; How does our body work? ; Is black bear dangerous? ; How a caterpillar turns a butterfly … The series “My Science Castle” consists of 8 books, divided into different topics The book series is the first adventure in natural history – sharing with you the amazing world of science with its up-to-date knowledge, eliciting curiosity, curiosity and desire to explore. any children. The stories are compelling from start to finish, which clears up all the childhood questions, such as in How does our body work? will tell you: How do we smell and taste food? How do we hear and look? Why do we have teeth? What is the skeleton for? Why do we have muscle? Why do we have skin / How does the brain work … The set Intriguing knowledge (including Horrible Histories, Horrible Science, Horrible Geography, The Knowledge) has published more than 40 titles and will continue to do so, designed to draw children’s interest in science by focusing on insignificant, unusual, bloody or even unpleasant stuff. The Horrible Science book series attracts child readers when “guides science in a horror way”. Most young readers, after reading Horrible Science, are interested in major science thanks to this humorous and humorous “guide to science in the horror way.” This time, the 3 latest titles in the series are published, including: Osteopathic scientist (Horrible Science); Dense tropical rain forest ; Famous peak (Horrible Geography). Besides, it is impossible not to mention the first published series of books in English by Om Books with different topics. Stay on topic Say good words or behave beautifully are the titles: Shake hands, Dad come help me, Wait for my turn, Nice play, What a team, Don’t give up, I’m not afraid, I’m not rude anymore, It’s best to tell the truth, Do it yourself, Player puts Please be gentle . The stories are small and simple, starting from things that any child can encounter every day such as: having poor grades, not daring to tell parents, going out without adult permission, behaving rough lose money with friends, wait in line for your turn, persevere not to give up before difficult things … The first series of books published in English by Om Books with different topics With topics Love and do good things there are books: Wash your hands before eating, Keep the city clean and beautiful, Help others, Be a good friend, Please and “thank you”, Be kind and polite … The little lessons about manners, living kind and polite make this world a lot better. The little stories in the book once again join children to solve their own problems and share a code of conduct with others. Love and protect the green planet is the third topic, covering the books: Forest protection, network ecosystem of life, climate change, renewable energy, earth our big house, endangered species, global warming, air pollution, Water and noise, 3T Solution: Save – Reuse – Recycle, Treat waste … With this topic, stories are more interesting with scientific information so that you can first learn about the life of the earth, atmosphere, forests, ecosystems … along with how we treat onions. This is by doing small things like planting a tree, being environmentally friendly by reducing the waste load or reusing it. The stories in the book have a specific interaction for children to understand why we have to classify waste, reduce using plastic, love water …

Near Rotonda Square, tourists from all over the world are full of weaving

A variety of transportation tools add a different style to the square. We are also grateful to Intermediate International Corporation IAA8008 for getting me an international driver’s license before I can rent a car and go back and forth. It also has both ends, and I can use it every time I go abroad.

On Piazza Rotonda in the center of Rome, the Pantheon echoes the Egyptian obelisk on the fountain in the square.

The Pantheon is the only fully preserved building from the Roman Empire period and is the best footnote to the Eternal City of Rome

Since its completion, the Pantheon has been hailed as a “Roman spectacle, and Renaissance art master Michelangelo praised it as an “angel design.”

The seven niches in the Pantheon enshrine the heaven and earth of Rome, the god of war, and the resting place of Raphael, one of the “Three Masters of Renaissance Art”, and the father of the Italian founding father.

The Trevi Fountain, a famous landmark in Rome, located in the Trevi district, was designed by Nicola Salvi; it took 30 years to build. It is the largest Baroque city fountain in Rome and one of the most famous fountains in the world.

The Trevi Fountain is full of tourists every day, and citizens and tourists usually toss three coins to make a wish at the Trevi Fountain, commonly known as the Trevi Fountain.

The Trevi Fountain serves as the wall of the Bolly Palace, integrating fountains, palaces and sculptures. It’s magnificent and amazing! At the top is the triple church crown supported by two angels and the double key of St. Peter.

The Trevi Fountain is the end of the Virgin Aqueduct Bridge of the Roman Aqueduct. The spring water pouring from the fountain under the sea reef, the pool is clear and inviting; viewers are eager for it.

