Some online newspapers and media agencies think that the regulation of the time to turn on and off ads not in a fixed area of ​​the online newspaper within 1.5 seconds is too fast, which will affect the advertising effectiveness. , reducing revenue, affecting the press economy and the development of electronic newspapers in the context of digital technology, especially when newspapers and businesses are facing many difficulties in financial autonomy due to the epidemic. like nowadays. Meanwhile, cross-border social networks and digital platforms are occupying an overwhelming market share in the advertising field such as Google, Facebook or Youtube… due to a simpler and more convenient mechanism than electronic newspapers because they are not regulated. by this provision. Therefore, it will inadvertently push the same ad units to redirect to cross-border ad networks. It should be affirmed that the activities of posting and broadcasting advertisements in the press must comply with the provisions of the Press Law and the provisions of the law on advertising. The purpose of Decree 38 is to protect readers and viewers from the current state of rampant and difficult-to-control advertising on electronic newspapers. Decree 38 does not restrict advertising activities of electronic newspapers, but stipulates that advertising needs to meet two requirements of viewers: One is that there is a key to turn it off (on), second, if there is an operation to turn it off (on), must respond immediately within 1.5 seconds, avoiding the case that readers have to watch ads that are forced, inhibiting, unable to fully and continuously receive information sources. This content is specified in Clause 1, Article 23 of the Law on Advertising 2012; and the sanctioning of violations is also available in Clause 3, Article 55, Decree No. 158/2013/ND-CP of the Government on sanctioning of administrative violations in the fields of culture, sports, tourism and advertising . It can be seen that the regulations on handling of violations mentioned above are not new to Decree 38, but have been implemented since 2013. Objects, acts and sanctioning levels in the two decrees are the same and suitable. accordance with the provisions of the Law on Advertising. Thus, the implementation of Decree 38 in the current context will not affect the revenue of electronic newspapers. Newspapers in general and electronic newspapers in particular are essential information channels, operating under the Press Law. For each type of press, there are separate regulations on advertising. Social networking platforms, Youtube channels, etc. have different operational purposes and interactive objects, so it is not possible to rigidly apply regulations on advertising on social networks like newspapers. However, in the trend of digital transformation of newspapers, electronic newspapers are dominating thanks to the popularity of the internet and mobile devices. Advertising on electronic newspapers is effective due to its fast and wide coverage. Activities of digital media are also changing day by day. Therefore, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism needs to coordinate with the Ministry of Information and Communications in researching, amending and supplementing the contents of advertising activities in the press, coordinating with relevant ministries and branches to regulate the advertising activities in the press. adjust and complete the legal framework for advertising activities in accordance with reality; suitable to the needs, psychology and tastes of modern readers as well as complying with the law, cultural and ethical standards of society. That necessary adjustment will also contribute to promoting fair and legal business activities of enterprises as well as healthy economic activities of press agencies. It is known that the Ministry of Information and Communications will review the provisions of Decree 38, including the content of advertising on social networks and cross-border digital platforms, inspect, check and promptly handle the time of violations of the law on advertising, propose amendments in line with the current development trend, creating fairness in press and communication activities.

