On June 15, 2021, VinSmart officially updated the operating system VOS 4.0 on the fourth generation smartphones. VOS 4.0 promises to bring consumers a new experience with smoother swipes, more beautifully designed control center and many unique new features. VOS 4.0 is an upgraded version from VOS 3.0, developed on Google’s Android 11 platform. Vsmart phone models that have been sold to the market will be supported with VOS 4.0 including: Vsmart Aris , Vsmart Aris Pro , Vsmart Live 4 , Vsmart Joy 4 and Vsmart Star 4. VOS 4.0 improves stability and overcomes limitations on VOS 3.0 such as sending messages, playing games and taking photos. The operating system also updates the latest Android 11 features such as Screen Recorder, quick access to features such as payment wallet, SmartHome gadgets, Bubble Messages. At the same time, VOS 4.0 also enhances security with the Privacy Indicator feature when Camera, Location and Microphone permissions are used, granting one-time access to the application; revoke the granted permission if the app is not in use for a long time. Besides, the advantage of VOS 4.0 is that all ringtones and notification sounds are exclusively designed using artificial intelligence (AI). The new design language is elegant and balanced throughout, with the smallest design elements being cared for and smooth motion effects. Continuing to update the latest operating system has proven VinSmart’s commitment to customers who have been using Vsmart phones on the market. Accordingly, Vsmart products are still guaranteed to retain their warranty, upgrade and update software. With the new version, VOS 4.0 features such as Share contacts by scanning QR code; Access warning; adding a Friendly Mode… will continue to help customers have more intuitive, beautiful and easier-to-operate experiences. Some of the standout new features: – Friendly Mode (integrated virtual assistant voice of ) VinSmart ). – New design Quick Settings bar, new Media Player player controls, Hide description for Quick Settings Bar buttons. – Notifications allows grouping of notifications; Favorite notifications; Notification history. – Feature suggestions when searching in Settings. – Allow Themes backup/restore in Settings/Accounts and Backups. – Call (Phone) allows blocking multiple phone numbers at the same time. – Contacts (Contacts) transfer contacts between accounts; share and scan QR code. – Messages (Messages) select each piece of text in a message; highlight important fields in messages such as path/email/phone number/date and time; Pin a message to the top of the list. – Easy Transfer allows transferring data between Vsmart devices to each other or to other Android phones through a direct connection. – Standby screen (AOD) allows displaying color images on Aris/Aris Pro. – Set display time for Dark Mode. – Camera (Camera) allows scanning QR codes; Add a date to the Watermark of an image. – Calendar (Calendar) allows displaying weather information in the calendar. – Brand new screen capturer. – Automatically align, arrange layout when changing the application grid outside the main screen. New Keyboard offers exclusive Stickers; note feature; Sticker hints; suggestions for creating a calendar; automatic calculation.

VOS 4.0 is an upgraded version from VOS 3.0, developed on Google’s Android 11 platform. The Vsmart phone models sold to the market that will support VOS 4.0 include Vsmart Aris, Vsmart Aris Pro, Vsmart Live 4, Vsmart Joy 4 and Vsmart Star 4. VOS 4.0 improves stability and overcomes limitations on VOS 3.0 such as sending messages, playing games and taking photos. The operating system also updates the latest Android 11 features such as Screen Recorder – Screen Recorder, quick access to features such as payment wallet, SmartHome gadgets, Bubble Messages. At the same time, VOS 4.0 also enhances security with the Permission Alert – Privacy Indicator feature when the Camera – Camera, Location – Location and Microphone permissions are used, granting one-time access to the application; revoke the granted permission if the app is not in use for a long time. Besides, the advantage of VOS 4.0 is that all ringtones and notification sounds are exclusively designed using artificial intelligence – AI. The new design language is elegant and balanced throughout, with the smallest design elements being cared for and smooth motion effects. Continuing to update the latest operating system has proven VinSmart’s commitment to customers who have been using Vsmart phones on the market. Accordingly, Vsmart products are still guaranteed to retain their warranty, upgrade and update software. With the new version, VOS 4.0 features such as Share contacts by scanning QR code; Access warning; adding a Friendly Mode… will continue to help customers have more intuitive, beautiful and easier-to-operate experiences. SOME NEW HIGHLIGHTS Friendly Mode (integrated with Vinsmart’s voice virtual assistant). Quick Settings Bar – New design Quick Settings, new Media Player controls, Hide description for Quick Settings Bar buttons. Notifications – Notifications allow grouping of notifications; Favorite notifications; Notification history. Feature suggestions when searching in Settings. Enable Themes backup/restore in Settings/Accounts and Backups. Call – Phone allows to block multiple phone numbers at the same time. Contacts – Contacts transfers contacts between accounts; share and scan QR code. Messages – Messages selects individual text in a message; highlight important fields in messages such as path/email/phone number/date and time; Pin a message to the top of the list. Easy Transfer allows transferring data between Vsmart devices or with other Android phones through a direct connection. Standby screen – AOD allows displaying color images on Aris/Aris Pro. Set the display time for Dark Mode – Dark Mode. Camera – Camera allows scanning of QR codes; add date to Watermark – Watermark of a photo. Calendar – Calendar allows to display weather information in the calendar. Brand new screen capturer. Automatically align, arrange the layout when changing the application grid in addition to the main screen. New Keyboard offers Stickers – Exclusive Stickers; note feature; Sticker hints; suggestions for creating a calendar; automatic calculation.

Apple hires former BMW CEO for electric car project. The iPhone maker’s car-making efforts, known as Project Titan, have progressed unsatisfactorily since 2014. At this point, Apple began designing its own vehicles for the first time. In December 2020, Reuters reports that Apple is working on self-driving car technology and aims to produce a passenger vehicle, including breakthrough PIN technology, by 2024. Previously, in 2018, the tech giant Apple hired former Tesla design chief Andrew Kim, sparking speculation that Apple was once again trying to develop its own car. The timing of Apple’s hire of Andrew Kim seems to coincide with Doug Field’s return to Apple as well. Looking at the profile of Andrew Kim, this designer has contributed to Tesla’s hit models Model 3, Model S, Model X, Model Y as well as Roadster V2 and Semi. Before taking on a major role at Tesla, Kim spent three and a half years at Microsoft, where he developed user interfaces and Windows 10 products such as HoloLens and Xbox One S.

