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Osmi Pro Kickstarts in Malaysia with courses for Digital Professionals

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 7 April 2022 – Osmi Pro, сompany division of Osmi, an international EdTech company that has provided 2000+ students with new professions, launches three online courses in Malaysia: data analysis, QA engineering, and web design. By 2024 Osmi Pro plans to train more than 15,000 students in in-demand IT professions in the region.

The program is Osmi’s latest initiative to raise the average wage for professionals in Malaysia and equip them with the most up to date knowledge in the field. The program was designed as a combination of cost-effective education and to change the approach to career tracks.

With Osmi Pro students will get hands-on experience on career consulting to improve students’ CV and prepare them for job interviews, with the possibility to get access to education from anywhere and anytime by their own profile in Osmi’s platform and free mobile application in English. As well, students will have 24/7 support from tutors and help in choosing and finding the job. All that from an experienced tutors team which includes Western industry-leading experts with global cases, and local top-professionals with a great understanding of the local students’ needs.

“Our mission is to help people find their superpowers and realize their career potential. – says Harry Matvis, CEO at Osmi Pro – “We are here to make dreams come true, to help and to support already talented people to make their way to new jobs easier. And now it’s more than important to strive to create an educational product that will help everyone succeed in the real world.”

Today the world is in constant transformation and automation. According to Coursera, low skilled jobs are at risk of automation. The study also showed that 150M new jobs will appear in the global IT sector by 2025. The trend to search for professions such as QA engineer has been growing exponentially lately. According to Semrush, Google searches in Malaysia for “QA engineer” have grown by 22,2%, while searches for “data analyst” have grown by 50% over the last 12 months.

Osmi Pro is committed to providing new students with opportunities to develop their skills in as little as 4-9 months. The average price for a course is from 4000 MYR to 10000 MYR can be paid in installments. Osmi Pro plans to launch other courses to teach digital professions in the near future.

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Laos Taxes Foreign Tech Firms

Laos to tax foreign tech firms

The Ministry of Finance in Laos has issued a notice requiring foreign e-commerce and tech platforms to register for Value Added Tax (VAT) in the country.

Cloudrise Is Taking 2022 By Storm

Expanding Globally, Appointing CTO, and Winning Prestigious Awards

GRAND JUNCTION, US – News Direct – 6 April 2022 – Cloudrise Inc., a technology-enabled services firm focused on data protection, cloud security, and privacy, continues to make waves with a flurry of exciting news to kick-off 2022.

Cloudrise is pleased to announce the acquisition of CyberOrchard, an information security managed service organization located in the United Kingdom. Cloudrise CEO, Rob Eggebrecht, shared his thoughts: “The merger of the two companies brings a breadth of knowledge and expertise to Cloudrise, paving the way to expand our portfolio of data protection services to the global market.”

As part of the acquisition, Jason Bird, CyberOrchard’s Founder and CEO, has been named Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Cloudrise. Bird has over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, managed services, data governance, and privacy. “Data protection is becoming more complex every day, and at Cloudrise we believe collaboration is the path to better protection for our customers. We are partnering with the strongest data-centric technology companies to bring innovative solutions to our customers, such as Netskope, AWS, Digital Guardian, Microsoft, OneTrust, Varonis, BigID, and Veritas, just to name a few,” said Bird.

This news comes just a week after Netskope named Cloudrise as their Global Services Partner of the Year. “This achievement illustrates Cloudrise’s commitment to delivering innovative service offerings to customers worldwide,” said Joe Infantino, Chief Operating Officer at Cloudrise.

Additionally, Cloudrise is pleased to announce that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Cloudrise to its Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Managed Security 100 category for 2022. Winners are recognized for helping end users increase efficiency, simplify solutions, and maximize their return on investment.

Cloudrise is taking 2022 by storm and encourages its followers to stay tuned for future announcements.

About Cloudrise

Cloudrise is a technology-enabled services firm, specializing in delivering data-centric services customized to meet organizations’ business needs. Drawing from 20+ years of experience in the field, they have tailored their services to be focused on securing organizations’ data wherever it resides. Cloudrise knows how to identify gaps, build and optimize controls and integrations across the enterprise, and deploy data-centric technologies across multiple industries, geographies and organizational sizes – all with the expertise to navigate an ever-changing data compliance and regulatory landscape. Cloudrise can be found at or on .

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About CyberOrchard

UK-based CyberOrchard is an information security managed services organization, home to experts with over 20 years of data security experience. Whether the risk to organizations’ data lives in transit on the network, at rest in storage, or in use at an endpoint, CyberOrchard provides the necessary data security bundled service offerings, consultancy and managed services to significantly reduce organizations’ risk of data loss. CyberOrchard can be found at or on .

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Viet Nam’s ecology under threat from honey anti-dumping tax

HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach – 6 April 2022 – According to the Viet Nam Beekeepers Association, the majority of beekeepers are currently in the Central Highlands and the Northern Midlands and Mountainous Area. The number of honeybee swarms in the Central Highlands accounts for a large proportion of the total 1.5 million honeybee swarms in Viet Nam per year, producing around 64,000 tons of honey, including 50,000 tons to export to the American market (80 per cent of total export volume).