The 1.5-second limit means it’s nearly impossible for advertisers to deliver any message to viewers that they can click “next” or continue watching. The “suspended” regulation for nearly a decade suddenly applied will cause unfairness In fact, the handling of violations of regulations on advertising not in fixed areas “waiting to turn off or open ads on electronic newspapers up to 1.5 seconds” has been regulated since 2013 at Decree No. 158/2013/ND-CP not until Decree No. 38/2021/ND-CP newly issued. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the unit in charge of drafting these documents, said that the provisions of the new Decree have followed the process of the Government. Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents . However, not all policy beneficiaries are aware of the drafts during the consultation process. According to Mr. Tran Trong Dung, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association, there are press agencies that have not yet been consulted. The regulation has been in place since 2013 and many press agencies do not know, which can be explained by the fact that advertising has not taken place in accordance with the regulations. Thus, the regulations are set but not enforced, the press has made mistakes for a long time without handling, which means that the law has been inadequate since its issuance. Then suddenly applying it will cause unfairness to advertising on other electronic forms. 1.5 seconds time is not reasonable Studies show that, if an ad attracts attention in the first 5 seconds, readers will decide to continue or not. Research on video advertising by Facebook and Nielsen has also come up with quite interesting numbers that , 47% of the value of a video campaign is transmitted within the first 3 seconds and 74% of the value of a video campaign is communicated through the first 10 seconds. This study also shows: When readers watch the first 3 seconds of a video on Facebook, 65% of these will watch at least 10 seconds, 45% watch 30 seconds. Another Twitter study also found a strong link between watching the first 3 seconds of a video and whether or not viewers watched the entire video. With 1.5 seconds, the viewer only had time to open and close. The 1.5-second limit means it’s nearly impossible for advertisers to deliver any message to viewers that they can click “next” or continue watching. Commenting on this issue, Mr. Vo Thanh Hai, Director of Viettel Media said that 1.5 seconds is not enough to convey a certain message to viewers. And so viewers will not receive the information they need to decide whether to continue or ignore. “Social networks like Google or Facebook have carefully studied the psychology of viewers so that they give the time to turn on or off ads. Psychological studies have shown that with an ad on or off time of 5-6 seconds, it will make viewers accept it. If the time to turn off or open the ad is too long, it will make the ad viewer inhibit and hate it. Thus, the advertising effect will not be as expected. But if the time to turn on or off the ad is less than 5 seconds, it will not be enough for the ad units to convey their short message to the viewers. Obviously, the terms and conditions need to be carefully studied.” Mr. Hai analyzed. Discrimination will cripple the journalism economy The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism explained that social networks, YouTube are not press agencies, the criteria for operation as well as the audience for participation and interaction are also different. Therefore, the regulation and application of advertising activities on social networks is not the same as that of press agencies. In fact, in terms of content and direction, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has clear operating principles and purposes; comply with legal regulations. In terms of business, competition is fierce; even the mechanism of non-business units is more constrained to the press than other types of enterprises. So, if the legal corridors on advertising keep that mindset, it will cripple the journalism economy. Forecasting difficulties approaching the press in the context that the Covid-19 epidemic has not stopped, some newspapers have stated: “Limit advertising in the press, Google, Facebook are happy to benefit?”, “Rules of the game to eliminate competition”, etc. The chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association described the state of journalism at that time as “shrink”. And Mr. Nguyen Truong Son, Standing Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Advertising Association estimated specific numbers: If these provisions are implemented, more than 80% of advertising revenue now goes to Facebook, Google. Should soon accept and amend Mr. Nguyen Truong Son said that the Vietnam Advertising Association has sent documents to the authorities to soon propose the government to amend the Law on Advertising, creating a legal corridor for the press, media and advertising industry. operate smoothly. “This Law on Advertising has been in effect for nearly 10 years but has not yet imposed a fine on any press agency. Decree 38 is specific and has sanctions. However, the regulation that the timeout to turn off or open ads in a fixed area exceeding 1.5 seconds is inadequate. If the press agency is not fined, it is a violation of the law, but applying sanctions will cause difficulties for the press agency. Mr. Son said. On June 1, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that it will conduct a review of 10 years of implementation of the Law on Advertising and guiding documents in order to grasp the changes of advertising activities, new means and methods of advertising to from there, there are recommendations and proposals to amend the regulations in line with reality in 2022. The Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association stated that there should be more seminars to listen to and exchange ideas from relevant parties. Especially the opinions of the press agencies, in order to develop appropriate guidelines, overcome the inadequacies with the subjects governed by the text and promote the advantages.