Compile | High song Edit | Jiang Xinbai Wisdom news on May 24, yesterday, Nikkei Asia reported that US storage manufacturer Micron is challenging Samsung Electronics’ position in the semiconductor storage industry. The latest quarterly financial reports of Micron and Samsung Electronics show that in the first quarter of 2021, Samsung’s semiconductor business operating profit margin was 18%, while Micron reached 20%. And in the past five years, Samsung Electronics’ market share in DRAM and NAND flash memory products has declined, while Micron has increased by 3% and 1%, respectively. The Nikkei Asian Review stated that the reason why Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor business profit margin has declined is that, in addition to weather such as snowstorms in Texas, it is also possible that Micron’s rapid progress in the memory chip manufacturing process has made Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor storage division more competitive. decline. Because the memory chip business is the main source of profit for Samsung Electronics, it is also an important income component of the semiconductor business. The decline in Samsung Electronics’ profitability in this area may also affect the company’s other businesses such as foundry, display devices and smart phones. ▲The quarterly operating margin changes of Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron (Source: Nikkei Asia) 1. Micron hires Japanese and Korean engineers, technical strength may be comparable to Samsung It is reported that the Texas blizzard in the United States has caused losses to some semiconductor companies. In mid-February, a blizzard occurred in Texas, the United States, causing a large-scale power outage. This also caused the local chip factories of Samsung Electronics, NXP, and Infineon to shut down for a period of time, while Micron, which had no factories in Texas, escaped the disaster. In addition, Nikkei Asia believes that the reason for the decline in the profit margin of Samsung’s storage business is inseparable from the decline in the competitiveness of its products. At present, Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor storage business revenue is about 49 billion U.S. dollars (about 315.2 billion yuan), accounting for about 40% of the global market, and still ranking first in the world. In terms of technology, Jin-man, vice president of Samsung Electronics, said in a conference call on April 29 that Samsung Electronics has the highest proportion of 15nm DRAM and will continue to take the lead in 14nm DRAM in the second half of the year. But on the other hand, Micron has begun mass production of DRAM particles based on the 1α process, and is the first company in the world to mass produce the fourth-generation 10nm DRAM; in terms of NAND flash memory, Micron has also taken the lead in launching 176-layer NAND flash products. , And walked in front of Samsung Electronics. During Micron’s 2021 second fiscal quarter (December 2020-February 2021) earnings conference call, its CEO Sanjay Mehrotra mentioned that Micron’s cutting-edge products will be mass-produced as planned and will become Micron’s 2022 leading product. Insiders believe that Micron’s rapid technological development is due to the support of many overseas engineers. It is reported that Micron is hiring a large number of Japanese and Korean engineers from storage vendors such as Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Semiconductor), SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, and is developing storage chip manufacturing processes in factories in the United States and Japan. In addition, Micron also acquired Japanese storage manufacturer Elpida in 2013. Elpida has many excellent DRAM engineers. After using these engineers to complete the process research and development, Micron has already possessed the technical capabilities that rival Samsung Electronics. 2. Micron is eating away at Samsung’s storage market share According to data from the British consulting company Omdia, Samsung Electronics’ DRAM market share is as high as 41.7% in 2020, ranking first in the market. SK Hynix and Micron occupy the second and third positions with 29.4% and 23.5% market shares respectively. But in the first quarter of this year, SK Hynix’s operating profit margin was only 16%, ranking last among the three companies. Samsung Electronics, Micron and SK Hynix together accounted for 94.6% of the DRAM market. This makes the market highly concentrated and allows the three companies to obtain high profits. In 2018, the hot DRAM market allowed Samsung Electronics, Micron and SK Hynix to achieve operating profit margins of more than 50%. Behind the high profit margin is the investment adjustment strategy adopted by Samsung Electronics. For example, when DRAM prices in the market begin to fall, Samsung Electronics will adjust the amount of investment to maintain a balance between supply and demand. Because Samsung Electronics monopolizes cutting-edge DRAM products and has an overwhelming market share, this strategy has effectively maintained the stability of the DRAM market. ▲ DRAM market share in 2020 (Source: Nikkei Asia) Nikkei Asia said that if Micron’s technological improvements threaten Samsung’s market position, it may intensify the competition between the two or cause turbulence in the DRAM market. In fact, Micron has begun to eat away at Samsung Electronics’ DRAM market share. In 2016, Samsung Electronics’ DRAM market share was 46.6%, and fell to 41.7% in 2020. In addition, Samsung Electronics’ market share of NAND flash memory products has also fallen from 36.1% to about 34% in 5 years. From 2016 to 2020, the market share of Micron’s DRAM and NAND flash memory products increased by 3% and 1%, respectively, to 23.5% and 11.2%. For Samsung Electronics, the semiconductor storage business has always been its main source of profit, and it often provides financial support for other businesses. At present, in order to compete with TSMC in the foundry field, Samsung Electronics is continuously increasing its investment in the foundry business; and its R&D investment in display screens and smartphones is also increasing. If Samsung Electronics’ profitability in the storage field declines, it may affect the company’s other businesses. Conclusion: Samsung’s profitability is still above the average level, and the competitive situation may continue Although Samsung’s operating profit margin was 18% in the first quarter of this year, which is a decline from previous periods, in the manufacturing sector, this ratio is still above the average level. In addition, Samsung Electronics has a larger business scope than Micron, and has a certain degree of anti-risk capabilities. It is difficult for the competition between the two to distinguish the winner or loser in the short term. In the current global shortage of cores, the importance of Samsung’s foundry business is also increasing, and the storage business may be fed back in the future. In the future, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron will continue to have a triumphant position in the DRAM market for some time. What can determine the final outcome will also be the landing experience and actual performance of various products. Source: Nikkei Asia

Using Bluezone helps detect close contact with suspected infected people, contributing to the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic. The Center is headed by Mr. Do Cong Anh, Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Informatization (Ministry of Information and Communications); leader of Information Technology Department (Ministry of Health) as Deputy Director; Mr. Tran Dac Phu, consultant of Vietnam Public Health Emergency Response Center is a member, in charge of professional advice. In addition, the Center has 6 other members from functional units of the Ministry of Information and Communications and information technology enterprises. In particular, the leader of Bkav Group is in charge of the overall design of shared platforms and databases… The Center has the task of acting as a focal point, coordinating with agencies, organizations and enterprises, participating in technical and technological support and cooperation to serve the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic; design, build, manage, operate, monitor, ensure safety and network security for technology platforms and systems for Covid-19 prevention and control. In particular, the Center will uniformly manage, centrally connect and distribute electronic health declaration data, domestic movement declaration data, people’s reflection data, quarantine point data and data on control of entry and exit of quarantine points between Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control technology systems… 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.

