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Vietnam is set to raise minimum wage in the business sector by 6% from July 2024, as agreed between labor and business representatives at a meeting Wednesday. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor proposed a 6.48% or 7.3% wage raise, based on the fact that businesses have seen increases in …

Packaged food for children under three years of age in seven Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, have high sugar and salt content, according to a UNICEF study issued Tuesday. The study, aided by UNICEF and partners of the Consortium for Improving Complementary Foods in Southeast Asia (COMMIT), evaluated over 1,600 …

Beijing intends to expand energy cooperation with Russia along all stages of production, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui told the Russian state RIA news agency in an interview published on Tuesday. “China expects to expand cooperation along the entire production chain in the energy industry,” RIA cited the envoy …

Several lampposts at the Prenn Pass at the entrance to Lam Dong’s Da Lat City have been embedded on brackets in a cliffside instead of being set firmly into the ground, raising safety concerns. After over 10 months of construction, a 3-km section of the pass, from the Datanla waterfall …

Toshiba was delisted on Wednesday after 74 years on the Tokyo exchange, following a decade of upheaval and scandal that brought down one of Japan’s biggest brands and ushered in a buyout and an uncertain future. The conglomerate is being taken private by a group of investors led by private …

Braving sub-zero conditions, thousands of rescuers faced an uphill task on Wednesday finding and treating survivors of a strong earthquake that rocked a remote area in China’s northwestern Gansu Province more than a day ago. The magnitude-6.2 earthquake jolted Jishishan county near the border straddling Gansu and Qinghai provinces a …

Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency because of his involvement in the January 2021 assault on the Capitol, Colorado’s supreme court ruled Tuesday, setting off a political earthquake that could upend next year’s election. The stunning legal decision — which Trump’s campaign said it would appeal — drew …

Seventy six damaged sidewalks and alleys in Ho Chi Minh City’s downtown District 1 will be fixed and repaved at a cost of VND220 billion (US$9 million). The sidewalk of Huynh Thuc Khang Street, District 1, is damaged, December 2023. Photo by VnExpress/Dinh Van Pham Quach Truong Giang, head of …

The Biden administration said on Tuesday it was taking the first step toward writing key standards and guidance for the safe deployment of generative artificial intelligence and how to test and safeguard systems. The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) said it was seeking public input by …

A car roamed into a container truck’s front wheels and was turned horizontal after its driver tried to pass the truck in the same direction in the northern province of Bac Ninh. The car was moving on the truck’s right side along National Highway 18 in Que Vo District on Dec. …