Online advertising will be crowned From June 1, Decree 38 on sanctioning of administrative violations in the field of culture and advertising will officially take effect. However, a few days ago, the Vietnam Advertising Association in its petition pointed out a number of shortcomings in this new Decree, which is the sanctioning regulation “Waiting time to turn off or open ads is not fixed area exceeding 1.5 seconds” and “Design and layout advertising mixed with news content”. 80% OF CAKES ARE INTO FACEBOOK, GOOGLE BAGS According to the analysis in the petition of the Vietnam Advertising Association signed by Standing Vice Chairman of the Association Nguyen Truong Son as well as shared by businesses in the industry, the regulations on “Waiting time to turn off or open advertising reports that do not stay in a fixed area beyond 1.5 seconds” is unrealistic, too short to be able to convey the message. Compared with cross-border advertising platforms, the current interface allows viewers to skip ads in as little as 5 seconds. Sharing with VnEconomy, an expert in the field of advertising said that, in theory, businesses will spend advertising money on channels that have many viewers, and bring high efficiency. So when advertising in any channel is difficult, businesses will look to another channel… According to the report Vietnam Digital Marketing Trends 2021, the size of the online advertising market in Vietnam in 2020 is estimated at 820 million USD. It is forecasted that in 2021, this revenue will reach about 955 million USD. In which, up to 80% of the “piece of cake” of revenue goes to Google, Facebook … In the context of industrial revolution 4.0, online advertising is increasingly popular. Leading in terms of market share, online advertising sales in Vietnam are currently cross-border platforms Facebook and Google. And with the above regulation, this expert said that in the coming time, not only 80% of advertising money will flow into the pockets of “giants” but even more. Although the state encourages brands to advertise in Vietnamese newspapers, with such tightening regulations, businesses and brands will have to turn to advertising on cross-border platforms such as Facebook, YouTube… Thus, if advertising in the press of domestic enterprises is being tightened by the strict regulations of this Decree, cross-border advertising enterprises are naturally benefited by the standard , their operating principles as well as we have not been able to handle the violations of these platforms when they are not based in Vietnam. This has created an unequal competition between domestic advertising enterprises/press agencies and cross-border advertising networks… A representative of the Vietnam Advertising Association said that this will certainly affect the revenue of electronic press agencies that mainly rely on advertising. If the advertisement is published on electronic newspapers for only 1.5 seconds and is not inserted into the content, then no business wants to advertise because it will not be effective. Mr. Nguyen Quang Nhat, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Outdoor Advertising Club shared, the number of advertising businesses and agencies in Vietnam is quite large, but in fact, collecting 10 dong, they had to spend 7 dong on Google and Facebook. Advertising funding for news agencies will be increasingly difficult. According to a business with more than a decade of experience in online advertising, the press is currently caught between the problem of charging readers and users and collecting advertising fees. Since there are no user fees, newspapers can only charge from advertising activities. In the advertising fee collection there are a number of formats and if specified to only 1.5 seconds is too short, lacks factual basis and needs to be studied to extend the time. Currently, advertising platforms on OTT like YouTube are usually 5-6 seconds and have a warning to users that they can/will be off after how many seconds… KEY KEYS NEED TO CORRECT ADVERTISING LAW International practice, with free press similar to Vietnam, advertising is allowed to be interspersed with news/article content and customized based on the audience reading the newspaper. Readers have the right to click to view or skip the advertising content. The act of “Designing and arranging advertisements mixed with news content” is one of the administrative violations to be handled. Although this regulation is aimed at protecting the interests of readers, it is not fair in ensuring the rights of individuals/organizations purchasing advertising services as well as businesses providing advertising services. The tools to reach customers through mainstream media products are narrowed, causing obstacles and difficulties for the advertising industry. According to businesses, this new regulation will help readers have a cleaner online newspaper space, no longer bothered by ads. This Decree will prevent the phenomenon of many news sites abusing the form of contextual advertising, confusing readers as well as consumers. In the coming time, these regulations will also become obsolete because the trend of online advertising will take the throne with many different forms of attracting attention; application of technology platforms, cross-border Internet platforms. Therefore, it will become increasingly difficult for the press to call for advertising as advertising will flow into other applications. This business thinks that, with pages that have too many ads and are annoying, it is easy for bored readers to leave and not re-enter. A newspaper without readers cannot call for advertising and hardly survive. Newspapers themselves will have to adjust this issue accordingly and especially improve the quality of information content. Advertising and content must always be tied together. If the information is not good, the number of viewers is small, the advertising is no longer available, the press will have a hard time surviving and vice versa. However, even newspapers that invest in quality articles and respect their readers, with this advertising regulation, will still violate… In fact, the waiting time to turn off or open ads in a fixed area does not exceed 1.5 seconds, which is specified in the Law on Advertising, the implementing Decree and is now repeated. But because it is unreasonable, in the past 10 years, no unit has been fined under this regulation. However, according to Mr. Son, when Decree 38 was issued, we understand that the government is very interested in this, focusing on discipline, all citizens must obey the law, from June 1 onwards. All parties must strictly comply and violations will be punished. To overcome the above shortcomings, a representative of the Vietnam Advertising Association said that Decree 38 is a sub-law document, so it is impossible to violate the law. Therefore, the most important thing is to petition the Government to submit to the National Assembly to amend the Law on Advertising.