The latest update of the iOS 14 operating system seems to focus only on bug fixes and performance improvements to provide the best performance and enhance the user experience during use. These beta versions can be easily downloaded through the Apple Developer Center for those signed up for the beta program, or through an over-the-air update on devices running the beta software. Early public betas are usually officially released within a few days of a developer beta. Currently, users who have previously signed up for the experience can download iOS 14.7 and iPadOS 14.7 beta 2 on their devices by going to Settings -> General -> Software Update. Earlier, Apple suddenly released beta 1 of iOS 14.7, iPadOS 14.7, tvOS 14.7, watchOS 7.6 and macOS 11.5 on May 19, followed by a few days of public release of iOS 14.6, iPadOS 14.6 versions. , tvOS 14.6, watchOS 7.5, and macOS Big Sur 11.4. The HomePod OS has also received its second developer beta update. However, users are recommended to back up all data on the device before participating in Apple’s trial program. When something goes wrong and you want to revert to the previous version of the operating system (currently iOS 14.6), you will need a backup of your old data. However, users should not install the beta for major devices, because of the possibility of data loss or other problems. According to 9to5mac

Before embarking on the task, all technical staff are equipped with protective gear, disinfecting to avoid the risk of disease transmission. Under the hot summer sun, 7 officers, employees and technicians of Viettel Bac Giang in tight protective suits still urgently started to deploy the items to be completed in time. Mr. Nguyen Duc Ngoc – infrastructure construction worker of Viettel Bac Giang confided that it was hot outside, but the temperature in the engine room was up to 50 degrees Celsius. “The sweat came out like a shower, it was very uncomfortable, but the brothers still encouraged each other to try to complete it to serve the management and prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic. Everyone hopes to contribute to repelling the Covid-19 epidemic so that life, activities and production can return to normal”, Mr. Ngoc shared. The completion of this system not only ensures the quality of 2/3/4G mobile coverage to serve the communication needs of people and workers in the isolation area, but also contributes to ensuring room management, anti-transparent translation of organ blocks. Some pictures during the process of staff and technicians of Viettel Bac Giang constructing the mobile vehicle broadcasting item serving the Luxshare ICT concentrated isolation area – Van Trung Industrial Park, Viet Yen district on May 27: The technicians worked continuously for many hours in tight protective suits under the intense heat. Meanwhile, the temperature in the engine room reached about 50 degrees Celsius. Despite the hard work, the technicians still encouraged each other to work hard to finish the project as planned. Mr. Nguyen Duc Ngoc confided: ”As a child of Viet Yen district, Bac Giang, I want to promote the work progress as quickly as possible, thereby contributing effectively to the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic. -19 of the local”. Once completed, the mobile broadcasting vehicle will contribute to ensuring smooth communication in the isolation area as well as serving the management of epidemic prevention and control. In addition to mobile broadcasting vehicles, Viettel Bac Giang is also assigned to install surveillance camera systems in all concentrated isolation areas in the province. From May 20 to the morning of May 24, units have installed 1,000 cameras at 100 isolation points. In order to quickly and effectively install surveillance cameras in isolation areas, Viettel Bac Giang has established 30 groups (4 – 5 people/group) to work continuously during the day. Quick dinner of the technician team. The surveillance cameras, after being put into use, will operate continuously, connected to a centralized monitoring system to manage citizens to effectively and properly isolate themselves according to regulations.

Customers visit a Huawei store in Shenzhen. (Photo: Reuters) Using its own mobile operating system means Huawei is no longer dependent on Google Android. The US has banned Google from providing technical support for new Huawei phone models and blocked access to the Google Mobile Services developer suite. It is not clear if the Chinese company will introduce a new smartphone at the same time as Harmony, or if Harmony will be updated on models sold on the market. Harmony OS can only partially mitigate the impact of US sanctions on Huawei’s mobile division. The US ban in 2019 also barred Huawei from accessing important US-origin technology, hindering its ability to design its own chips and buy components from outside manufacturers. Once the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world, Huawei currently ranked 6th globally with a market share of 4% in the first quarter. The administration of former US President Donald Trump accused the Chinese telecommunications giant of threatening national security. This week, Huawei founder Nham Chinh Phi urged employees to “dare to lead the world in software”, moving into an area where the US cannot influence. The company needs to attract more software experts from abroad for this effort. Du Lam (According to Reuters)

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.

Accordingly, continuing to implement Official Letter No. 2581/UBND-KGVX dated May 3, 2021 of the City People’s Committee on the suspension of non-essential activities to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic and review the current epidemic situation. Currently in the area, the Chairman of the City People’s Committee requested to suspend operations at restaurants, shops, and food and drink service establishments from 12 pm on May 7. Da Nang only allows sales to customers to take away, order and sell goods online, delivery to customers, strictly prohibit on-site customer service. Da Nang stops operating on-site catering businesses from 12 pm on May 7 Chairman of Da Nang People’s Committee requested departments, agencies, People’s Committees of districts and people to seriously implement until there is a new notice. Earlier, on the evening of May 3, the Chairman of Da Nang City People’s Committee issued a document requesting the suspension of non-essential activities to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic. Specifically, cultural festivals, sports, religion, beliefs, worship, art performance events. Business establishments, non-essential services at amusement parks, entertainment venues, beauty establishments, bars-pubs, discos, karaoke, massage, video games, cinemas, casinos, spots provide public internet services; Walking street activities and night markets must also be suspended. Temporarily suspending exercise, sports and bodybuilding activities at the gym, yoga, billiards; indoor sports activities; sports and martial arts activities that have direct contact; swimming activities.

The US has opened an investigation into this cyber attack. Ransomware is a type of malware designed to lock down a system by encrypting data and demanding a ransom from the victim to regain access. Colonial Pipeline asked a cybersecurity company to coordinate with federal law enforcement agencies to investigate this cyberattack. President Joe Biden was briefed on the incident. The White House said Washington will work to help the Colonial Pipeline resume the interrupted fuel supply. This is considered the largest cyber attack on the US energy system Colonial Pipeline is providing nearly half of the fuel for the US east coast. This is considered one of the largest ransomware attacks ever recorded against US energy infrastructure. The shutdown of the largest fuel pipeline network in the United States will cause the price of this item and related products to spike. Colonial Pipeline transports 2.5 million barrels of gasoline and other fuels per day through 8,850 kilometers of pipeline connecting Gulf Coast refineries to the eastern and southern United States. The company also supplies fuel to several major US airports, including Hartsfield Jackson Airport in Atlanta, which has the world’s largest passenger traffic.

The attack was one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes reported, prompting US lawmakers to call for increased protection of America’s critical energy infrastructure from hackers. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said pipeline repairs were a priority for the Biden administration and Washington was working to avoid more severe fuel supply disruptions by helping Colonial restart the road network. The tube is more than 5,500 miles (8,850 km) long. “Right now it’s an all-in-one effort,” Raimondo said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “We are working closely with company, state and local officials to ensure they return to normal operations as quickly as possible and without disruption to supplies,” Colonial said. The pipeline network was attacked – Photo: Reuters Their main fuel lines are still offline, but some of the smaller routes between the terminals and delivery points are now up and running. Neither Raimondo nor the company has given an estimate of a full reboot date. U.S. gasoline futures rose more than 3% to $2,217 a gallon, the highest since May 2018 as trading opened for the week and market participants reacted to pipeline closures. Colonial ships about 2.5 million barrels per day of gasoline and other fuels from refineries on the Gulf Coast to consumers. Its extensive pipeline network serves major US airports including Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson Airport, the world’s busiest airport by passenger traffic. A spokeswoman for Charlotte Douglas International Airport said the airport had supplies on hand and was “monitoring the situation closely”. Retail fuel experts including the American Automobile Association say outages lasting several days could have a significant impact on fuel supplies in the region, particularly in the southeastern US. Colonial Pipeline’s fuel tanks – Photo: Reuters While the US government investigation is in its early stages, a former official and three industry sources said the suspected hackers were a professional cybercrime group called DarkSide. DarkSide is one of many gangs that often use malware to extort victims. These groups gain access to private networks, encrypt files with software, and often steal data. They ask for money to decrypt the files and ask for more money to not publish the stolen content. During the Colonial attack, the hackers stole more than 100 gigabytes of data.

