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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …