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With the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) drawing near and demand of cash increasing, Vietnam's central bank has sounded the alarm over counterfeit money.

Since early 2018, Hanoi’s consumers have been able to scan quick response (QR) codes to trace the origins of agricultural products sold at supermarkets and convenience store, however, the impact of this change has been limited because producers find the system difficult to apply and consumers do not fully trust the codes' authenticity.

Details on the biographies and creative careers of painters and photographers should be compiled and published in order to ease the task of checking copyright and authenticity of their works.

A secure electronic authentication mechanism is a must to popularise the use of e-signatures on mobile devices in Vietnam, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen Thanh Hung at a workshop held in Hanoi on April 12.

Anger broke out on social networks when it was discovered that an iconic building in the former imperial capital city of Hue had been changed completely while being restored.

The volume of counterfeit money seized in 2015 through the banking systems and the State Treasury network rose 0.17 percent compared with 2014, and 22.9 percent compared with 2013.