Colonial Pipeline had to shut down the entire network after a cyber attack. Photo: wsj.com The administration of President Joe Biden said it was making every effort to restore the company’s operations and avoid disruption to supply. Experts say gas prices will not be affected if the company resumes normal operations in the next few days. However, this cyberattack, rated as the worst ever for the US infrastructure system, should be a warning bell for other companies about the risk they will become the next target of similar attacks. According to Colonial Pipeline, the company’s pipeline carries gasoline and other fuels from Texas to the Northeast, providing nearly 45 percent of the fuel for the East Coast of the United States. Although Colonial Pipeline has not revealed who is responsible for the cyber attack, an unnamed person on the team investigating the incident confirmed that the culprit was a hacker group nicknamed Darkside. This group has been spreading ransomware since August 2020 and is classified as one of the most attackable groups. Over the past 3 years, Darkside has become more and more professional and has caused Western countries tens of billions of dollars in losses. Ransomware attacks are malicious code designed to lock down computer systems using encrypted data and demand a ransom to restore access. US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on May 9 warned US businesses to be wary of ransomware attacks. The female minister affirmed that she would work closely with the Department of Homeland Security to handle the issue, considering this a top priority of the government. Reuters news agency, citing a notice from the White House, said the administration was working to help Colonial Pipeline company resume operations to avoid supply disruptions. According to sources, before activating ransomware, hackers often steal data, which is used to blackmail businesses or distort the truth. Sometimes stolen data is more valuable to hackers than the benefit they get by disrupting business operations. Security experts say the attack is a warning to operators and managers of essential infrastructure in the US such as electricity, water, energy and transportation facilities that have long been built. do not update the method to ensure security against the risk of being attacked. Mr. David Kennedy, a senior security consultant and founder of the security consulting firm TrustedSec, admitted that ransomware attacks have spiraled out of control in the US and are currently under development. is one of the greatest threats facing the United States. However, most American companies lack the ability to prepare for such threats.

Applying IT into practice, developing smart cities with the motto of taking people as the center, TT-Hue provincial government has helped the people of the ancient capital promote their mastery role. On the morning of July 12, 2020, a group of 120 people carrying King Ham Nghi Long from TT-Hue province to Quang Tri stopped at O ​​Loi noodle shop on Le Huan Street (Hue City) for breakfast. The owner of the restaurant “hacks” each bowl of vermicelli 60,000 VND (normal price ranges from 25,000 to 30,000 VND). Mr. LHT (a person traveling with the delegation) was angry and reflected on his personal facebook with the desire that the authorities come in
inspection and correction. Upon receiving information from the interactive system of the Hue Smart City Monitoring Center, the Market Management Department of TT-Hue province sent officers to verify, make a record of administrative violations and sanction 750,000 VND for O Loi noodle shop for the act of “not listing the prices of goods and services at the price listing point as prescribed”. State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (when serving as Prime Minister) during a visit to the Hue Smart City Management Monitoring Center “I reported on July 12, but only 3 days later, the functional force of TT-Hue province quickly took action and corrected us, making us very satisfied,” said Mr. T. About 2 years ago, the streets of Hue city center became the obsession of every passerby. Hundreds of people blatantly encroached on the sidewalk to trade. Shops and vehicles are messy, creating sloppy, offensive scenes, “bad” the face of the city of Hue. A campaign to restore urban order was directed and implemented by leaders of TT-Hue Provincial People’s Committee. Smart urban surveillance system with hundreds of “magic eyes” are cameras installed on all streets, accessing data, supporting the government to thoroughly handle violations. Those are just stories, small things among thousands of events received and handled during the journey of building a smart city in TT-Hue. People at the center TT-Hue is one of the first localities to build an e-government architecture after the e-Government framework was promulgated. 300 cameras were installed, transmitting data to the center. Along with e-government, smart city development has become an inevitable trend, a revolution in the digital transformation era. Director of the Department of Information and Communications of TT-Hue province, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Son said: “Its effect is that people and businesses can promote their own role. The motto is to take the people as the center. Going from “advocacy” to “sanctions” and becoming a need …”, Mr. Son said. In early 2019, TT-Hue province made a breakthrough decision when piloting smart city services (IOC) on the Hue-S application platform. The smart city management center located at the Department of Information and Communications of the province is considered the “headquarters” agency, responsible for implementing services, receiving input from the society; analyze, verify and transfer information to competent authorities. On the basis of information technology application, a series of application solutions such as field reflection; group of urban surveillance camera solutions; warning information; monitoring local press information; electronic cards of civil servants; supervision of public administrative services; electronic advertising monitoring; environmental monitoring; information security monitoring
and fishing vessel monitoring… have been integrated on Hue-S. Camera sensors detect traffic violations. On the Hue-S application platform, people use smart phones to take photos and send videos of issues that need to be reported to the system and keep their personal information confidential. Based on the images provided by the people and data recorded directly from the IOC’s image system, the Monitoring Center will classify each specific content and send it to the relevant authorities for processing. In addition to the reflected inadequacies, the application has also been responded to and deployed by the people and through which the values ​​of people, culture, humanity… have been actively promoted, many good examples of good work. good is found, many humanistic actions are developed. The software is deployed under the tracking mechanism and cannot take any action that can interfere with data deletion. All this information is publicly available on the website for people to monitor, so it is not possible to intervene to handle violations. Roadmap for building a smart city Not coincidentally, at the Digital Transformation Week 2021 taking place in Hue City from April 27, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung said that, at the local level, TT-Hue Province Think of yourself as a miniature country to apply the right strategy, set the right goals and do the right things. The human resource system analyzes and streams reflections to send to the relevant authorities for handling. TT-Hue must become a destination for major national and world technology events with dual goals: Developing tourism while developing technology and becoming a model for digital transformation. “- Mr. Dung said. In the past two years, TT-Hue province ranked 2nd out of 63 provinces in terms of readiness for ICT development and application in Vietnam – Vietnam ICT Index 2020 according to technical infrastructure indicators, human infrastructure indexes, etc. force. Hue’s work is also being widely deployed across the country. The project on development of smart cities in Vietnam for the period of 2018-2025 and a vision to 2030 clearly identifies major issues including: Building a legal foundation for smart city development; Develop management tools, institutions, for example, a framework to guide criteria and evaluate smart cities of cities; Formulate specific regulations, regulations and standards on planning on smart construction in urban areas. The goal is that by 2030, the whole country will form a chain of smart cities in the North, Central, South and Mekong Delta regions with Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Can Tho as the core. forming a chain linking smart cities. The results of the smart city deployment process will increase people’s trust in the government and vice versa, governments at all levels and management units will be more motivated because they must maintain that trust, to continue to improve operational efficiency. Currently, the province has 300 sensor surveillance cameras and is expected to have 1,500 cameras by 2025. Since its establishment, traffic surveillance cameras have detected and transferred 4,300 cases of violations to the police; processed 3,600 cases and 700 cases in progress. Meanwhile, with the solution to reflect the scene (Hue-S), the Center has received 30,425 complaints (there are 20,000 reports eligible to receive); 214 agencies in the province have handled 18,500 complaints, 1,500 complaints are under review. The project on development of smart cities in Vietnam for the period of 2018-2025 and a vision to 2030 clearly identifies major issues including: Building a legal foundation for smart city development; Develop management tools, institutions, for example, a framework to guide criteria and evaluate smart cities of cities; Formulate specific regulations, regulations and standards on planning on smart construction in urban areas.

