If the global economy bounces back next year and Vietnamese companies receive more orders, the city will need 300,000-320,000 more laborers, a government agency has said. The Ho Chi Minh City Center for Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labor Market Information (Falmi) has said that recruitment demands will depend on global …
Read More »Three men jailed for smuggling 198 million liters of gasoline worth $109M
Three people in southern Dong Nai Province were sentenced to prison Thursday for smuggling over 198 million liters of gasoline, worth nearly VND2.6 trillion ($109 million). Phan Thanh Huu, director of the Phan Le Hoang Anh Co., was sentenced to 16 years in prison; Dao Ngoc Vien, director of the …
Read More »Sterling to rejoin England camp before quarter-final with France
England’s Raheem Sterling will return to their World Cup base in time for the quarter-final clash with France this weekend, the FA said on Thursday, after the forward returned home following a robbery at his residence. Sterling did not play a part in the 3-0 win over Senegal in the …
Read More »Morocco seeking another Iberian scalp against high-flying Portugal
After springing the latest World Cup upset in a tournament which has had its fair share, an increasingly confident Morocco side that masterminded victory over Spain will aim to continue their fairytale run in Saturday’s quarter-final with Portugal. Thirty six years ago, Morocco made history by becoming the first African …
Read More »US, Russia vie to sell arms to Vietnam at first Hanoi fair
U.S. and Russian defense firms on Thursday displayed weapons and promoted models of aircraft at Vietnam’s first large-scale arms fair, as the two powers vie for influence and arms sales in the Southeast Asian country. The event at a Hanoi airbase attracted 174 exhibitors from 30 countries, including all large …
Read More »China’s capital adjusts to life with Covid after policy reversal
The Chinese capital showed tentative signs of a return to normal Thursday after a sudden reversal of a hardline pandemic policy that hammered the world’s second-biggest economy. Beijing’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Wednesday announced a nationwide loosening of its zero-Covid restrictions, reducing the scope of mandatory testing, allowing some …
Read More »Indonesia sex laws ‘nail in coffin’ for LGBTQ rights
Indonesia’s legislation banning sex outside marriage represents a major new threat to the LGBTQ community’s rights in the conservative country, where same-sex unions are not recognized. “It’s another nail in the coffin at the moment. A big nail,” Dede Oetomo, an activist with the LGBTQ rights group GAYa NUSANTARA, told …
Read More »Chinese man dies in factory blast in southern Vietnam
A piece of machinery at a factory owned by Chinese firm Sunway Bike Co. Ltd in Long An Province exploded and killed a technical staff. The company in Duc Hoa District of the province, which borders Ho Chi Minh City, said the accident took place on Wednesday night, killing Wang …
Read More »1.8 million Vietnamese to suffer from cognitive decline by 2050: expert
Around 1.8 million Vietnamese would suffer from cognitive decline in 2050 amid a rapidly aging population, an Australian expert has warned. At a conference Tuesday on improving the response against cognitive decline in Vietnam, Nguyen Tuan Anh from the National Aging Research Institute at Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology said …
Read More »HCMC to spend $640M on expressway, canal cleanup
HCMC plans to build an expressway to the Cambodian border and renovate a canal at a total cost of VND15.3 trillion ($640 million). The city People’s Committee said Wednesday a sum of VND5.94 trillion would be earmarked for the HCMC – Moc Bai Expressway and VND9.3 trillion to renovate the …
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