Social media regulation, particularly relating to Facebook, was an agenda-topping item for various Vietnamese state agencies in 2017, highlighting the country’s apparent maneuvers to counter new threats in cyberspace. With Vietnam’s tax authorities unable to develop a viable strategy to force Internet-based technology giants to pay taxes and the Ministry of Information and Communications’ concern that social media is providing an easily accessible place for publishing “toxic content,” a Party-run agency has been created to focus on ‘orienting’ content on certain platforms. Social media as a medium for ideology sharing At a meeting in Ho Chi Minh City late last year to recap its 2017 action plan, Vo Van Thuong, head of the Vietnamese Party’s Central Commission for Propaganda and Education, spent a chunk of his speaking time focusing on issues related to social media content. Thuong said social media can create profound impacts on public sentiment and make individuals more vulnerable. “To some extent, [social media] also makes people more senseless and heartless,” he added. The Central Commission for Propaganda and Education, an advisory organ for the Party, is in charge of articulating and developing the Party theory and ideology in such fields as publishing, culture, arts, and education. Vo Van Thuong, head of the Vietnamese Party’s Central Commission for Propaganda and Education, speaks at an event in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre While two people may never engage themselves in an aggressive quarrel in real life, social media seems to fuel their…
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BERLIN, Dec 10 -- Germany's intelligence service has published the details of social network profiles which it says are fronts faked by Chinese intelligence to gather personal information about German officials and politicians.The BfV domestic intelligence service took the unusual step of naming individual profiles it says are fake and fake organisations to warn public officials about the risk of leaking valuable personal information via social media."Chinese intelligence services are active on networks like LinkedIn and have been trying for a while to extract information and find intelligence sources in this way," including seeking data on users' habits, hobbies and…... [read more]
While traditional intelligence methods are foiling large-scale plots coordinated from abroad, the officials from the United States, Britain, Germany and Canada said that isn't enough to uncover attacks by self-radicalised individuals like those this year in Britain that have killed dozens.Paddy McGuinness, the British deputy national security adviser for intelligence, said many countries are still too focused on foreign-derived attacks planned or directed by the Islamic State group or Al-Qaeda.After the four attacks in Britain this year, he said at a Washington intelligence forum, "We are dealing with conspiracies that really do not involve an overseas element.""We're dealing with a…... [read more]
Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley says becoming famous made her delete her social media.The 25-year-old, who stars as Rey in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, quit Instagram earlier this year.In an interview with Radio Times, she says she did it because of how bad it is for mental health.Ridley says: "The more I read about teenage anxiety, the more I think it's highly unhealthy for people's mental health."She adds: "It's such a weird thing for young people to look at distorted images of things they should be."Ridley's big break came in 2014 when she was cast in Star Wars: The…... [read more]
BERLIN, Dec 10 -- Germany's intelligence service has published the details of social network profiles which it says are fronts faked by Chinese intelligence to gather personal information about German officials and politicians. The BfV domestic intelligence service took the unusual step of naming individual profiles it says are fake and fake organisations to warn public officials about the risk of leaking valuable personal information via social media. "Chinese intelligence services are active on networks like LinkedIn and have been trying for a while to extract information and find intelligence sources in this way," including seeking data on users' habits,…... [read more]
The VNA leaderasserted that social media is booming with the increasing number ofusers thanks to the growth of advanced media means. It has become an important channel connecting the government andpeople, as well as enterprises and their customers, and news agenciesand their readers, he stated, noting that the number of socialnetworking users in Asia-Pacific is higher than any other regions. VNA has made social media as a channel to promote its news productsand services, as well as a source of information, which has provedefficiency, he said. In the coming time, VNA plansto build a highly-interactive working software having close links…... [read more]
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Ha Long Bay, a filming location of “Kong: Skull Island” in Quang Ninh (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –Vietnam, with its gorgeous and otherworldly natural and cultural heritagesites, which film producers crave, is willing to host foreign film productionsafter the fresh success of “Kong: Skull Island” shot in northern Ninh Binh,Quang Ninh and central Quang Binh provinces.Vietnam boasts untouchednatureDirector JordanVogt-Roberts spent six months searching the globe for places to film “Kong:Skull Island”. At first sight, his professional eyes and heart were captured byHa Long Bay and Trang An tourism complex in the provinces of Quang Ninh and Ninh Binh, and Phong Nha-Ke Bang…... [read more]
Vietnam will confront new challenges in adapting its infrastructure policies and institutions in the coming time in spite of the country’s remarkable success in expanding access to infrastructure services in the past 20 years, according to a new World Bank (WB) study entitled “Vietnam’s Infrastructure Challenges” “Vietnam has been tremendously successful in ensuring that the entire country has benefited from infrastructure investment, and this investment has underpinned rapid growth, increased access to basic services, and reduced poverty,” said Klaus Rohland, the World Bank’s Country Director for Vietnam, at the launch of the study at a workshop yesterday in Hanoi. Meanwhile, Rohland pointed…... [read more]
It is now more common for Vietnamese Internet users to express their opinions, objections or protests on social networks, and sometimes end up seeing the changes they have demanded really put in place. This can be evidenced by several recent headline-grabbing issues, which indicates that authorities are apparently listening to what their citizens discuss on Facebook or Twitter, and that social media currently have a certain say in Vietnam, which has been unfairly alleged to block social networks. Last month a plan to chop down 6,700 trees across Hanoi in three years was halted less than halfway through, seemingly following strong…... [read more]
Ministers of Tourism and private sector leaders meeting at the 9th UNWTO & World Travel Market (WTM) Ministers' Summit agreed that destination branding and the way tourism marketing organizations operate need to be adapted to the changes brought in by social media (London, United Kingdom, 3 November 2015). The Summit, moderated by CNN International's Richard Quest, addressed issues such the need for transparent, honest and swift action in social media in times of crises, how to generate engagement with travelers and transform them into destination ambassadors and how to maximize big data to develop targeted marketing. Opening the Summit,…... [read more]