Accordingly, on the group’s website, DarkSide confirmed that it never intended to interrupt the US fuel supply when attacking the network of the Colonial Pipeline company, headquartered in Georgia, USA. The group also said that it will carefully examine its goals in the future, while emphasizing that the group is not affiliated with any governments when the cyber attack takes place because the group is always acting alone. DarkSide wrote on the website: “We are a non-political organization. We are not tied to a government. Our goal is to make money, not to put society in a difficult situation like it is today. in”. “From today, we will carefully examine each company that our partners want to attack to avoid future consequences,” the DarkSide team stressed. The partners the group refers to are “affiliates” of the group, DarkSide said. This group of hackers acts as a company that specializes in providing “hacking services” and is not directly involved in cyber attacks on companies or governments. The team will develop malware for the cyber attacks and negotiate the ransom with the victim, at the request of their partner. One source believes that DarkSide will receive 20-30% of the ransom for its services.

Accordingly, on the group’s website, DarkSide confirmed that it never intended to interrupt the US fuel supply when attacking the network of the Colonial Pipeline company, headquartered in Georgia, USA. The group also said that it will carefully examine its goals in the future, while emphasizing that the group is not affiliated with any governments when the cyber attack takes place because the group is always acting alone. DarkSide wrote on the website: “We are a non-political organization. We are not tied to a government. Our goal is to make money, not to put society in a difficult situation like it is today. in”. “From today, we will carefully examine each company that our partners want to attack to avoid future consequences,” the DarkSide team stressed. The partners the group refers to are “affiliates” of the group, DarkSide said. This group of hackers acts as a company that specializes in providing “hacking services” and is not directly involved in cyber attacks on companies or governments. The team will develop malware for the cyber attacks and negotiate the ransom with the victim, at the request of their partner. One source believes that DarkSide will receive 20-30% of the ransom for its services.

Artwork / internet Pressure and gear shift dynamics Vietnam has been accelerating the process of national digital transformation with the dual goal of developing digital government, digital economy, digital society and forming Vietnamese digital technology enterprises. go global. In which, the education sector is one of the eight priority areas for implementation. In order to adapt and integrate with the 4.0 Technology Revolution, the Education sector in recent years has promoted the application of information technology in teaching, learning and management. Especially, with the impact and unpredictable developments of the Covid -19 pandemic, the rapid implementation of digital transformation in the education sector has become more and more necessary and urgent. The motto “pause to school, do not stop learning” is both pressure and motivation for educational institutions, teachers, students and parents to apply science and technology to maintain the quality of teaching. – learning and governance for students, encouraging students to maintain a continuum of learning. At the same time, ensuring safety, security, and connecting school – parents in the epidemic context still has complicated developments; promote efficient and sustainable operation of educational institutions. This is also an opportunity for educational institutions to apply digital transformation in managing and operating a smart-oriented school. In fact, in the modern educational environment, educational institutions are facing many challenges and facing difficulties in finding a comprehensive digital transformation solution. Now, the need is no longer a single technology solution to perform a certain school activity such as an online teaching and learning solution; a financial management software; a human resource management or data management software of the school … The reality requires that a technology platform, a comprehensive, comprehensive solution, integrating multiple features and suitable for the operating status of the Vietnamese education industry, helps to limit the waste of resources ( finance, human resources, time …) and increase efficiency, productivity. Need a comprehensive solution Dr. Le Anh Son, Deputy Director of the Phenikaa Institute of Research and Technology, University of Phenikaa, said: A term that is being mentioned a lot recently is Edtech, a combination of “education” (education) and “Technology” (technology). Edtech covers all different aspects of education from teaching and learning, educational management, educational communication … which are presented in three main forms: Application of technology in the classroom (facilities classes, tools, teaching materials); applying technology in teaching methods; apply technology in governance. The impact of the Covid -19 epidemic promotes the implementation of online teaching in educational institutions. Many places already know and use free platforms such as Google (with Google Classroom), Microsoft (with Microsoft Teams), Facebook (with Facebook Workplace), Skype, Zoom … However, these software just stop at the level of creating a means of communication and interaction between teachers and students, not yet creating a simultaneous connection with parents – teachers and educational administrators to Improve the ability to administer, support and supervise students. In fact, not many educational institutions have a comprehensive Edtech solution. That said, the Vietnamese digital technology market still has plenty of room to exploit. According to Dr. Le Anh Son, currently a member of Phenikaa Group has deployed the application of the smart school PHX Smart School, integrating two forms of technology application in the classroom and the application of technology in management into one. communication. The highlight of this solution is an intelligent integrated information system; integrating software to support training processes, helping schools to deploy online teaching and learning activities, and sharing convenient video lessons to support more effective learning; integrated online exam system. PHX Smart School also integrates smart route monitoring system, accurate face attendance … automatically connects, updates information quickly to families on student’s status when arriving at school. Actively measure body temperature, monitor the body temperature of objects entering and leaving the campus to ensure the school’s epidemic prevention.

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Following the rumors of being acquired by Sunac China (HK:01918), Blu-ray Development (SH:600466) was reported or acquired by Vanke (SZ:000002, HK:02202).

On the evening of April 22, the real estate media One Real Estate wrote in a manuscript on “Rong Chuan Acquisition of Blu-ray Development Rumors”, “Sunac’s due diligence on the Blu-ray project began in March, and the two parties are still negotiating.” .

The manuscript also wrote, “Vanke is also in contact with Blu-ray”, but the manuscript did not specify the specific content and related purposes of Vanke’s contact with Blu-ray development.

