PM do video conference with members of the Malaysian community and students in six countries

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was speaking at a video conference with members of the Malaysian community and students in six countries -- Japan, China, Russia, Ukraine, France and Ireland -- in conjunction with Aidiladha, at the prime minister's official residence Seri Perdana, here.

Present were his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

Najib said the show of confidence was crucial, saying, "this (confidence) does not come as a given in a highly critical market environment."

A videoconference or video conference (also known as a videoteleconference) is a set of interactive telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to interact via two-way video and audio transmissions simultaneously. It has also been called 'visual collaboration' and is a type of groupware.

 Advantages of Video Conferencing

Video conferencing is used by many businesses usually to save both time and money. One of the great advantages of video conferencing is that two or more parties can have a virtual face to face meeting to conduct business, which is seen as more beneficial than just a conference call. Other parties such as educators and health professionals use video conferencing when giving lectures, teaching about topics that require visual cues or visual information. Health professionals can give a diagnosis by conducting an examination via a video conference. There are many advantages to this technology and this has a lot to do with its exponential growth in recent years.