HCMC metro over budget as NA provides no extra funds

With HCM City’s metro line No 1 from Bến Thành to Suối Tiên suffering from major cost overruns, and the National Assembly yet to sanction the additional funding, the city government has said it will try and provide the required funds to finish the work by 2020, the extended deadline.

 

Recruitment demand expected to rise next year

A majority of employers will increase their recruitment demand in next year, according to the latest report of VietnamWorks, the online recruitment website operated by Navigos Group.

 

The forgotten children of Việt Nam

For almost 30 years the Christina Noble Children's Foundation has been helping abandoned and disadvantaged youngsters across the country. Now they need your help.

Owner of collapsed gold mine arrested

Police in the northern province of Hòa Bình have arrested the owner of an illegal gold mine that collapsed on Sunday leaving two people missing.

Farmers warned not to lease out land

A number of ethnic people in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai have leased out their land in order to raise funds to build houses or cover other expenses.

 

Winter wonders

A member of the Vietnam News Agency’s Communist Youth Union gives winter clothing to children in Lào Cai during a trip to the northern province on Saturday.

Foreign workers to pay social insurance

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Việt Nam Social Security (VSS) have been working with other countries on bilateral agreements to ensure the benefits to foreign workers employed in Việt Nam who are required to make social insurance payments, said Đào Việt Ánh, VSS deputy general director yesterday at a media briefing.

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