In response to the above report, Sohu Finance sought confirmation from Vanke, but Vanke did not reply; a source close to the development of Blu-ray revealed to Sohu Finance that the development and operation of Blu-ray is normal and there is no difference.

Also on April 22, the market reported that Sunac was planning to acquire Blu-ray Development. According to rumors, “After Sunac acquired Changtai, it is currently negotiating the merger and acquisition of a city investment company and a top 50 real estate company.” At the same time, it is rumored that the real estate company is a Blu-ray development.

In this regard, Blu-ray Development refuted the rumors to Sohu Finance and Economics that Sunac is only the nature of project equity investment, “the description of company equity cooperation is seriously exaggerated, and equity cooperation is mainly project-level cooperation.”

According to the 2020 annual report and the first quarter report of 2021 disclosed by Blu-ray Development on April 11, in 2020, the revenue of Blu-ray Development was 42.957 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.6%.

Among them, the real estate development sector revenue was 39.774 billion yuan, an increase of 9.22% year-on-year, accounting for 92.59% of revenue; the modern service sector revenue was 1.996 billion yuan, an increase of 26.94% year-on-year; the pharmaceutical sector revenue was 695 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 34.77 %.

In the same period, Blu-ray Development achieved a total profit of 4.947 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 11.51%; net profit attributable to the parent company was 3.302 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.53%; net interest rate was 8.56%, a year-on-year decrease of 2.05 percentage points; return on equity was 18.60%, a year-on-year decrease of 5.28 Percentage points.

In 2020, the overall gross profit margin of Blu-ray development will be 22.58%, a year-on-year decrease of 5.75 percentage points. Among them, the gross profit margin of the real estate development sector and the pharmaceutical sector have declined to varying degrees; the gross profit margin of the modern service sector was 40.16%, an increase of 2.2 percentage points year-on-year.

As of the end of 2020, the net debt ratio of Blu-ray Development has further dropped to 88.57%, and the cash short-term debt ratio has risen to 1.06, both meeting the regulatory requirements. However, during the same period, the debt-to-asset ratio of Blu-ray Development after deducting the advance payment is 73.03%, although it is already higher In the third quarter, it increased by 2.45 percentage points, but it still failed to meet the regulatory requirements and stepped on the “red line.”

Blu-ray Development, established in 1990, is a listed company under Blu-ray Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as Blu-ray Holding Group). In April 2015, Dikang Pharmaceutical, a listed company under the backdoor private enterprise Sichuan Dikang Industrial Holding Group, completed its reorganization and listing.

Since 2020, Blu-ray Development has sold its assets several times. In July 2020, Blu-ray Development sold a 91.4% stake in Dikang Pharmaceutical at a price of 900 million yuan; in February this year, Blu-ray Development announced the sale of its 64.62% stake in its property listing platform Blu-ray Jiabao Service at a price of 4.846 billion yuan.

At that time, Blu-ray Development stated in the announcement that the sale of Blu-ray Garbo was based on the consideration of cash flow and the normal operation of the real estate business. Before and after this, Blu-ray Development also sold equity in some of its real estate projects.

For example, in August 2020, Blu-ray Development acquired Nanning GC2020-065 land at a price of 750 million yuan. In September, it sold 49% of the project to Datang Real Estate; in January this year, it also sold the remaining 51% of the equity and withdrew. project.

In December 2020, Blu-ray Development acquired a piece of land in Wenling, Zhejiang at a price of 358 million yuan; in January this year, Blu-ray sold 49% of the project to Zhejiang Dongtai Group.

The 2020 annual report shows that during the reporting period, Blu-ray’s net outflow of cash flow from operating activities was 6.127 billion yuan, the first net outflow since 2017; the net outflow of cash flow from investment activities was 4.79 billion yuan, which has been net for five consecutive years. Outflow.

In the same period, the net cash flow generated by Blu-ray development financing activities was 15.535 billion yuan, an increase of 123.01% year-on-year, mainly due to the increase in the company’s financing scale during the reporting period.

As of the end of 2020, Blu-ray Development’s monetary funds were 29.742 billion yuan; in the same period, short-term loans were 6.317 billion yuan, and non-current liabilities due within one year were 21.658 billion yuan, totaling 27.975 billion yuan. Cash can still cover short-term debt.

The latest quarterly report for 2021 shows that in the first quarter of 2021, Blu-ray development revenue was 6.854 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 29.04%; net profit attributable to parent company was 561 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.11%; gross profit was 1.914 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.28%; The gross profit margin was 27.92%, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%.

In the first quarter of 2021, the net cash flow from Blu-ray Development’s operating activities turned from negative to positive to 1.638 billion yuan, mainly due to the increase in sales; the net cash flow from investment activities also turned from negative to positive to 1.383 billion yuan, mainly due to the disposal of properties Subsidiary collections increased.

During the same period, the cash flow generated by Blu-ray Development’s financing activities turned from positive to negative with a net outflow of 5.594 billion yuan, mainly due to the increase in financing repayments and payment of advances to minority shareholders of subsidiaries.

In the first quarter of 2021, Blu-ray Development achieved sales of 25.219 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 132%; the corresponding sales area was 25.422 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 116.21%.

Ceremony of opening Smart Urban Operations Center (IOC) in Pleiku city, Gia Lai province. Photo: Quang Thai – VNA This is a project designed, built, integrated and coordinated by the People’s Committee of Pleiku City to design, build, integrate and coordinate with the People’s Committee of Pleiku City. The Smart Urban Operations Center is invested in a synchronous and modern construction with 12 46-inch screens, screen control equipment system, 4 dedicated computers for data mining operation, 2 range cameras. central control software system … In particular, Pleiku City Smart City Operations Center is also equipped with the most advanced machines and technology in the country and the world, such as facial recognition, crowd analysis, and online monitoring. The center is capable of storing extremely large data, analyzing data based on AI artificial intelligence, big data Bigdata … The intelligent operating center is like a “digital brain” with the ability to integrate data and existing systems with central control software, creating a panoramic view in all fields. The Center will monitor and administer socio-economic indicators; reporting and statistical criteria; effective monitoring of government activities; supervision of land management and use; monitoring, managing community security and order; traffic Safety; interacting, communicating to serve citizens; monitoring of environmental quality; supervising, operating in the fields of health, education, tourism and information monitoring on the internet … Smart Urban Operations Center is also a place for analyzing big data, giving alerts, supporting decision-making in many other areas, ensuring fast, accurate, transparent and increasing reverse interoperability. when people can send comments, notify agencies in the province about incidents, arising problems related to urban infrastructure, traffic, security, safety, environment … Smart Urban Operations Center came into operation, all reflections of people on the fields are done very easily and quickly with just a simple operation via smartphone or attached computer. According to photos, video at the scene instead of having to go directly to the administrative office. These feedbacks are received by the Center and sent immediately to leaders where the incident is happening. The process of receiving, processing and the results are posted immediately after that so that the people can monitor and give feedback. According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Que, Chairman of Pleiku City People’s Committee, the birth of Smart Urban Operations Center is a living proof demonstrating the determination of Gia Lai province and Pleiku city towards building a living and working environment. professionalism, efficiency, quality and safety. This is one of the city’s breakthroughs in the application of information technology advances to the implementation of socio-economic development goals, in order to build an effective and quality living environment. safety, serving people better and better. Accordingly, the Center will be the foundation, gradually perfecting, towards the goal of monitoring all activities in important areas in order to perform well forecasting, building solutions, and solving problems. , bottlenecks, to develop planning and propose appropriate and effective development solutions./.