The National Online Book Fair 2021 takes place from April 17 to May 15 at book365.vn Compared with the first year organized in the online form, the 2021 Book Association has many new and more attractive features. In which, there are about 70 publishing and publishing units in the country (an increase of nearly 20 units compared to 2020), nearly 30 foreign units, bringing nearly 20,000 good books, newly provided books over 30,000. printed book titles, e-books (an increase of nearly 15,000 book titles compared to 2020) for readers. All books are beautiful and copyrighted publications. Especially, at this year’s event, the Ebook book space and the copyright exchange were piloted to connect domestic online publishers with readers; as well as creating a space for cross-border exchanges between domestic and foreign publishers, creating opportunities to connect, search and transact valuable book copyrights through the application of the latest online 4.0 technology. . This year’s online book fair has made many improvements to its interface as well as technology to create a space for readers to search and select books, and create conditions for units to participate in book exchanges and exchanges. copyright translation is more favorable. In addition, many seminars, online exchanges between authors, researchers, publishers and readers aim to spread the love of books to readers. According to Mr. Nguyen Nguyen, Director of the Publishing – Printing and Publishing Department (Ministry of Information – Communication), Head of the Organizing Committee of the National Online Book Association 2021, this year’s event continues to be an important stepping stone to bring culture. reading activities as well as publishing activities step by step step into digital transformation, apply technology, create habits for readers to experience books on a digital platform. At this same point of view, many publishers believe that while translating COVID-19 has many potential risks, as well as the strong development of the 4.0 technology revolution, the organization of the Online Book Association is the right direction. appropriate, in accordance with the trends and needs of the reader. For publishers, book publishers, book companies … joining the Online Book Association helps them save on site and human costs, and at the same time, promote books more widely to the community. Meanwhile, readers in all parts of the country, especially in places where there is a shortage of books have the opportunity to access, experience digital books, buy useful books without wasting time, instead It only takes a “click” on the computer screen or smart phone, then you have owned the book you want to buy. Up to now, the National Book Association has taken place for the 7th time, annually held to celebrate Vietnam Book Day April 21. This event was jointly organized by the Ministry of Information – Communications, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and other units to encourage and develop the reading movement in the country. In 2020 and 2021, the National Book Association will be organized in the online form, on the e-floor https://book365.vn of the Ministry of Information and Communications. Over the past 7 years, whether taking place on the electronic floor or on the field, the National Book Association has also received the attention of book lovers and the community, contributing to enhancing the position and role of books in social life. This is also an opportunity to honor readers, participate in composing, publishing, collecting and storing books; to uphold the responsibilities of all levels and branches for the construction and development of reading culture.

However, that is just the surface, but in depth, the online book fair also has many meanings that are not easy to count. 51% of readers buy books from localities outside Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; many books to readers in remote, mountainous, island areas and a large number of books are ordered in the fields of politics, science, technology … from the national online book fair last year. showed that this activity satisfies the needs of readers, filling the gaps of existing books in many localities; contribute to building knowledge sources and multiplying positive values ​​for society. In that sense, publishers and publishers need to take the initiative and further improve their professionalism in organizing online book associations in particular and selling books online in general. At the same time, the interests of readers must be put first; have an effective solution to make the online sales channel a reliable place; the book must be of quality, reasonable price and closely follow the tastes of readers. Improving the quality of online book associations as well as online sales channels is a requirement from practice. Therefore, publishers and publishers need to apply advanced and modern technology when opening e-commerce transaction sites as well as simple and suitable payment methods to facilitate all participants. family. From participating in online book associations, publishers and publishers should consider this as the process of accumulating and adding experience to improve the professionalism in digital conversion. Also through this activity to promote the brand, learn the needs and habits of readers, thereby better serving the needs of the market. On the part of readers, besides taking advantage of the advantages and benefits of technology in researching, selecting and buying books from online book associations, it is necessary to be more active in the fight against pirated and non-pirated books. have a copyright … Especially need to have a decisive attitude, not be cheap, but support the fake online book selling sites, contributing to the health of the book market. The excitement of online book associations these days is more and more affirming the right direction in planning a strategy to bring publishing activities and reading culture to digital technology. This inevitable change not only helps publishers and publishers catch up with the development of the times, but also allows books to fulfill their mission of fostering a reading culture, which is “books for everyone”.