Public opinion is having a lot of opinions about the regulations related to advertising activities in the press mentioned in Decree 38. Illustration .PV: Dear Director, there are many opinions about the regulations related to advertising activities in the press mentioned in Decree 38, which will take effect on June 1. In particular, the main contents of interest are related to advertising activities on electronic newspapers. Could you tell me more specifically about the current regulations on advertising on electronic newspapers that are being applied? – Director of Ninh Thi Thu Huong: According to the Law on Press, e-newspaper is a type of press using writing, images, and sound, which is transmitted on the network environment, including electronic newspapers and electronic magazines (Clause 6, Article 3). . Electronic newspapers and other types of newspapers may publish and broadcast advertisements. However, the posting and broadcasting of advertisements must comply with the provisions of the Press Law and the provisions of the law on advertising (Article 44 of the Press Law). Accordingly, the Law on Advertising has specific and separate regulations for each type of press, suitable to the nature, functions and characteristics of each type, especially regulations on content and area. , duration, ad rate. For example, for printed newspapers, the advertising area must not exceed 15% of the total area of ​​a newspaper publication or 20% of the total area of ​​a magazine publication, except for newspapers and magazines specialized in advertising; and must have signs to distinguish advertising from other contents (Clause 1, Article 22 of the Law on Advertising). For audio and video newspapers, Article 22 of the Law on Advertising stipulates: the advertising duration must not exceed 10% of the total duration of the broadcast program per day, except for the advertising duration on channels and programs specialized in advertising; must have signs to distinguish advertising contents; regulations on programs not to broadcast advertising; regulations on the number of breaks, the time of advertising in feature films, entertainment programs, regulations on the position and area of ​​advertising in the form of running words or a series of moving images close to the bottom of the screen. For electronic newspapers, Clause 1, Article 23 of the Law on Advertising stipulates that advertisements on electronic newspapers must: Do not design, arrange advertising parts mixed with news content; For ads that are not in a fixed area, it must be designed so that readers can actively turn off or open the ad, the maximum waiting time to turn off or open the ad is 1.5 seconds. Thus, according to the above regulations, the e-newspaper is arranged to advertise in a fixed, separate area, not mixed with the news content. For this ad, there is no restriction on the length of the ad nor is it designed so that readers can actively turn on or off the ad. But for ads that are not in a fixed area, it must be designed so that readers can actively turn off or open the ad, the maximum waiting time to turn off or open the ad is 1.5 seconds. .Many opinions believe that the regulation of the on and off time of advertisements not in a fixed area of ​​the electronic newspaper is 1.5 seconds too strict, reducing advertising revenue and affecting the development of the newspaper. electronic? What is your opinion about these comments? – The purpose of this regulation is to protect viewers because the press is an information product about events and issues in social life. Readers when viewing newspapers are always serious in receiving information. Therefore, all types of newspapers have regulations on fixed areas (space, duration) dedicated to advertising, but regulations on advertising that are not in fixed areas will not be available in print or print newspapers. Let’s try to imagine a news program on television or an editorial in a print newspaper with advertising images covering the whole frame, how will viewers react? Director of the Department of Grassroots Culture Ninh Thi Thu Huong Regulations for online newspapers are still allowed to advertise not in fixed areas, but must “Make sure to design so that readers can actively turn on or off ads. The maximum time to turn off or open the ad is 1.5 seconds. Please note here must be very careful from “active”, Because it’s the reader’s right. If they are watching important news, they can immediately turn off the ad so it doesn’t affect them, if they don’t want to turn it off, the ad can continue to play without time control. Therefore, it can be seen that this regulation does not limit advertising activities of electronic newspapers, but only meets two requirements of viewers: one is to have a key to turn off (on); Second, if there is an on or off operation, they must respond immediately within 1.5 seconds, to avoid the case that readers have to watch ads that are forced, inhibiting, and cannot fully and continuously view information. that they want to receive. .Compared between Decree 38 and Decree 158/2013/ND-CP (Decree 158), regulations on violations for advertising not in fixed areas on electronic newspapers, there is no difference. Thus, the regulation on “turning off and on after 1.5 seconds” was not issued until Decree 38? – Right. Clause 3, Article 55 of Decree 158 stipulates: A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 15,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following acts: Failing to design so that readers can actively turn off or open advertisements not in a fixed area; The timeout to turn off or open the ad not in a fixed area exceeds 1.5 seconds. Until Decree 38, Clause 2, Article 38 also stipulates: A fine ranging from VND 10,000,000 to VND 15,000,000 shall be imposed for one of the following acts: Failing to design so that readers can actively turn off or open advertisements not in a fixed area; Waiting time to turn off or open ads not in a fixed area exceeds 1.5 seconds; Design and layout the ad mixed into the news and article content. Thus, the handling of violations against regulations on advertising not in fixed areas has been regulated since 2013 in Decree 158, not until Decree 38 was issued. It can be seen that the handling of the above behavior in the two Decrees is the same, there is no change. Decree 158 and Decree 38 are documents under the Law, on subjects, acts and sanctioning levels are consistent with the provisions of the Law on Advertising and the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations. . So, according to the provisions of Article 23 of the Law on Advertising and Clause 2, Article 38 of Decree 38, specifically, how will the act of advertising on an e-newspaper be sanctioned, ma’am? Director General Ninh Thi Thu Huong: In fact, according to the feedback of readers and the monitoring and inspection process of the management agency, the act of advertising that is not in a fixed area of ​​the electronic newspaper will be sanctioned if it does not meet two requirements: Not necessary. design keys to be able to actively turn off (on) ads; When there is an operation to turn on or off but the off (on) time is not guaranteed to be 1.5 seconds. Of course, in the processing process, it will have to take into account the speed of the transmission, the quality of the data network access to measure the time and consider whether the behavior is intentional or due to the objective factors of the electronic press agency to consider. , handle accordingly. . Along with concerns about advertising revenue of electronic newspapers will be narrower, many other opinions also wonder about social networking platforms such as Youtube, Google … are not regulated by this regulation? Could you please share your views on these concerns? Director General Ninh Thi Thu Huong: We must clearly recognize that the press in general and the electronic press in particular is an essential means of information for social life; is the mouthpiece of the Party, the State, socio-political organizations, socio-political-professional organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations; is a forum for the people according to the provisions of the Press Law. With such an important role, it is necessary to have separate regulations on advertising for each type of press, in accordance with the functions, structure, principles and operational purposes of the press agency. Social networking platforms such as Youtube, Google … are currently thriving, occupying a large advertising market share, but these platforms are not press agencies, operating criteria as well as participants. , the interaction is also different. On the other hand, the operation of social networking sites is governed by a system of regulations on management, provision and use of Internet services and information on the network. Therefore, the regulation and application to advertising activities on social networks is not the same as that of the press agency, but it must still aim at ensuring the truthfulness and accuracy of information, protecting the interests of the media. to the recipient, without causing harm to national security, social order and safety in accordance with the Law on Advertising. .Can you tell me that in the near future, the solutions will be strengthened by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to further improve the efficiency of state management of advertising activities, especially the efficiency of the enforcement of legal documents. related? – There will be many enhanced solutions, of which the first solution is to continue to propagate and disseminate to relevant organizations in order to agree on awareness to strictly enforce the provisions of the law on advertising. . In 2022, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will conduct a review of 10 years of implementation of the Law on Advertising and guiding documents in order to grasp changes in advertising activities, new means and methods of advertising, from which to make recommendations. , propose amendments to the regulations in line with reality. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will also strengthen coordination with relevant ministries and branches to amend and complete the legal framework for advertising activities as well as in coordination in inspection, examination and timely handling of illegal acts. violate the law on advertising. At the same time, the Ministry will also conduct training activities to improve professional expertise and state management skills in advertising for cadres and civil servants from central to local levels. . Thank you very much, Chief! “… The current regulation for online newspapers is that advertising is still not allowed in fixed areas, but it must be designed so that readers can actively turn on or off ads. The maximum time to turn off or open the ad is 1.5 seconds. Please note here that the word “active” must be very careful, because that is the right of the reader. If they are watching important news, they can immediately turn off the ad so it won’t affect, if they don’t want to turn it off, the ad can continue to play without time control … “. TOLD HIM (perform)

