El encanto escondido de Vietnam

Un poco más del pasado.

2009-01-05T19:58:00.003+07:00

El pasado ilustre de Sài Gòn: la capital de un país.

2009-01-05T19:44:00.008+07:00

Encontré en Youtube unas fotos estremecedoras.

Otra vida de mi lindo Sài Gòn: un país diferente, una simbología diferente, una gente distinta... y la ciudad... la misma...

Y por cierto... ¡ya ha llegado la Navidad!

2008-12-25T14:05:00.014+07:00

¡OS FELICITA EL SÀI GÒN NAVIDEÑO!

Más de lo mismo.

2008-12-25T14:02:00.005+07:00

Vietnam y Australia también censuran en Internet

El país asiático prohíbe 'blogs subversivos, mientras el oceánico bloquea el acceso a 10.000 sitios 'web'

EFE / ELPAÍS.com - Hanoi / Madrid - 24/12/2008

El régimen comunista de Vietnam ha prohibido los blogs que exhiban material subversivo, secretos económicos, o secretos sobre la seguridad del Estado, según ha anunciado el Ministerio de Información. Las bitácoras deben respetar la ley, estar escritas únicamente en vietnamita y de manera "limpia e íntegra", según la última circular difundida por las autoridades.

Todos aquellos proveedores de servicios de Internet que alojen blogs que vulneren la normativa asumirán la responsabilidad de sus contenidos. Sin embargo, la circular no especifica si también procesarán a servidores en el extranjero, como Yahoo o Google, aunque el Gobierno vietnamita buscará su colaboración para implementar el cumplimiento de la regulación.

El pasado agosto, el Gobierno de Vietnam, donde cerca de 21 millones de personas dispone de acceso a Internet, ya emitió un decreto oficial sobre la gestión de la información en la red, pero no detalló provisiones sobre la actividad de los bloggers.

Al contrario que China, cuyas autoridades habitualmente bloquean miles de páginas web de disidentes políticos, la administración de Internet en Vietnam ha permitido hasta ahora a los internautas un amplio grado de libertad.

10.000 sitios bloqueados

La censura en Internet, sin embargo, no es exclusiva de dictaduras. Australia un proceso para bloquear el acceso de 10.000 páginas web, con un coste aproximado de 70 millones de dólares, unos 50 millones de euros.

El gobierno australiano, según informa Noticiasdot.com, no ha revelado la composición del catalogo aunque sí ha explicado que en ellos se encuentran redes P2P, pornografía infantil y contenidos extremistas.

La respuesta no se ha hecho esperar. Los críticos argumentan que la Administración podría llegar a censurar sitios con ideas políticas contrarias o sitios legales con información sexual. También los proveedores de Internet avisan: el sistema de bloqueo reducirá la velocidad de acceso a la Red un 85%.

Vietnam to regulate blogging

2008-12-03T13:33:00.009+07:00

Hasta aquí hemos llegado...

Communication ministry officials believe that new legislation on blogging will help create a healthier online environment.

Vietnam plans to issue a statute later this month regulating what bloggers should avoid when uploading information on their Web-logs, Deputy Minister Do Quy Doan of Information and Communications told a recent conference in Hanoi.

The law aims to create a legal base for bloggers and related agencies to tackle violations in the area of blogging, Doan said at the conference on drafting the statute on November 27.

“Since this [blogging] is very complicated and sensitive by nature, it is a must to create a legal framework for it,” Doan said, adding that it was an issue in many other countries as well.

The law will not interfere with bloggers’ privacy, but will help in the healthy development of the Web-log environment, according to Doan.

Problems with definition

The deputy minister said the statute first aims to provide a [Vietnamese] definition of Web-logs to base the regulations on.

Most of the participants did not agree, however, with the definitions provided by the body that is drafting the law – the Administration for Radio Broadcast, Television and E-Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

According to the drafter, blogs or personal e-information sites, which are created and registered on the Internet, are used to display personal information to store, exchange, or share with a group of people or a community using Internet services and blogs.

Nguyen Hoang Tuan Anh, a representative of local game operator Vinagame, said bloggers are not only blog creators but service providers as well.

Doan admitted there was confusion about the definition, saying that it would be clearer to use the original [English] explanation, but they need to write it in Vietnamese as it is a legal document.

Lawyer Nguyen Ngoc Hung from social networking website www.tamtay.vn, suggested creating a general statute about uploading information on the Internet, including blogs.

The Administration for Radio Broadcast, Television and E-Information should also consider the roles of the governmental blog management agency, service providers and users, he said.

If regulations for local social networking websites are too strict, users will turn to freer and more generous providers causing losses to the Vietnamese ones, according to Hung.

Eighty-five percent of Vietnamese people use blog services provided by foreign companies, Phap Luat newspaper recently quoted Anh as saying.

As a result there will be management problems, if the statute only targets social networking websites provided by companies registered in Vietnam, he said.

Luu Vu Hai, head of the administration, meanwhile, said under WTO commitments, registration was not required for the provision of services across the border.

Doan said they will study more so that the statute can ensure fairness between local and foreign businesses.

“To direct the activity properly, we have to combine law, technology, campaigns and education,” Doan told Phap Luat.

The MIC will contact Google and Yahoo! for cooperation in creating the best and the healthiest environment for bloggers, according to Doan.

Over the past 10 years, the Internet in Vietnam has experienced dramatic development, he said.