The Central Highlands forest ecology is an important ecosystem. Some areas own relatively intact closed forest ecosystems, such as Kon Ha Nung Valley, which was acknowledge by UNESCO “Man and the Biosphere” (MAB) as the world biosphere reserve in 2021.

The UNESCO acknowledgement of the biosphere reserve in Viet Nam has given international accreditation to the value of biological diversification and effort in preserving nature and sustainable development in Viet Nam. Authorities in these areas and other villages in the buffer zone have worked together to protect forests.

Bee pollination can also contribute to the growth and diversifying development of botanical species, which helps improve air quality and increase the recoverability of planted trees. The health of bees and their swarms peak when being kept in gardens and biodiversity forests.

On November 17, 2021, the DOC (US Department of Commerce) issued a conclusion stating that the honey of Viet Nam dumped into America was being taxed from 410.93 to 413.99 per cent (Buon Me Thuot Honey JSC – 413.99%, Dak Lak Honey JSC – 410.93%) and is applying equivalent temporary tax.

On January 3, 2022, the DOC announced that they would apply retroactive tax for all honey consignments imported from Viet Nam from August 25, 2021. It is expected to have a final conclusion in April 2022.

The level of anti-dumping tax means that honeybee production in Viet Nam must stop producing for a period due to the loss of the main market. Aside from the direct economic damage, this also harms the forest ecosystem, tree-planting productivity, and livelihoods of low-income groups (who are mainly ethnic minorities in upland areas).

“The US Government has put a very high priority on environmental protection by launching important initiatives like the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM4C) and Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest Finance and Coalition of Action Sustainable Productivity Growth for Food Security and Resource Conservation (SPG). Viet Nam has actively participated in those initiatives to join the US and global efforts in mitigating climate change impact and environmental protection. Honey bees are vital to keeping the forest healthy. The decision by the DOC may destroy billions of bees, and the rainforests of Viet Nam would be greatly affected. The US Government should consider its social and environmental responsibilities globally in this case,” said Nguyen Do Anh Tuan, Director General of International Cooperation Department, Viet Nam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

PolyU takes leading position in five disciplines and one broad subject area in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2022 Three disciplines ranked No. 1 in Hong Kong

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 6 April 2022 – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has attained remarkable results in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2022, with three disciplines ranked first in Hong Kong, and five disciplines and one broad subject area ranked among the top 50 in the world. Various Engineering-related disciplines also demonstrated a significant leap from last year.

PolyU ranked top 20 in the QS World Rankings in four disciplines this year, namely Hospitality and Leisure Management (10th), Architecture/ Built Environment (15th), Engineering – Civil and Structural (15th) and Art and Design (16th). The University also ranked 48th in the discipline of Business and Management Studies and 50th in the broad subject area of Social Sciences and Management.

Furthermore, PolyU also rated top in the city in three subjects, namely Hospitality and Leisure Management, Engineering – Civil and Structural and Art and Design, reaffirming the University’s achievement in being a leading institution both globally and locally.

With respect to Engineering-related disciplines and broad subject area, the University achieved remarkable leaps in the Rankings, with Engineering and Technology rising 13 places to 69th, Engineering – Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing rising 24 places to 74th, Engineering – Electrical and Electronic rising 16 places to 76th, and Computer Science and Information Systems jumping notably by 28 places to 92nd.

PolyU’s President, Professor Jin-Guang TENG, said, “PolyU strives to excel in holistic education and pursuing impactful research for the benefit of Hong Kong, the Nation and the world. We are pleased that the University has received strong international recognition across different disciplines, reflecting our accomplishments in both education and research. We will make reference to the ranking information and other forms of evaluation criteria to identify areas for improvement, in order to capitalise on our strengths and expertise to scale new heights in the future.”

The QS World University Rankings by Subject showcased over 1,500 institutions across 51 subjects in 5 broad subject areas. The subject rankings are weighted based on four components, namely academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per paper and the H-index.

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Prudential Laos Donates Protection Kits to Support Lao Red Cross and Frontliners to Combat COVID-19

Prudential Laos Donates Protection Kits to Support Lao Red Cross and Frontliners to Combat COVID-19.

Prudential Life Assurance (Lao) Limited Company (“Prudential Laos”) has completed its donation of 12,000 sets of protection kits, valued at LAK443 million, to the Lao Red Cross in Vientiane Capital to support frontline workers to combat rising COVID-19 cases nationwide.

Laos Confirms 2,115 New Cases of Covid-19

Vientiane Covid Update

Laos has recorded 2,115 cases of Covid-19 across the country today.

Laos Man Arrested in Thailand After Chasing Bogus Singer

Laos Man Arrested in Thailand After Chasing Bogus Singer.

A man from Laos was apprehended after illegally entering Thailand via the Friendship Bridge in an attempt to visit famous country singer, Tai Orathai.