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Salary increases in 2020 lowest in 10 years: survey
Salaries increased by 6.5 percent this year at multinational companies (MNCs) and 5.2 percent at Vietnamese companies, and are forecast to increase by 7 percent and 7.7 percent next year, according to the Talentnet – Mercer Total Remuneration Survey.Speaking at a webinar held to release ...
Gender roles in family key to improving equality
Việt Nam has made many achievements in gender development and many gender-related issues in Việt Nam are still being improved. However, current gender roles in Vietnamese families are still unequal, which can be detrimental to women.This statement was made by Trần Quang Tiến, director of ...
No public reprimands for primary school students: new MOET circular
Head of the Primary School Department under the Ministry of Education and Training Thai Van Tai talks about changes in regulations relating to the organisation, management and operation of primary schools.The Ministry of Education and Training has issued a new circular on primary schools. The ...
Time to think about recycling of end-of-life solar panels: experts
The growth of solar power generation in Việt Nam has come alongside increasing concern over the disposal of end-of-life solar panels in the coming decades.The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued a circular regulating solar power project development and power purchase contracts in which, project investors ...
Information and Communications Ministry enhances network security with campaign
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has launched the “Review and remove malware nationwide in 2020” campaign to enhance the country’s network security.The campaign aims to reduce the malicious code infection rate by 50 percent. It also aims to cut the number of Vietnamese ...
Bridging the gap, from policies to implementation, who should benefit from government COVID relief packages?
Việt Nam has done remarkably well in regard to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic saving many lives; and mitigated the damage on macroeconomics level. Furthermore, the Government of Việt Nam has issued the Resolution No. 42/NQ-CP dated 09 April 2020 and Decision No. 15/2020/QD-TTg dated April ...
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Việt Nam starts charging quarantine fees
People entering the country will now have to pay fees during their stay at government run quarantine camps.Those entering and using the military camps, schools and other sites managed by the state will have to pay for meals and the services provided (VNĐ80,000 (US$3.50) for ...
VN to be only country in region to attain positive growth in 2020: report
Việt Nam is expected to be the only Southeast Asian economy to achieve growth this year, with its GDP rising by a likely 2.3 per cent, according to a study by Oxford Economics. The Global Economic Outlook report said recovery prospects look brightest for Việt Nam, ...
Hà Nội struggles to deal with plastic waste
Plastic waste can take up to hundreds of years to decompose, creating an increasing burden on landfills, particularly when the sites run out of space to bury garbage.For Nam Sơn landfill, among measures to address environmental pollution at the landfill and surrounding residential areas, the ...
Grassroots healthcare clinics to be upgraded
Vietnam is one of the few countries with a complete healthcare network which had been widely expanded to villages to provide primary treatment to local people, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen said. The grassroots healthcare network in Vietnam had 1,400 hospitals, 180,000 beds and more ...