TP. Pleiku opens the intelligent urban operating center IOC. Earlier on February 8, Gia Lai Provincial People’s Committee issued Decision No. 77 / QD-UBND on the implementation of the project “Building Pleiku city towards a smart city in the period of 2020 – 2025, with a vision to by 2030 ”. Accordingly, the project to build the city. Pleiku follows the direction of a smart city in order to exploit and bring into play its potentials and advantages, improve the efficiency of resource use, and protect the environment sustainably; improve efficiency of state management and urban services. Smart urban construction will make the city. Pleiku becomes a safe city, good management environment and complete tourism services. The IOC is officially put into operation. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Huu Que, Chairman of City People’s Committee. Pleiku said, IOC is like a “digital brain” with the ability to integrate data and available systems with central control software, creating a panoramic view in all fields. In particular, the central function of the IOC will monitor, administer socio-economic indicators, monitor the effectiveness of government activities, manage and use land; operating community security and order; traffic Safety; interacting, communicating to serve citizens; monitoring of environmental quality; supervising, operating in the fields of health, education, tourism and information monitoring on the internet … Reflecting on areas is made easy through the IOC. It is known that IOC TP. Pleiku is designed, built, integrated and coordinated with the City People’s Committee by Viettel Group of Industry and Telecommunications. Pleiku to deploy. IOC’s facilities are invested synchronously with 12 46-inch screens, control equipment system, 4 specialized computers for data mining operation, 2 high-altitude cameras … Previously, the people of the city. Pleiku wants to reflect any problem must submit an application to the competent authority. This process not only takes a lot of time and travel costs, but also makes people afraid to go to public authorities. However, when the IOC center came into operation, especially through the Pleiku smart app, all people’s reflections on the fields were done very easily and quickly with just a simple operation. Smartphone or computer attached to field photos and videos. These feedbacks are received by the center and sent immediately to the leaders where the incident is happening. The process of receiving, processing and the results are posted immediately after that so that the people can monitor and give feedback.

“Anyi Millennium Ancient Villages” is composed of three natural villages of Luotian, Jingtai, and Shuinan, which are less than 300 meters apart. The three ancient villages are in full swing. The ancient alleys and houses are interconnected, and the scale is large. Wood carvings and stone carvings Simple and exquisite, most of them are still well-preserved. Being in it is like being in a folk art museum, known as one of the birthplaces of Gan merchant culture.

Luotian Village, known for its heavy cultural connotations, is one of the members of the Anyi Ancient Villages and the core scenic spot. Its village history can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,200 years. According to records, the ancestor of Luotian Village was Huang Kechang, a descendant of Emperor Zhu Rong. He moved to this place from Luotian, Qizhou, Hubei in the first year of Guangming in the late Tang Dynasty (880) in order to avoid war, hence the name “Luotian”.

As a blood village of Jiangxia Huang, the 2,000 local villagers are all Huang. For thousands of years, merchants from the ancient village have gathered, and the local folk rhyme says: “Little Anyi County, big Luotian Huang.” It shows Luo. Tian Huang’s family has a great reputation. Although today’s ancient villages are not as prosperous as they used to be, some old shops are still in operation, and the ancient ruts on the stone slab road are still clearly visible, giving people a feeling of reminiscing about the past and presenting the present.

It is worth mentioning that the entire village still retains a complete underground drainage system a thousand years ago. The water in the mountain reservoir runs through the entire village from the upper end of the village along the canal, and the streets are criss-crossed by ditches covered by slabs for drainage. The domestic sewage and rainwater of every household effectively and environmentally demonstrated the wisdom and wisdom of the ancients, and the ancient village also has the saying that “the embroidered shoes are not wet on rainy days”.

Luotian Village also has the reputation of “Longevity Village”. Among the dozens of ancient wells in the village, the Shoukang Well excavated in the Tang Dynasty is the first water well since the village was founded. The well is more than 12 meters deep, and the water quality is sweet and does not run dry all year round. It is still used by surrounding residents as a source of domestic water. It is said that the villagers who drink the water from this well live a long life, hence the name “Shoukang Well”.

It is worth mentioning that Luotian Village still implements China’s oldest household registration management system in Lijia. There are ten ancient villages, and each one has public facilities such as the incense hall and water well. “Liujia Incense Hall” is one of the ten incense halls in the village. The genealogy in the hall was prefaced by the famous writer and calligrapher Huang Tingjian in the Northern Song Dynasty. “.

Among the 44 ancient buildings in the Ming and Qing dynasties that exist in the ancient village, the “Shidafudi” built by the 27th Sun Huang Bingtong of the Huang family during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty is the largest and most exquisite ancient building complex in the ancient village of Anyi. According to legend, Huang Bingtong was awarded the fifth-rank official position by Emperor Qianlong because of his honesty and trustworthiness in business. “Doctor” refers to the official position above the fifth rank, so the Huangzhai was named “Shidaifudi”.

On the hillside behind the “World Doctor First” building complex, there is planted the largest and oldest thousand-year-old camphor tree in Nanchang. The tree has a diameter of 3 meters and a circumference of 10 meters. According to legend, it was planted by Huang Kechang, the ancestor of Luotian Village, in the first year when he came to Luotian. For more than a thousand years, this ancient camphor tree of Tang Dynasty has always been luxuriant, vigorous and sheltered. The village of Luotian is endless, safe and auspicious.

The PCI 2020 report is based on feedback from nearly 12,300 enterprises, of which more than 10,700 private enterprises are operating in 63 provinces and cities and nearly 1,600 foreign-invested enterprises (FDI). ) operating in 22 localities in Vietnam. With a combined PCI score of 75.09 points in 2020, Quang Ninh is the top province in the PCI 2020 index. Dong Thap, Long An and Binh Duong are provinces with quality economic governance, respectively. highest in the PCI 2020 Rankings. The last group in PCI 2020 are Bac Kan, Dak Nong, Ha Giang, Kien Giang and Bac Lieu.

Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vu Tien Loc speaking at the announcement ceremony.