Rakesh and Dakshina invited 161 guests to their wedding ceremony on the plane. Rakesh and Dakshina, from Madurai, India decided to get married, but due to restrictions and regulations to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, the couple came up with the idea of ​​​​having a wedding ceremony on an airplane. The couple made this a reality when chartering a plane and holding a wedding ceremony on a flight from Madurai to Bangalore on May 23. The flight took off from Madurai International Airport at 7 a.m., although the guest list far exceeded the state government’s limit for maximum gatherings at an event. The video shows the flight filled with guests as the couple stood in front of the aisle and performed the ceremony. The groom can be seen placing a traditional ornament around the bride’s neck while attendees cheer and toss flowers at them. The flight was packed with people. Rakesh and Dakshina officially performed the ceremony as soon as the plane flew over Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple. After the wedding on the plane, the couple went to a hotel in Bangalore for a small reception. All passengers on board, who are their relatives, have had RT-PCR tests and tested negative. However, many guests chose not to wear masks and did not keep a safe distance. The police have received information about the incident and are considering whether to open an investigation into violations of regulations on prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging app icon. Photo: AFP/VNA MEITy’s new rules require major social media platforms like WhatsApp to “trace” the origin of specific messages sent on the messaging service. However, according to a WhatsApp spokesperson, asking messaging apps to trace chats is equivalent to asking WhatsApp to track every single message sent on the app. This would break end-to-end encryption and fundamentally compromise user privacy. The spokesperson stressed that along with civil society and experts around the world, WhatsApp has always opposed requests to violate user privacy, but the application is owned by this social network Facebook. We will also continue to work with the Government of India to find practical solutions to keep everyone safe, including responding to valid legal requests for the information WhatsApp makes available. Earlier, the press reported that social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Google and Twitter could face legal action in India if they do not comply with a new regulation by the government to strengthen control. control of intermediary platforms, effective May 26. Failure to comply with the above provisions will result in the social media networks being stripped of their intermediary platform status and immunity and will face criminal action under Indian law. The above regulations also require social media companies to appoint a resident grievance officer, regulatory compliance officer and basic contact person, as well as to disclose detailed information about the company. details of these people on their website, along with physical contact addresses. The regulation also requires traceability of the originator of the message and includes a provision for voluntary verification as a way to establish user identity.