It is estimated that 24 percent of the Vietnamese population are using the Internet, which is a high rate compared to other countries in the Southeast Asian region, the deputy minister told Thanh Nien.

Vietnam issued a decree on the management, provision and use of the Internet and e-information on the Internet in August.

Indifferent bloggers

Most of Vietnam’s popular Web-logs, meanwhile, seem not to care that MIC is drafting a new statute, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Monday.

M.T., creator of a Web-log with more than two million hits, told the newspaper: “I have heard about it [statute] for a long time, but is it ever going to happen?”

“The Web-log is a virtual world,” said another blogger V. “Only when the administrators understand the world’s rules can they manage it. But it is called ‘virtual’, so it is hard to manage.”

Blogger X., meanwhile, said the problems were mostly caused by anonymous Web-logs. “Bloggers with clear identities will know how to change in line with regulations.”

In his latest entry, AD – a blogger – said: “The life of a Web-log is decided by Yahoo 3600 (service provider), public opinion and its owner.”

The world of Web-logs is random, therefore, it is not easy for the administrators to read all of them to decide which is “clean” and which violates the law, he said.

Nguyen Thi Mai Phuong and Dao Thi Huyen - two students from the HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanity - have just completed research on the relationship between Web-logs and the mass media.

They said the authorities aimed to create a healthy environment for Web-logs, yet, it is impossible to create general regulations to manage Web-logs.

Vu Minh Tri of Yahoo! Southeast Asia rep office in HCMC told Phap Luat that self-management plays a very important role in creating a clean social networking website.

Tri said Yahoo! 3600 has a feature allowing bloggers to report “unhealthy or improper” blog entries of a blogger.

Yahoo! recently closed down a Web-log after many complaints from other bloggers, according to Tri. So, the supervision of the “netizen” community is very significant, he said.

Source: TN, Agencies

Las maravillas del tiempo en Sài Gòn.

2008-11-28T15:31:00.011+07:00

A Sài Gòn ha venido el otoño. Y eso que estamos casi en diciembre. En general considero el clima de estas latitudes como paradisíaco: las temperaturas nocturnas rara vez van por debajo de los 23 grados C, las diurnas rara vez son menos de los 31-33... pero hoy he vivido el segundo día más frío del año: la máxima no ha subido por encima de los 27 y el pronóstico para la noche promete no más de los 21. Las mañanas (ojo, hasta las 9) son mucho más frescas que en los meses anteriores...

También las lluvias... Se termina la época de lluvias lo que me entristece bastante. La lluvia tropical es algo muy alegre, jovial y fresco aunque los vietnamitas normalmente la odian por tener que pararse en sus motocicletas, ponerse el impermeable, y sin embargo verse ensuciados los pies... igual, la lluvia normalmente no dura más que 20 ó 30 minutos y no necesariamente viene todos los días... sí, a veces los ríos se desbordan como ha pasado este año en Hà Nôi y Sài Gòn, a veces las callejuelas son inundadas y los mosquitos aprovechan la situación... pero... por lo menos las lluvias ofrecen un respiro en la monotonía del clima... alegran la vista... mojan toda la ciudad y a sus ciudadanos en motocilcletas...

Lo mejor de todo son las miradas mojadas...

Felicidad en Vietnam.

2008-11-28T14:10:00.012+07:00

Hola amigos... ha pasado un cierto tiempo... han pasado ciertas cosas... pero ahora sí... se empieza el blog... con una noticia curiosa... disculpad por el inglés, tal vez un día la traduzca.

¡Felicidades desde uno de los países más felices del mundo! :-)

Vietnam tops Asian rankings in happiness

Vietnam has the highest level of happiness in the Asia Pacific region, according to the latest global happiness survey by US market research firm The Nielsen Company.

The results of the survey, released Wednesday, shows that Vietnam is expected to have the highest level of happiness in the region over the next six months.

Moreover, Vietnamese citizens are ranked first globally regarding how satisfied they are with the global political situation.

The Nielsen Happiness Study, which polled 28,153 respondents online this May, found that there are three main drivers of happiness – personal financial situation, mental health and work.

Vietnamese are very happy with their physical health, personal security and finance, the government and the country’s present economic situation and not so satisfied with the state of their mental health, access to health care and information, the survey report said.

Vietnam and Japan top global rankings in valuing parental relations as an important happiness factor. Vietnamese also consider relationships with their boss as a strong happiness driver, The Nielsen Company discovered, suggesting this finding is something employers in Vietnam should take notice.

Asha Phillips, manager of marketing and communications at The Nielsen Company Vietnam, said 49 percent of Vietnamese save their spare cash, indicating the people’s forward-thinking orientation.

“Many of the world’s emerging markets outrank developed countries in terms of happiness and satisfaction levels in nearly all aspects of lives,” said Bruce Paul, vice president of Consumer Research at The Nielsen Company. “For consumers in rapidly developing markets, there could be a greater sense of appreciation for improved social welfare compared to what they had a few years ago.”

The survey also revealed that globally, women are happier than men in most of the 51 countries polled, with the exception of Brazil, South Africa and Vietnam.

Story from Thanh Nien News
Published: 28 November, 2008, 13:09:30 (GMT+7)
Copyright Thanh Nien News

2008-09-07T21:58:00.003+07:00

ESTRENO PRÓXIMAMENTE...

¡VUELVE PRONTO!