More female migrants to get stable jobs

Some 2,000 young women and female migrants in Hà Nội will be provided with information and advice on housing, employment and learning opportunities.

 

Safe agriculture products promoted for trade union members

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (MARD) Trade Union and the Việt Nam Trade Promotion Centre for Agriculture (VNTPCA) on Friday signed an agreement to offer price support for agriculture products that are sold to trade union members.

New tunnel route in central VN to open soon

The Đèo Cả Investment Joint Stock Company will officially put into operation a tunnel route under the Cả Pass that will link the two central provinces of Phú Yên and Khánh Hòa on the National Highway 1A on August 21st.

Power plant sludge to be used to reclaim land

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has decided to use one million cubic metres of sludge from the Vĩnh Tân 1 Thermal Power Plant to reclaim land from the sea for building the Vĩnh Tân General Port in the central province of Bình Thuận.

HCM City to pilot new taxi stands

Five to six taxi stands will be tested in a pilot run on HCM City’s Nguyễn Du, Hàn Thuyền, Alexandre Rhodes and Lý Tự Trọng streets in District 1, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

Heart-warming help reaches flood-hit areas

An image of a soldier sitting on the side of a road, hurriedly having a pack of instant noodles before resuming his task of taking rice and other basic necessities to residents in flood-hit areas has gone viral in recent days.

Waterfall tourism plan announced

The detail planning for the Bản Giốc Waterfall tourism site was announced yesterday by the Cao Bằng Province’s People’s Committee and the Ministry of Construction.

First Embrace gives newborns a good start in life

All 63 provinces and close to 9,000 staff have been coached since the country launched the early essential newborn care (EENC) programme in 2015. In addition, around 78 per cent of term babies receive skin-to-skin contact and are exclusively breastfed in the immediate newborn period.

Road construction suspended during APEC meeting

Construction on some roads in HCM City will be suspended during the third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) from August 18-30 and the APEC Ministerial Meeting from September 9-15.

 

Veteran dedicated to war memorabilia

In the 20sq.m room of war veteran Bùi Văn Bình in Phong Châu Town, Phù Ninh District, Phú Thọ Province, most of the space is spared for more than 600 war memorabilia. It has taken the dedicated veteran time and efforts to collect this remembrance over the past four years.

Being called Mr Bình’s museum by locals, the little room but full of war memories has become a familiar place for local war veterans to gather and young generation to learn historical knowledge.

The seamstress who patches up lives

Under the hot noon sun, more than 20 women at Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà’s sewing workshop seem oblivious of the sweat pouring down their faces as they work at their sewing machines.

Data-science major needed at university level

Vietnamese universities should offer majors in data science to meet the demands of the fourth industrial revolution, Hồ Tú Bảo, a professor at the John von Neumann Institute under Việt Nam National University-HCM City, has said.

 

Tax reduction for lower incomes

Those having income below VNĐ10 million (US$450) per month will benefit from the new personal income tax that has been proposed by the Ministry of Finance as they will have to pay a lower amount for income tax.

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