The resort island of Bali lost $4.3 billion in income last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: NT) In an effort to revive the tourism industry that is suffering from the pandemic, Indonesia plans to establish tourism corridors in some of its famous tourist destinations such as Batam Island, Bintan in the Riau Islands and Bali. Previously, the Indonesian government also tested a program to send civil servants to Bali to work. The official of the Covid-19 task force, Sonny Harmadi, said on June 6 that the government was completing the implementation of a tourism bubble in three regions. According to this program, tourist destinations implementing tourism bubbles must have a low number of Covid-19 cases, a low rate of Covid-19 patients in hospital, and have relaxed regulations restricting public activities. . The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy will first open its doors to visitors to Bali and the Riau Islands. According to Mr. Sonny, not all of these locations will reopen to international visitors but will gradually open, starting from the green areas (areas that have been treated with the epidemic). “Local authorities announced that, first, the green zones in these two localities will welcome international visitors again after the tourism corridor is opened,” Mr. Sonny said. In Bali, the green zones include Sanur, Ubud, and Nusa Dua, while the green zones at Bintan are home to three resorts and on Batam Island are several golf venues. Sunset at Tanah Lot temple is always an attractive moment for tourists when coming to Bali island (Photo: NT) The Indonesian government will also set specific regulations for international visitors to these green areas. Although travelers are not required to self-quarantine, travelers must have a negative PCR test result for Covid-19 before departing for Indonesia. At the same time, visitors must also be fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 vaccine. According to the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, the list of countries for Indonesia to implement a tourism corridor has been completed including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, China, Singapore and the Netherlands. Lan. Tourism is one of the industries that suffer the most damage of the “land of ten thousand islands” economy. Before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indonesian Government was expected to welcome 18 million international tourists in 2020 after recording 16.1 million international arrivals in 2019. However, the agency Statistics Indonesia at the end of 2020 announced that from January to October 2020, the country only received 3.72 million international visitors, a decrease of 72.35% compared to the same period in 2019. Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has set a target in 2021 to attract between 13 million and 14 million international tourists. Prior to the announcement of the tourism corridor plan for international visitors, the Indonesian government announced the “Work from Bali” (WFB) program to revive the tourism and creative economy industries that have been frozen because of the pandemic. Covid-19 of this island. Accordingly, WFB plans to bring 25% of Indonesian civil servants from seven different ministries to the resort island of Bali to work and live in hotel complexes in the Nusa Dua area. This initiative comes after statistics show that the total revenue of the world-famous resort island of Bali has “evaporated” $ 4.3 billion due to the pandemic. Therefore, to regain the confidence of the people in the country, the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has planned to test this program from the first quarter of 2021 and will complete it in the third quarter of this year. The ministry also aims to increase occupancy in Bali to 30%. “We started the WFB program in January and we are already seeing early results in revitalizing the tourism industry in Bali. From only 2,000 to 2,500 visitors, it has now reached 7,000 to 7,500 visitors, and the number can be tripled,” said Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno optimistically.