Health workers give people a COVID-19 vaccine in Seattle, Washington, US, March 13, 2021. Photo: AFP/VNA As vaccination programs accelerate, Washington’s famous Smithsonian museums and zoos – as well as shops, restaurants and more – will be fully deregulated. Limited on 5/21. However, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office said that bars, nightclubs, major entertainment venues as well as sports stadiums will have to wait until June 11 to reopen. completely. People who gather in closed spaces when not eating or drinking must still wear masks. Washington has recorded a single-digit daily rate of new COVID-19 infections per 100,000 people since a January 2021 peak of more than 40 per 100,000 people. lowest level in 10 months. Similarly in the states of Virginia and Maryland, the number of COVID-19 cases per day also tends to decrease. The District of Columbia of Washington has fully vaccinated 226,566 people out of a population of about 700,000. The US capital began easing pandemic-related restrictions on May 1, allowing stores to increase capacity from 25% to 50% and restaurants with a capacity of 10 people per table. According to a survey conducted in March 2021 by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 25% of Americans aged 18 to 29 have a “wait and see” attitude towards vaccinations. President Joe Biden wants 70% of adults nationwide to get at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine by Independence Day on July 4, and Washington has joined a number of other cities in introducing new measures. Incentive measures to overcome people’s hesitation about vaccination.

A medical staff took a sample for COVID-19 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo: AFP / VNA) Thailand’s capital Bangkok is at the heart of the epidemic wave COVID-19 third in the country with 9,076 new cases since the beginning of this month, three times higher than the second hot spot, Chiang Mai province. The Bangkok government has issued mandatory masks to gradually reduce the number of new COVID-19 cases in the city, and ordered the closure of 31 businesses for two weeks from April 26. Closed facilities include cinemas, zoos, Internet cafes, public swimming pools, fitness centers, libraries, museums, parks, and beauty treatments. Meanwhile, shopping malls will be allowed to open from 11am to 9pm daily, and convenience stores will close from 22pm the night before to 5 am the next morning. In addition, any gathering of 20 or more people will be banned. The Bangkok metropolitan area government requires everyone in the capital to wear a mask at all times when outdoors or at home. Violations will result in fines of up to 20,000 baht (approximately $ 600) under Section 51 of the 2015 Disease Control Law. Although the maximum fine for violating the masking rule is 20,000 baht, officials may consider a lower fine based on the fine regulation, which is 6,000 baht for the first violation. 12,000 baht for the second time and 20,000 baht for the third time onwards. Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has become one of the first to be fined under the capital’s regulations that require people to wear masks when leaving the house. The Bangkok city government fined him 6,000 baht (about $ 190) for not wearing it face mask in a meeting with advisors on April 26 afternoon. On April 26, Thailand recorded an additional 2,048 new cases of COVID-19 (including 10 cases entry ) and eight deaths, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 57,508 and the total number of deaths to 148. New cases were reported mainly in the capital Bangkok, followed by the provinces of Samut Prakan, Chon Buri, Nonthaburi and Chiang Mai./.

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Deployed from June 2016 on VNPT’s internal information system and provided to customers from October 2020, as of February, VNPT Smart IR has stably operated on 21,000 user computers. Currently, typical customers using VNPT’s solutions are Bac Lieu Department of Information and Communication (TT-TT) Bac Lieu, Department of TT-TT Gia Lai, Department of TT-TT-Dak Lak, Department of TT -TT Tien Giang, Department of TT-TT Quang Binh, Department of TT-TT Phu Tho. The solution deployed at the customer side will be monitored 24/7 by the surveillance system located at the VNPT SOC Security Operations Center, supported by a team of experienced experts in the field of malware analysis, incident response from VNPT Security Lab with a network covering 63 provinces and cities across the country, ensuring continuous operation and timely detection of problems in customers’ IT systems. Analysis data source from VNPT Security Lab, data from VNPT’s network, which is constantly updated in real time also enriches data input for the system to ensure identification of the latest hazards. The most dangerous. Not only was honored at Sao Khue Award 2021, previously, VNPT Smart IR was awarded the Promotion Prize of Vietnam Talent Contest 2019 in the IT Creative Startup category; Awarded the Golden Key 2020 title for “Excellent prospects and information security products and confirmed to meet the Prime Minister’s Directive 14 / CT-TTg dated May 25, 2018 on” anti-malware ”.

To apply for a one-off funeral subsidy and survivor’s pension for an in-service deceased, it is necessary to prepare a certificate of no criminal record before the death of the deceased? On April 22, the Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province issued an investigation statement on the incident.

According to the Shijiazhuang Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security, on the 21st, some people in charge reported that they had requested certification materials in violation of the requirements for receiving funeral expenses (one-time funeral subsidies and survivors’ pensions). The bureau attached great importance to it and immediately conducted investigations and verifications. After investigation, when Lexiyang Human Resources Service Company handled the bereavement fee collection business, it arbitrarily increased the proof of work, which was a violation of the policy.

Shijiazhuang Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security stated, The bureau has instructed Lexiyang Company to make immediate rectification and, based on the findings of the investigation, will take further actions in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. People from all walks of life are welcome to strengthen supervision of our services and provide more valuable opinions to help us further improve the level of social insurance services and effectively enhance the sense of gain and happiness of insured persons.

