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>>> Public Health Portal officially launched >>> Health sector determined to boost digital transformation: minister The official was speaking at the plenary session of the Vietnam Health Sector’s Digital Conversion Conference which took place in Hanoi on December 30. According to the minister, despite having to fight the COVID-19 epidemic, the health sector has made solid efforts in digital transformation, initially recording encouraging results. Specifically, in the administrative field, 100% of administrative procedures in the sector have gone online at level 4 – the highest of Vietnam’s online public service system, while 100% of documents at the Ministry of Health are now being electronically processed with digital signatures applied, along with the continued reduction of paper records and administrative procedures in order to facilitate people and businesses. Regarding the prevention of COVID-19, Long said that there are many lessons for … [Read more...] about Digital conversion in medical sector targets better service for the public: health minister

SINGAPORE: Employers need to have early conversations with workers - as early as when they are in their 40s - about retirement and re-employment to ensure a smooth transition, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on Wednesday (Aug 28). This includes reskilling and redeployment for older workers to allow them to stay employed for longer. Mrs Teo’s comments come after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech on Aug 18, where he announced that the Government will be raising the retirement and re-employment age. The current retirement age of 62 will be progressively raised to 65 in 2030. The re-employment age of 67 will also increase to 70 by then. Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions rates for workers above 55 years of age will be raised to the full rates, tapering down after 60 and levelling off at 70. The first adjustment is set for 2021 with gradual increases subsequently. READ: NDR 2019: New retirement, re-employment ages of 65 and 70 by … [Read more...] about Conversations about re-employment should start when workers are in their 40s: Josephine Teo

You're talking with someone about a game you both love. But whatever you say, he contradicts—scoffing, shouting, and rolling his eyes as if you're the world's biggest idiot. Running into an ex-roommate, you ask how she's been. She replies—in a 20-minute nonstop monologue, never pausing to ask you a single question or let you remark. When conversations crash and burn, we often blame ourselves or whomever we're talking to—assigning labels such as Naysayer or Snoozefest. But the social awkwardness that causes pain is often caused by pain. Interactive styles that started, under pressure, as survival strategies transform into conversational habits that others misinterpret as rude, weird, selfish, mean. For instance, someone who was mocked relentlessly in childhood because he lisped or loved breaking into song might adopt chronic near-silence for safety's sake. What if we reframed awkward conversations as coded distress signals—dispatched from frontlines long ago and far away? … [Read more...] about 6 Conversation Killers That We Almost Always Misinterpret

SINGAPORE: Not politics, not secularism and not even extremism. Religion’s biggest enemies in today’s world are unkindness, selfishness and heedlessness, according to reknowned author and historian, Karen Armstrong. The 74-year-old former Catholic nun turned author and historian was in Singapore for the inaugural International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) in Singapore last week, when she spoke to CNA on her take on the state of religion and societies in the world today. With an impressive oeuvre translated into more than 40 languages, Armstrong has endeavored to explain and defend religion against the voices that challenge its place in society and question its relevance. Born in Britain, the Irish author spent seven years as a nun before she left the church in a state of disenchantment. She thought she had “had it with religion”, as she described that juncture in her life in a landmark speech at a TED conference in 2008. Armstrong would go on to author acclaimed … [Read more...] about Unwinding the biggest enemies of religion: A conversation with Karen Armstrong

Editor's note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communication expert, lecturer-scholar at the United States International University-Africa, author and international affairs columnist. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN. The official announcement in Beijing on Thursday by President Xi Jinping proclaiming "complete victory" against extreme poverty was as bold as the feat itself. Equating the achievement to a "miracle" of historical significance, Xi declared that "the country has created a 'China example' of poverty reduction and made great contributions to global poverty alleviation." By reaching the milestone, China has contributed to the eradication of poverty in the world by 70 percent for the fact that the country has the largest population in the world. Further, this is also a landmark for the first goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which seeks to "end poverty by all its forms everywhere." Indeed, … [Read more...] about China changes the conversation on poverty alleviation