To respond well to this trend but still ensure system safety, the banking industry has made great efforts by applying a series of new technologies such as e-wallets, eKYC, multi-platform digital services, etc. Electronic Customer Identification (eKYC) The online transaction process cannot be perfect if the customer still needs to go to the transaction office to carry out the account opening procedure. Therefore, eKYC (Electronic Customer Identification) is considered a must-have piece in the digital banking picture. Pioneering this application of technology, with the new generation BIDV SmartBanking, customers can complete all registration steps at home, through BIDV’s eKYC system. Users only need to take a photo of their identification, a photo of their face, and the system will check the valid information and open an account for customers to use banking services immediately. BIDV representative – Ms. Nguyen Thi Quynh Giao – Deputy General Director in charge of Retail Banking said: eKYC is a new step in BIDV’s comprehensive digitalization strategy when investing in digital channels, digital processes as well as digital products. This development is also a testament to BIDV’s efforts to better serve customers and bring more convenient digital products. “. In just 2 months since its implementation, BIDV has recorded nearly 200,000 successful registrations via eKYC on SmartBanking. eKYC is an important step in the bank’s digitalization strategy. Cross-platform trading, following individual needs In the increasingly busy life cycle, problems such as remembering passwords, switching transaction devices, balancing revenues and expenditures, etc. also become a nuisance for many customers. Grasping that mindset, many banks are improving their services to offer effective support solutions. In the case of BIDV SmartBanking, this digital bank has expanded the application to include phones, computers, smart watches, smart keyboards, etc., helping users to make transactions anytime, anywhere. through personal devices and at the most convenient time and space. In particular, these devices use uniformly only 1 account name, 1 password for each user, minimizing inconvenience for customers. BIDV SmartBanking has also just launched a new function that allows customers to set up a revenue and expenditure plan (planning revenues, proportioning expenses for living, shopping, saving …) and closely reporting the implementation process. present. This function touches the practical needs of many young customers. Having an overview of expenses will help users monitor their personal finances, thereby balancing money sources, cutting unnecessary expenses, easily accumulating and responding to risks. risk in life. Currently, on mobile application stores, there are also some similar revenue and expenditure management support software, but most of you will have to enter information completely manually and pay to use it, not automatically and built-in on mobile devices. banking applications such as BIDV SmartBanking. Convenient banking applications such as BIDV SmartBanking allow unified login on all devices (Mobile, Laptop, PC, Apple Watch…). Electronic wallet According to a report by IDC, Vietnam has an e-wallet growth rate of 67% in the 2017-2022 period, ranking third in the Asia Pacific region, just behind China and South Korea. According to this report, the demand for e-wallets will continue to increase due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic along with the increasingly strong influence of the Millennials (those born after 1980 to early 2000) and GenZ (those born after 2000) (source). This demand poses a great challenge and is also a rare opportunity for financial institutions to race to break through the rankings. According to a share from BIDV, this banking giant is aiming to create a large-scale service ecosystem for BIDV SmartBanking users. Thanks to that, BIDV SmartBanking customers will be able to use all functions of e-wallets and banking services such as money transfer, savings, loan repayment… on the same application. To develop this ecosystem, BIDV has promoted links with financial institutions, signed cooperation agreements with more than 1,000 suppliers and 32/43 Fintech companies in Vietnam to provide more than 2,000 payment services on e-wallets. and continue to expand the ecosystem in the near future. Through the above examples, it can be seen that in the context of the pandemic, banks are actively turning ‘danger’ into ‘opportunity’, changing the form of product and service provision to catch up with the trend and dominate the market. New markets, new habits, new behaviors. This not only brings benefits to customers, but also promises to help Vietnam’s financial system move closer to global digital technology.

At the Hai Phong remote control center, the basic features of the SCADA/DMS central software system have been fully exploited such as: managing the grid information model including managing all the main data of the network. control center, edit or create new single-strand diagram structure of TBA, color grid, edit graphics, batch data import, declare and map signals of equipment at TBA and devices on the distribution grid (Recloser/LBS/FI), set up audio and event alarms, simulate the status of equipment on the grid, store, analyze and exploit historical data on the system. In addition, Hai Phong remote control center is gradually deploying and building a smart grid subsystem (DMS) with grid computing applications such as: load reporting, distribution estimation, capacity flow calculation, fault locating and isolation, etc. Operations Engineer at Remote Control Center The conversion of manned 110kV substations into 110kV unmanned substations helps to promote the application of digital technology, innovate and improve the management and operation process of the power system. As of May 27, 2021, the Company has 07/24 110kV substations operating with unmanned criteria, 09/24 110kV substations operating in remote operation mode with on-site supervision. 70/90 devices (Recloser/LBS) on medium voltage grid are connected and controlled remotely from Hai Phong Remote Control Center. With 99% success rate of remote manipulation ( As planned in 2021 put 110kV and . substations control devices Recloser/LBS rest perform remote control) contributed to improving labor productivity, reducing system operating costs, improving reliability of power supply and ensuring safe grid operation. In early 2021, Hai Phong PC applied digital technology to develop software for automatic ground fault handling. The software is currently being put into trial operation. Automatic ground fault handling software is highly applicable, helping to automate the current ground fault handling process, reducing the time to find fault points, and minimizing the number of customers. affected by incidents, thereby reducing power supply reliability indicators SAIDI, SAIFI, MAIFI, improving power quality, avoiding confusion that may occur due to subjective factors of users caused by operation. Automating the troubleshooting process enhances worker productivity by reducing the dependence of the troubleshooting process on the operator. The software is a premise for the development and expansion of advanced applications in the process of modernizing the distribution grid towards operating the smart grid in Hai Phong city. With efforts and determination to realize the goal of digital transformation, Hai Phong PC in particular and the Power industry in general are gradually implementing innovation, creativity, digital technology integration and production management model. business, technical management, making an important contribution to the digital transformation roadmap of the Electricity industry in order to improve the quality of customer service, to meet the needs of socio-economic development of Hai Phong city.