According to industrial and commercial data, Shijiazhuang Lexiyang Human Resources Service Co., Ltd. was established on October 23, 2019. Its business scope includes human resource services; file management; and basic social insurance services.Say

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Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Nghiem Xuan Thanh – Chairman of Vietcombank – said that the bank’s management board will submit to shareholders a specific business plan for 2021 along with the plan to increase charter capital to over VND 50,000 billion. is expected to increase through 2 times with a total increase of more than 13,300 billion. Specifically, in phase 1, Vietcombank will increase its charter capital from VND 37,088 billion to VND 47,325 billion by issuing more than 1 billion shares from the remaining undistributed after-tax profit after dividends in 2019 (billion 8% in cash). Implementation period in 2021. Vietcombank plans to increase its capital through 2 shares issuance Phase 2, Vietcombank will issue private shares with a scale equivalent to 6.5% of charter capital at the time of offering. Expected additional capital increase phase 2 is more than 3,076 billion. After the issuance, the bank’s chartered capital will increase to VND 50,401 billion. Offering subjects are institutional investors with financial potential, which may include one or several existing shareholders. During the private offering, Vietcombank plans to issue at least 46 million shares to strategic partner Mizuho Japan to keep its ownership rate at least 15% and issue more to other investors. Shares will be issued to a maximum of 99 investors. The issue price is not lower than the valuation of the valuation organization and arithmetic average of the closing price of 10 trading sessions on HoSE, immediately preceding the date the investor announced the purchase. The execution period will be in 2021 and will continue in the following year if not completed. Vietcombank’s new capital raising plan is 9% higher than its 2020 plan and 36% higher than its current charter capital. In addition, at this morning’s shareholders meeting, Vietcombank also plans to use all remaining profits after tax, deducting funds for 2020 to pay dividends. However, the specific plan needs to wait for the State Bank’s official opinion. In 2021, Vietcombank sets a target of 5% increase in total assets, 10.5% increase in credit balance and 7% increase in mobilization. According to the plan, the target consolidated profit before tax of Viecombank will increase 11% to VND 25,600 billion. NPL ratio less than 1%. HA Mr. Pham Quang Dung: Twice appointed General Director of Vietcombank

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has just submitted a proposal to the Government to develop the Law on Social Insurance (amended) (social insurance). According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the current development of social insurance beneficiaries is below potential, many people are subject to compulsory social insurance but have not yet participated. The current law is “missing” many subjects Data from the General Statistics Office shows that in 2019, the whole country had more than 5.6 million individual business households, eight times the number of enterprises. According to the tax authorities, the country has more than 1.7 million times of households paying tax (households with turnover less than 100 million VND / year do not have to pay). However, this group is not subject to compulsory social insurance, so very few individual business householders participate in voluntary social insurance. According to data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, in 2019 there are about 23,000 active cooperatives, attracting nearly six million members. In which 1.2 million people work in the cooperative area. But according to the report of the social insurance agency, there are nearly 7,000 cooperatives registered to participate in compulsory social insurance for about 41,000 employees. “Through a survey in some localities, many business managers, managers and executives of unpaid cooperatives wish to participate in compulsory social insurance …” – said by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. Therefore, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs proposes to add compulsory social insurance participants for individual business householders, business managers, managers and cooperatives without pay. Specific provisions on compulsory social insurance for employees who work part-time and participate in compulsory social insurance with civil servants, public employees, part-time workers at commune level who also sign labor contracts. moving. According to the assessment of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the above provision helps to increase the income of the social insurance fund in the short and medium term, while also increasing the expenditure from the social insurance fund in both short, medium and long term. The number of people who receive one-time social insurance to take care of their immediate life tends to increase. Photo: V.LONG Need to have a share in participating in social insurance According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the nature of risk sharing is only evident in sickness, maternity, labor accident, and occupational disease regimes. The pension policy is designed to be heavy on the principle of payment – benefit (pay more and enjoy more and vice versa) but lack attention to the principle of sharing between high and low salary people. According to data reported by the Vietnam Social Security, by the end of 2017, the average pension is 4.26 million VND / person / month. In which, the highest is 101.3 million VND / person / month, the lowest is 1.3 million VND / person / month (more than 4,100 people have this pension). The large gap in pension discourages people with low wages, leading to an increase in the number of people who want to receive one-time social insurance. In recent years, each year about 600,000 people enjoy one-time social insurance and leave the social insurance system. Therefore, this agency proposes to amend the method of calculating the average monthly salary paid for social insurance to calculate the pension for the employee, in the direction of the average monthly salary paid for social insurance of that person and the average monthly salary paid for social insurance. of people participating in social insurance to calculate their pensions. Thus, there will be a certain share between the high-paid and the low-paid. “The narrowing of the pension gap will encourage the participants of low-wage social insurance to reserve the time to pay social insurance to enjoy the pension instead of receiving one-time social insurance …” – The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs assessed. The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said that if allowed, the unit would be authorized by the Government to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and comments on the first bill at the second session of term XV (October 2022). Submit to the National Assembly for approval at the third session, term XV (May 2023). “Tighten” regulations on receiving social insurance once Currently, the condition to receive one-time social insurance is quite easy. Specifically, after one year of not participating in social insurance, the employee can receive one-time social insurance with the entitlement of 1.5 months of salary for each year participating in social insurance before 2014 and two months of salary for each participating year thereafter. Thus, with the contribution to the pension and death fund of 8% of the salary from the employee, the one year of paying 0.96 months of salary, the entitlement to two months’ salary upon receiving one-time social insurance is considered profitable. Along with having to wait too long to enjoy pension, employees will want to receive one-time social insurance to meet immediate needs. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust the regulations on one-time social insurance entitlement in the direction of having a roadmap to only deal with employees when they have reached the end of their working age but are not eligible for pensions without the need to continue paying. . Except for the case of going abroad to legally settle down or suffering from a dangerous disease and wishing to receive it once, or if the case is not yet over the working age, but receives one-time social insurance, the rate of entitlement is lower. In addition, the law also needs to amend the conditions for enjoying the pension in the direction of gradually reducing the number of years of minimum social insurance payment from 20 years to 15 years, towards 10 years with an appropriate calculated benefit level, creating conditions for The elderly, with a low number of years participating in social insurance, are entitled to pensions. 65% of Vietnamese elderly do not have a pension According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, by the end of 2020, Vietnam has about 14.1 million people after the retirement age (55 years old for women, 60 years old and older for men). Of which, only over 3.1 million people are enjoying the pension (accounting for 22.1%) and 1.8 million people are enjoying the retirement allowance. There are still about 9.2 million people after the retirement age (accounting for 65%) who have not participated in insurance or any other social security layer.

