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Vietnam set for 6% minimum wage hike next year

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 …

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Da Lat pass lampposts raise traffic risk concerns

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 …

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Chinese rescuers brave freezing cold to find earthquake survivors

Chinese rescuers brave freezing cold to find earthquake survivors

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 …

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Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot

Colorado court blocks Trump from presidential primary ballot

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 …

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Sidewalks, alleys in downtown Saigon to get facelift

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 …

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