According to the Sina , in China, short-film summaries are becoming increasingly popular, even as a new way of watching movies. Including advertisements like “watch all 5 minutes Save the globe “,” 3 minutes to know the latest episode’s content Son Hai love “… This is an infringement on the rights of companies that have film copyrights. More than 800 million viewers, losses at least 41 million USD. According to the 47th China Internet Development Report issued by the Network Information Center (CNNIC), as of December 2020, the number of users of online video services in China was 927 million. There are up to 873 million people regularly watch short film reviews, accounting for 88.3%. The National Copyright Office of China also stated that 10 million works have been grafted without permission. In which, more than 3 million short videos have been deleted from 2019 to October 2020. According to the Sina , there are 2.72 trillion views of these videos, for a fee of 1 yuan per 10,000 views, the regulators helped copyright holders reduce damages by 272 million yuan (more than 41 million USD). ). The Chinese Copyright Office assessed that these types of videos infringe intellectual property rights, exert great influence on entertainment programs, movie theater or TV movie sales. According to the Sina , the job of short videos not only affects the visits and revenue of the programs, this action also creates bad habits when enjoying art. The movie summaries do not meet the accuracy of the content of the works, even seriously affecting the future of the film and television industry. The accounts of the video cut-and-play for the movie Tam Sinh Three Times: Thap Li Dao Hoa was sued in court. Photo: Sina. In 2017, a number of film production companies including Disney sued Coc A Mac account in court for arguing that it is illegal to create short videos “5 minutes to watch movie A”. However, Coc A Mac affirms that these videos are only secondary products, do not violate the principles of copyright. The incident lasted until now and during this time the account was not allowed to post any movie content. In 2019, the Youku site sued the Movie Prize account for voluntarily cutting and merging videos of the movie Three-world birth: Cross training flower . The Beijing court ruled that the Movie Award must pay Youku 30,000 yuan. Through the statement, film production units require carriers to be more strict in allowing the posting of pirated content. At the same time, they also called on people to raise awareness in protecting the legal rights of filmmakers.

This online book fair has attracted more than 70 domestic publishers and publishers to join the book exchange, over 50 domestic and international publishers participating in the book copyright exchange, with over 20,000. title with hundreds of thousands of books for readers. During this event, the Online Book Association has made many improvements in the interface as well as technology techniques to create a space for readers to search and select books, and create conditions for units to participate in the exchange. book translation and Copyright exchange facilitates connection and transaction. Within the framework of the Book Association, many events, seminars and online exchanges between authors, translators, researchers, and publishers will be organized with readers. At the same time, the Book Association also implements a number of attractive programs: book discounts for all customers; exemption or reduction of shipping charges for domestic customers; For remote and economically difficult areas, subsidize 50-80% … Sharing at the press conference, Mr. Nguyen Nguyen – Director of Publishing, Printing and Publishing Department said: “If in 2020, with the situation of Covid-19 translation, we organize an online book fair in a situation of However, when entering the organizing stage, the units realized that this playground should continue to be more regular and professional. That is why this year there is no reason not to deploy “. Mr. Nguyen Nguyen, Director of Publication, Printing and Publishing Department speaking at the opening press conference of National Online Book Association. Mr. Nguyen also affirmed that the National Online Book Association is an important stepping stone to bring reading culture as well as publishing activities and approach readers step by step into the trend of digital transformation and technology application. “Digital transformation is almost an imperative for all industries today, and publishing is no exception,” he said. Therefore, creating a playing field from which units move towards digital transformation is very important ”. It is expected that from April 17, 2021 to May 15, 2021, the Online Book Association will take place on Book365.vn with many exchanges and seminars related to the content of introduction and exchange of literature reading chemistry, digital transformation in publishing and reading approach in the industrial age 4.0, introducing authors and works to readers …

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Just because he looked like a thief, he was “caught” by facial recognition and sent to jail for 30 hours.

The basis of the face recognition system is only a driver’s license photo.

This happened in 2019. The wrongly arrested object was a black man named Robert Williams. He was released on bail after paying $1,000.

According to a report in Wired magazine, this may be the first known case of its kind.

And until now, this case has not been formally filed with the federal government.

The first case of face recognition error

Things have to start three years ago.

In 2018, a thief stole a few famous watches in a Shinola retail store and was photographed by the store surveillance.

