Ledecky eases into US championships with 800m free win

World record-holder Katie Ledecky cruised to victory in the 800m freestyle at the US swimming championships on Wednesday to lock down a berth for the Pan Pacific Championships next month.

First Solar Vietnam to hire staff for 2nd plant

First Solar, a global manufacturer of thin-film modules, has said it will increase the total number of employees in Vietnam to over 950 after recently announcing plans to open its second factory in the country in the Đông Nam Industrial Park in HCM City.

Work even as you study, job experts advise

A third-year student of the HCM City Open University, Trần Thị Mỹ Linh has done several part-time jobs while pursuing her degree in tourism administration.

Career day

A handicraft booth at the fifth career day for the disabled in Hoàng Mai District, Hà Nội, yesterday.

Career day to be held in HCM City1

A career day will be held by the HCM City University of Technology on April 9 at the university’s campus in Bình Thạnh District.

Career day helps grads seek out employment As job vacancies for students graduating from local universities in Hue are far from abundant, university boards have come up with "career day" events to bring outside recruiters to their students.

Emerging markets fill Unilever coffers More than 50 per cent of Unilever's global revenues come from emerging markets, with high growth in markets like India, Turkey, Brazil, and Viet Nam, JV Raman chairman of Unilever Viet Nam, said.

Career Day helps disabled labourers in City More than 1,000 disabled people living in HCM City participated in Career Day on Wednesday organised by the city's Support Centre for Vocational Training and Job Promotion for Disabled People. According to the organisers, 30 enterprises offered nearly 1,000 jobs with the monthly salary of 2-5 million (US$100-250) per person to interviewees.

VND2b for Ha Noi's disabled, orphans The Ha Noi Municipal Association for Sponsoring the Disabled and Orphans has reported its work in the first half of this year.

HCM City approves pre-school programme A programme to 2020 on developing pre-school education in HCM City has been approved by the city's People's Committee. More than 60 per cent of children would study in State-owned pre-schools, and all children aged six-18 months in rural districts, such as Binh Chanh, Binh Tan, Nha Be, Tan Phu and Thu Duc, will study in State-owned schools.