Vietnamese people’s personal information being publicly offered is nothing new in Vietnam, especially since Facebook has become popular in this country. Facebook user data has long been sold in Vietnam The information on sale includes names, telephone numbers, email addresses, home addresses, hobbies, and the interests of Facebook users. Pham Van Hoi, manager of a media company in Hanoi, said, “Facebook user data has long stopped being private.” A dozens of computer applications were created by developers to scan Facebook User ID (UID) to get related information. UID is similar to the identification number (ID) that Facebook gives to users and it is also the only way to identify a person. Through UID, scanning tools can access the data store for retrieving a person’s name, date of birth, gender, address, and even that person’s public friend list, then save it in an Excel file. A tool allowed to get the information of Facebook users Hoi … [Read more...] about Facebook user data is publicly offered in Vietnam
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Leveraging strategic HR management in the era of digitisation
The current technology era is creating both opportunities and challenges for businesses in the process of enhancing and managing resources, delegates told a seminar in HCM City on Friday. A panel discussion session on retaining talent in the technology era at a seminar themed “Agile talent – Disruptive technology for growth” held in HCM City on August 11. When technology supports organisational operations, it consequently begins replacing people in organisation. As a result, the importance of human resources management will be the top priority in any business strategy for companies worldwide, they said. Not only does it help increase efficiency, simplify and automate processes, technology also helps to gather necessary data in assessment and analyses, from which better decisions are drawn. Therefore, the HR management is considered vital to a business, and technology helps support management … [Read more...] about Leveraging strategic HR management in the era of digitisation
VN treasures external cooperation to raise quality of workforce
Deputy PM Nguyễn Sinh Hùng made the statement at the 2nd ASEAN conference on human resources development. Series of programs have been adopted by the Government for vocational training and numerous efforts have been made to boost regional and international cooperation to raise the country's workforce quality, he said. Việt Nam has an 86-million-strong population, including 48 million in working age with 40% of them is trained. Around 51% of the workforce lives in rural areas. Thus, the Government will focus on improving efficiency of the use of workforce and restructuring the force. Accordingly, the percentage of laborers working in agriculture sector will be reduced by 50% in order to increase the percentage in industry and service sectors, Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân said. Improving the quality of the workforces is also a common goal toward the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015, which was already enshrined in the ASEAN Charter. Issues like … [Read more...] about VN treasures external cooperation to raise quality of workforce
Managing Your Performance by Measuring Your Risks!
Managing Your Performance by Measuring Your Risks! Risk is, by definition, forward looking. It is a measure of probability of either loss or gain. And that probability of value destruction or creation directly impacts a company’s performance objectives. The way American business magnate Warren Buffet put it, risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing. So, you’ve got to align your risk and performance management in a holistic manner, to avoid the ‘blind spot which many companies fail to see’. Uncovering the connection between risk and performance management Studies of companies with large market capitalisation have found that nearly 60 percent of the time, failure to assess and respond to strategic or business risks is behind rapid declines in shareholder value. Nonetheless, many business leaders continue to view risk and compliance as two sides of the same coin. Compliance with regulatory and reporting rules is a non-negotiable feature of doing … [Read more...] about Managing Your Performance by Measuring Your Risks!
Major solutions guiding and directing the realization of the Plan for socio-economic development and state budget estimate in 2013
GOVERNMENT ________ No. 01/NQ-CP SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness Ha Noi, January 07, 2013 RESOLUTION On major solutions guiding and directing the realization of the Plan for socio-economic development and state budget estimate in 2013 _____________ In 2012, the economy faced a number of difficulties and challenges during the period when the world economy experienced complicated and unpredictable changes. However, thanks to the leadership of the Party, the drastic direction of the Government, great efforts of sectors, business community and people at all echelons, our national economy continued to progress and gained significant results in curbing inflation, maintaining macro-economic stability and social security: inflation rate was kept at 6.81%; export continued to grow up, contributing to better import-export balance; monetary, credit and financial balances were maintained; foreign exchange market and exchange rate were stabilized; foreign … [Read more...] about Major solutions guiding and directing the realization of the Plan for socio-economic development and state budget estimate in 2013