The image captured by the surveillance was very blurry, and the thief did not look up at the surveillance during the entire process.

In this case, the police used facial recognition technology and locked 42-year-old Robert Williams with only a driver’s license photo.

In 2019, the police asked a security guard in the store with his photo. The latter confirmed it was him, but the security guard did not actually witness the incident.

At the time of his arrest, Robert Williams had just returned home from get off work and was taken away by the police in front of his wife and daughter. During this time, he was not asked if he had an alibi.

Afterwards, he lay on the dirty concrete floor in the prison for 30 hours.

Robert Williams was not released until he paid a bail of $1,000.

Now, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the University of Michigan School of Law formally file a federal lawsuit on behalf of Robert Williams.

Judging from the litigation documents, this is the first case of illegal arrest in the United States due to incorrect facial recognition.

But what Robert Williams wants is more than just compensation.

He hopes that this case can modify the relevant policies to stop the abuse of facial recognition technology.

Robert Williams himself stated:

Just because of the problem of the machine algorithm, he was arrested in front of his wife and daughter, hoping that this kind of thing will not happen to other people again.

More than one similar case

But in fact, face recognition “caught” the wrong person several times after that.

The second cause of wrongful arrest due to facial recognition was also a black man, Michael Oliver, who sued the police department last year.

According to NJ Advance Media, the same thing happened in New Jersey. After the police arrested a black man named Nijeer Parks with facial recognition, he was detained in jail for 10 days before they found out that the wrong person was caught.

During this period, the police did not test fingerprints, did not test DNA, only relying on the face recognition system to lock the suspect.

Currently, Nijeer Parks is still appealing, and New Jersey has also banned the use of this software.

However, it is understood that thousands of law enforcement agencies are already using facial recognition technology to find criminals.

Face recognition systems are often not so reliable.

In the 2017 UEFA Champions League, the British police adopted a facial recognition system and issued a total of 2470 alarms with an error rate of 92%.

The facial recognition software used by the US police usually only relies on billions of social media photos to identify criminal suspects.

Technically speaking, people cannot determine the uniqueness of a suspect from face recognition.

Should I use face recognition?

Face recognition technology has been adopted by the US police for more than 20 years.

But researchers from MIT and NIST found that this technology is relatively better for white male recognition, which is also related to the number of samples in the face recognition data set.

For other races, the recognition effect trained on this type of data set is often not ideal.

More than just data sets.

Another problem with face recognition is that surveillance cameras compress video images, causing patterns such as skin, veins, and moles used to distinguish suspects to be removed, damaged, or deformed.

In fact, due to the different lighting conditions of the captured video, some artifacts may be mistaken for one of the facial features (such as moles).

The most important thing is that the AI ​​model algorithm used in face recognition is very poor in interpretability and lacks empirical data to support forensic opinions.

Currently, Internet giants such as Microsoft, IBM and Amazon have pledged not to sell facial recognition systems to the police.

But the face recognition technology itself is in a somewhat awkward position.

On the one hand, the privacy and accuracy issues associated with technology, on the other hand, are the convenience and commercial benefits it brings.

Even the cameras of the domestic sales department have been aimed at passers-by for “identification”.

Where and how to use face recognition is still open for discussion.

To eliminate the “problem” that has eroded the press’s revenue as well as the reputation of the media for many years, not only the efforts of the content production units are needed, but also the drastic participation of the agency state management.

Lessons from the Australian war with Facebook
The incident stems from a bill called the Communications Negotiation Law, which was introduced by the Australian Government in 2020 when the state news agency could not reach a voluntary agreement with companies. technology in the face of difficulties caused by Covid-19. On February 18, Facebook removed the entire data feed of dozens of Australian media outlets and restricted the sharing of news content in the country.