Due to the impact of Covid-19, the total number of visitors to Hue decreased significantly. Recently, in the face of complicated and unpredictable developments of the Covid-19 epidemic; City People’s Committee Hue, the Organizing Committee of Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021 decided to suspend the organization of Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021 to focus resources on controlling and repelling the epidemic. Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021 is scheduled to take place from May 29 to June 26, 2021. According to Chairman of the City People’s Committee. Hue Hoang Hai Minh, in case the Covid-19 epidemic is well controlled, the City People’s Committee. Hue will organize Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021 in the second half of July 2021 (specific time will be announced later). Previously, Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021 is expected to breathe new life into Hue’s tourism and economy in 2021. The most prominent main events can be mentioned: art program Opening ceremony Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021, Craft Product Design Contest, Sculpture Camp, Ao Dai Week, Ancestral Ceremony, Exhibition of Ancient Nguyen Dynasty costumes, Trinh Cong Son Music Night, Food Festival, Beer sugar… According to the organizers, the highlight of Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021 focuses on contemporary creative design orientation, bringing Vietnamese traditional crafts closer to daily life. The highlighted elements include Creativity – Culture – Crafts. Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2021 is expected to breathe new life into Hue city’s tourism and economy. Accordingly, craft villages, artisans and businesses are encouraged to bring to the Festival creative contemporary designs that are still based on traditional cultural values ​​and traditional crafts. This is also the goal that the province and city are aiming for in the coming period, when placing the cultural – creative industry as the focus of development, but still ensuring to preserve the values ​​and quintessence of traditional crafts. Due to the impact of Covid-19, in 2020, the total number of visitors to Hue is estimated at 1.687 million, a decrease of nearly 65% ​​(of which, international visitors are estimated at 558.841 thousand arrivals, a decrease of nearly 75%), revenue from tourism estimated at 3,839 billion VND, down 66%. Also due to the epidemic, the total number of travel agencies and offices, travel agents that will stop operating in 2020 in Hue is 24 units. Many other units operate in moderation, employees quit. Nearly 80% of accommodation service businesses stopped operating, causing revenue to decrease by more than 80% compared to the same period in 2019. Faced with that situation, in order to ensure Hue is a safe destination while still stimulating tourism demand, the Department of Tourism of Thua Thien Hue has actively built a tool Hue Blue Map for tourism to synthesize. , instructing destinations, accommodation facilities and tourism services that have ensured safety factors in accordance with the content of the set of safety criteria for epidemic prevention. These instructions are posted on the provincial tourism portal (visithue.vn) and Hue-S mobile application, as well as sent to travel agencies outside the province and widely published in various means. media. Hue will apply an electronic ticket system for various types of sightseeing and tourism. Recognizing that digital transformation plays an important role in the economy, including tourism, Thua Thien Hue will focus on transforming data for management; cultural data, heritage, cuisine… develop VR360 virtual reality, build all kinds of experiences of smart tourism associated with smart tourism management. Thua Thien Hue is also implementing the application of Hue travel passport (Hue travel passport) with many integrated incentive programs, many products and services will be paid through this card to replace cash; The form of payment can be made by scanning QR code from Hue-S software or swiping cards from POS devices, electronic ticket systems for sightseeing and tourism.

Rural workers in Hanoi who participate in agricultural production still account for a large proportion

One of the specific targets that the Hanoi People’s Committee sets from now to the end of 2021 is to complete the policy to support the development of rural industries within its competence, according to the provisions of Decree No. 52/2018 / ND- CP dated April 12, 2018 by the Government. For example: Vocational training, vocational transmission; trade promotion, construction of infrastructure and production space …

The city also aims to support 10 trade villages in branding and registration to establish collective trademark ownership. Support for environmental impact assessment for 10 craft villages; Support 5 – 10 rural career development projects in the city. In particular, strive to create 10,000-15,000 more jobs for rural workers.

To accomplish the above objectives, while building mechanisms and implementing policies, the People’s Committee of Hanoi will promote the application of science and technology. In particular, implementing city-level science and technology tasks in the field of career development, craft villages; projects on management and development of collective trademarks for agricultural products and craft village products under the intellectual property development support program.

Manage production technologies, restrict the use of old and outdated technologies, causing environmental pollution. To introduce and disseminate environmentally friendly production technologies, wastewater, waste and exhaust treatment technologies suitable to craft villages and rural industries in the locality.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi City will also direct the organization of training in pedagogical skills and teaching skills for artisans in rural industries according to regulations. To train and disseminate policies to encourage the development of rural industries for owners of production establishments and laborers to have access to resources and policies to support the development of rural industries.

Propaganda, promotion and trade promotion. Provide information support for enterprises, rural industry establishments to participate in domestic and foreign exhibitions and fairs to introduce and promote their brands and products, and to expand consumption markets. In addition to capital support and tax policy dissemination, the Hanoi People’s Committee has a policy of directing local departments to focus on land allocation, land lease and environmental protection of craft villages. Towards the development and conservation of craft villages associated with tourism, education experiences …