These regulations are part of the EU’s effort to regulate the AI ​​sector and catch up with the US and China in an area that spans from voice recognition to insurance and law enforcement.

This draft provision would prohibit general supervision of citizens, as well as any technology used to manipulate citizens’ behavior, opinions or decisions. The application of AI in the military field is not within the scope of these regulations.

Violations of the aforementioned regulation, depending on the severity, can result in businesses being fined up to 4% of global revenue.

To encourage innovation, Brussels also wants to provide a clear legal framework for billionaires in all 27 member countries of the bloc.

To achieve this, the draft regulation states that companies will require a special validation of deemed “high-risk” applications before being allowed to hit the market.

High-risk systems are those that have “the function of identifying people in public places from a distance through biometric features”, as well as “factors of security in institutions. important public infrastructure ”.

In addition, applications not considered “high risk” will not be subject to any additional regulations other than the applicable ones.

Google and other major tech corporations are very interested in the EU’s AI strategy, as Europe is often the place that sets the standard for how technology is governed around the world.

Last year, Google warned the EU’s definition of AI was too broad and Brussels had to avoid excessive control over a key technology.

The above draft regulations must be ratified by member countries and get the approval of the European Parliament before they can be applied./.

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai. (Source: agnetwest.com)

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai April 15 said international trade activities have prompted many countries to reduce environmental protection measures to attract investment, and regulations on global trade is necessary to prevent the “race to the bottom.”

“Race to the bottom” is a socio-economic term to describe the government’s deregulation of the business environment, or reduction of tax rates, in order to attract or maintain economic activity.

In her speech at the Center for American Progress, Ms. Tai said the notion that environmental problems are not part of trade ignores the fact that existing rules of globalization encourage less pressure. for environmental protection. This puts countries with higher environmental standards at a competitive disadvantage.

Speaking ahead of the online climate change summit on President Joe Biden’s initiative next week, Ms. Tai said she was committed to strengthening rules within the World Trade Organization (WTO). to combat problems like illegal fishing and overfishing.

According to her, countries should use commercial policies and trade enforcement actions to protect forests, because “forests are considered the lungs of the Earth.”

However, these regulations will be ineffective if they are not enforced. In the future, trade plays a role in preventing the “race to the bottom” and encouraging the “race to the top” (for the environment).

Ms. Tai noted that this is only done on a global scale through global regulations.

In the context that the world is deviating from meeting the goals of limiting global warming, many countries have signed in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change 2015, President Biden hopes next week’s summit will deliver stronger commitments ahead of the UN-hosted Climate Change Conference in Glasgow later this year.

Just days after taking office in January 2021, the US leader signed executive orders he said would “advance ambitious plans to respond to the threat of climate change.”

Mr. Biden announced that Washington will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change and is expected to announce an ambitious emission target by 2030./.