The PCI 2020 survey shows that the quality of economic governance at the provincial level in Vietnam tends to improve over time. The positive movements recorded include continued decline in informal costs, continued security and order, more dynamic and proactive provincial governments, and significantly improved administrative reform. business school is increasingly equal. However, the survey results show that provincial governments need to drastically improve the transparency of the business environment, improve the quality of enforcement of the grassroots government system, and continue to promote procedural reform. and reduce the burden of inspection and examination for businesses, continue efforts to cut informal costs for businesses.

PCI 2020 chart

The results of the survey on FDI enterprises in 2020 show that Vietnam continues to be seen as an attractive investment destination, with the advantage of stable politics, more open administrative procedures, inspection, examination and Informal costs have been reduced. Foreign investors expect Vietnam to continue to control corruption, improve the quality of public service delivery, improve the system of procedures and regulations, and drastically upgrade the quality of its infrastructure.

Dr. Vu Tien Loc, Chairman of VCCI, said that PCI is an indicator of action. The PCI promotes the essential actions of the governments of the provinces and cities to improve the quality of administration and create a favorable business environment. It is the evidence-based policy development and enforcement of the results provided by the PCI. It is the exploration and development of reform ideas, good grassroots models. In fact, PCI has encouraged and spread many good practices in Vietnam over the past time.

Quang Ninh province leads the ranking for the fourth time with 75.09 points, an increase of 1.69 points compared to 2019. The second is Dong Thap province, reaching 72.81 points, up 1.1 points. Long An province increased 5 places compared to 2019 to third place.

Hanoi City continued to rank ninth, with 69.93 points, an increase of 1.13 points compared to 2019; with Da Nang city, Bac Ninh province, Binh Duong, Hai Phong, Ben Tre, Vinh Long in the top 10.

Among the 10 component indexes, Hanoi is highly appreciated for labor training (7.85 points), time costs (7.93 points), market entry costs (6.74 points), translation labor support service (6.68 points). Hanoi has also made many efforts to reduce informal costs, increase fair competition and increase transparency and dynamism of the government.

Over the past 16 consecutive years, the PCI report reflects the business community’s perceptions of the business environment in Vietnam to assess and rank the business environment and economic governance quality of the provinces and cities in Vietnam. Vietnam.

According to VCCI Chairman Vu Tien Loc, the 16th PCI report not only reflects the ranking of provinces and cities on the ease of the business environment but also mentions other major issues, such as the impact of the epidemic. Covid-19 came to the Vietnamese business community. At the same time, the PCI 2020 report poses Vietnam’s attractiveness to investors and reflects the business community’s expectation on the government’s reform efforts at all levels over the next five years.

“The detailed analysis of the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on Vietnamese enterprises is an essential input to help regulators and governments at all levels to develop realistic policies for effective implementation” the dual goal “is to prevent and fight epidemics, both restore and develop socio-economic that the Government has set out”, Mr. Vu Tien Loc said.

Specifically, according to the report, the epidemic had a negative impact on businesses on a large scale; Shrinking domestic markets and interrupted supply chains are the biggest difficulties for businesses. Approximately one third of enterprises have to leave their employees working in 2020 due to the influence of Covid-19 … Especially in support policies, tax and fee policies are highly appreciated in terms of accessibility and calculation. useful…

Notably, for the first time, the PCI 2020 report provides analysis and commentary on the motivation for businesses to invest in green technology and do business in an environmentally friendly way, a major orientation of the Party and The Government recently set out in improving the quality of investment attraction for Vietnam’s future sustainable development.

This is the information given at the announcement ceremony of the PCI 2020 Annual Report of the Provincial Competitiveness Index by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). held this morning, April 15, in Hanoi.

With a combined PCI score of 75.09 points in 2020, Quang Ninh is the leading province in the PCI in 2020. Increasing 1.69 points of synthetic PCI compared to the previous year, Quang Ninh has surpassed itself to establish 1st place in the PCI Ranking for 4 consecutive years. Not only that, Quang Ninh is also the only province among 63 provinces and cities that surpassed the 75-point mark in the PCI results since 2010.

With a score of 72.8, Dong Thap holds 2nd place in PCI 2020.

Long An reached 70.37 points and ranked third in PCI 2020, an increase of 5 levels compared to 2019.

The next provinces in the top 10 provinces and cities of the PCI 2020 are Binh Duong (70.16 points), Da Nang (70.12 points), Vinh Long (69.34 points), Hai Phong city (69 points). , 27 points), Ben Tre (69.08 points), Hanoi City (66.93 points) and Bac Ninh (66.74 points).

In this list, Binh Duong had the strongest improvement with an increase of 2.78 points and 9 ranks compared to the results in 2019, with positive assessments of businesses on market entry (up 1.22 points). and business support (up 0.91 points). “This is the result of Binh Duong reviewing and completing the one-stop shop for enterprise registration and settlement of investment procedures; implementing publicly and transparently mechanisms, policies, processes and administrative procedures for enterprise registration, investment registration and strengthening coordination between branches and levels in attracting and managing projects invest; support to create favorable conditions and solve problems so that projects can be quickly deployed into production and business ”, Mr. Dau Anh Tuan, Project Director of the Provincial Competitiveness Index Project, Head of the Legal Department , Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry said.

PCI 2020 report is built based on feedback from nearly 12,300 enterprises (DN), of which over 10,700 private enterprises are operating in 63 provinces and cities and nearly 1,600 foreign-invested enterprises ( FDI) is operating in 22 localities in Vietnam.

Announcement Ceremony of the Annual Report of the Provincial Competitiveness Index 2020

The PCI 2020 survey shows that the quality of economic governance at the provincial level in Vietnam tends to improve over time. The positive movements recorded include continued decline in informal costs, continued security and order, more dynamic and proactive provincial governments, and significantly improved administrative reform. business school is increasingly equal. However, the survey results show that the provincial government needs to drastically improve the transparency of the business environment, improve the quality of enforcement of the grassroots government system, and continue to promote reforms. administrative procedures and reduce the burden of inspection and examination for businesses, continue efforts to cut down on unofficial costs for businesses.

“2020 is a particularly difficult year for Vietnamese enterprises due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. Covid-19 has had a negative impact on the operations of enterprises on a large scale, in almost all industries, in all regions of the country, seriously affecting the decrease in revenue and profit of enterprises in the country. last year. Enterprises also had to cut the workforce. State policies supporting enterprises to overcome Covid-19 have practically uneven impacts, some policies have high practical effects such as tax deferral and extension of land rent … “, PhD. . Vu Tien Loc, Chairman of VCCI said.

However, the PCI 2020 survey results show a relatively high degree of adaptation of Vietnamese businesses to the epidemic. The survey results of FDI enterprises in 2020 show that Vietnam continues to be considered an attractive investment destination, with the advantage of stable politics, more open administrative procedures, inspection, examination and spending. Unofficial fees have decreased. Foreign investors expect Vietnam to continue to control corruption, improve the quality of public service delivery, improve the system of procedures, regulations and drastically upgrade the quality of infrastructure./.