A text-to-donate campaign to support women in border areas has been jointly launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society Central Committee, the Vietnam Women’s Union, and the National Humanitarian Portal 1400.
Real estate companies have said that they will push marketing channels on social media and e-commerce floors instead of calling or sending text messages as a Government decree to tackle spam comes into effect next month.
Telecom service providers sent over 15 billion text messages regarding COVID-19 control and prevention during the first half of 2020 and received donations via text for victims of the pandemic totalling 152 billion VND (6.58 million USD).
Mobile phone users must submit portrait photos when registering for accounts, an official from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) said.
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has ordered mobile network providers to intensify the confiscation of pre-activated SIM cards in order to reduce spam text messages.
The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed all city agencies and city-owned enterprises to replace communication by paper with text messages and emails.
The hotline 08 88 247 247 and the email address at duongdaynong@tphcm.gov.vn run by HCM City' People’s Committee have received over 13,000 calls and messages after three months of operation.
Hieu Ve Trai Tim (Understanding the Heart) Fund, which funds heart surgeries for children, launched a social networking website on March 25 to raise donations.
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