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A survey by job recruitment site vieclamtot shows a majority of factory workers in Ho Chi Minh City want to switch jobs post pandemic. According to the survey conducted among 1,300 workers in the city from January to June, 61 percent of workers said they want to do a different …

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will begin a four-day visit to Vietnam starting Friday, according to the foreign affairs ministry. Sherman’s visit is made at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a Thursday press …

A man in the southern province of An Giang was sentenced to death for raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl. Tran Phuoc Tan, 40, received death for murdering and raping a person aged below 16, An Giang People’s Court ruled Wednesday. In November 2021, Tan had visited his lover’s hometown …

A combination of geopolitical tensions and higher costs are pushing large firms to look for alternative production sites. Vietnam’s strong economic performance in recent years has drawn the attention of European firms. Vietnam was one of the few Asian countries that did not experience an economic contraction during the coronavirus …

One person has died and two more injured when a fighter jet crashed in central China on Thursday, state media reported. The plane, an Air Force J-7, “had an accident during training and fell in the vicinity of an airport… causing damage to private homes”, according to state broadcaster CCTV. …

Shanghai officials are seeking to revive confidence among multinational companies bruised and frustrated by the city’s Covid-19 lockdown by holding multiple meetings with foreign firms and easing a key border requirement for overseas workers. The image of China’s most cosmopolitan city and its biggest business hub was badly damaged by …

The United States and China are expected to use Asia’s top security meeting this week to trade blows over everything from Taiwan’s sovereignty to the war in Ukraine, although both sides have indicated a willingness to discuss managing differences. The Shangri-La Dialogue, which attracts top-level military officials, diplomats and weapons …

For over a decade people in two Ninh Thuan Province villages have been waiting for a final decision by the government on two proposed nuclear power plants. But with their lands remaining frozen, their patience is running out. Vinh Truong village in Thuan Nam District, about 15 km away from …

Ten people have died in central China as torrential rains lashed Hunan province, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands, state media reported. The downpours, which began on June 1, have forced the evacuation of around 286,000 people, with more than 2,700 homes collapsed or seriously damaged, the official Xinhua …

Retirees in Vietnam say their monthly pensions are far below living costs and they are having to continue working to make ends meet. Nguyen Thi Lan and her husband Tran Minh Chau are both 65. They live in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Phu District. In 2012, Lan retired after …