The situation of media piracy in Vietnam is increasing. Photo: Victory

Some Australian emergency services have been seriously affected after the move, including pages that report on the Covid-19 epidemic, wildfires or tornadoes … However, soon after, the Prime Minister Australia Scott Morrison took a tough national stance in his assertion: Facebook’s actions were arrogant and disappointing.
Faced with the uncompromising attitude of the Australian side, on February 20, Facebook was forced to return to the negotiating table. On February 23, after reaching an agreement, Facebook restored the operation of Australian news sites on the social network. Specifically, the Australian government has agreed to make some amendments to the law to address Facebook’s concerns with the fact that it has to pay news agencies. In addition, Facebook will conduct specific negotiations on the fees payable for news agencies with content appearing on its platform.
On February 25, the Australian Government officially passed the Law on Negotiation of Digital Platforms and Media, thereby becoming the first country in the world to have its own agency to decide the price of the guys. The tech giant pays if trade negotiations with local news outlets are unsuccessful. This new law will ensure that news companies are paid fair remuneration for the content they create, helping to maintain journalism.
Thus, it can be seen that, although the real tension only lasted for about a week, the impact was extremely great when the Australian Government helped the media in this country get paid properly for their labor. they spend, at the same time creating a stable source of income for many years to come.
What should the Vietnamese press do?
It can be said that the most important factors for the Australian press to win against Facebook are the solidarity between the press agencies in the country as well as the drastic and uncompromising action from the government. At the forum “Copyright protection of press works” held in November 2020, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Hoang Vinh Bao made a commitment to work closely with press agencies to eliminate the situation of piracy.

When encountering the phenomenon of copyright infringement, the press agencies need to set up a section to keep track of the violations, collate information, and submit written petitions to the competent agency to propose handling. At the same time, closely coordinate with state management agencies in the process of developing legal documents related to copyright issues and closely participate in the implementation process, comment on amendments to legal documents. copy.
On the other hand, press agencies also need to link together and link with network enterprises providing services to comply with the law on copyright issues on the basis of sharing interests, promoting advantages. strong. Not only that, it is also necessary to study, review and consult the experiences of other countries in the handling of copyright of press works, refer to how to trace and protect copyright to best protect the products. intellectual property of their own … – Deputy Minister Hoang Vinh Bao offers a solution.
Recognizing that the press copyright infringement originated mainly from the spread of news websites, right from the end of 2019, the Ministry of Information and Communications has launched a series of solutions to rectify as well as improve efficiency. State management results for this group. Specifically, the licensing of general websites has been suspended, and at the same time, strengthening the review with licensed news sites, if there is a situation of taking articles from newspapers and magazines without asking for permission. or acts like electronic newspapers are subject to administrative penalties to license revocation.
In addition, since November 15, 2019, news websites that synthesize news and articles from press agencies are required to have a written agreement, and at the same time must show the link. For access to the news, the original article is below the news, the article is retrieved.
At a lower level, one of the solutions given to limit piracy supported by many press agencies is to form a coalition of press – management agencies – technology enterprises to take advantage of its own strength thereby eliminating “spending time” which has been aching for many years. And the establishment of the Digital Copyright Center under the Vietnam Digital Media Association at the end of 2020 is one of the concrete strides when for the first time in Vietnam there is a unit applying technology to monitor micro-crime. piracy of the press.
The Digital Copyright Center will apply technology solutions to help press agencies to track their products in real time, thereby determining whether piracy is violated and the extent of infringement. percentage, thereby providing a solution to prevent. Currently the Center’s system has scanned over 600 newspapers, forums, blogs, 90 million Facebook profiles, 2 million pages and 3 million groups on social networks like Facebook and YouTube …
According to the director of the Center for Digital Copyright Hoang Dinh Chung, to thoroughly deal with copyright infringement, the press requires intervention by technology, not manually. Violators often use technology to commit violations, so only technology can stop them. With being able to scan the press works through content, images, audio or video … automatically, detecting violations is very easy and fast.
It is known that the Digital Copyright Center now has many partners who are major newspapers such as VOV TV channel, Tuoi Tien Phong and Children newspaper, Literature and Art Times, People’s Deputies Newspaper .. .

Countries are claiming benefits for the press from Facebook, Google

The United States: This country’s Alliance for News and Communications, with nearly 2,000 member organizations, is lobbying Australia to develop the “Conservation and Competition Press Act”, allowing publishers to negotiate with Online platform for content distribution terms. Canada: After a campaign in 2020 launched by 105 local newspapers, the Government of Canada has pledged to enact new laws forcing tech giants to pay for news content to appear on its platform. surname. – France: The French Competition Authority for many years has come up with solutions to call for technology platforms to pay for news. So far, Google is signing a deal worth $ 76 million with a series of French news agencies, allowing their news content to appear on Google News Showcase.