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Vietnam urged to set up power market
Vietnam should build a market institution for the electricity sector if the country wants to build a competitive power market, experts said.
Few jobs for those with disabilities
Just 1,000 people with disabilities received vocational training and found employment over three years (2012-14), much lower than the 20,000 people who desired to do so.
Firms should join disaster management
Disaster preparedness needed co-operation between government, businesses and humanitarian organisations, according to a forum held in Hanoi on July 2 by Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Asia and the Prudence Foundation.
Overworked workers get no family time
A Jobstreet survey in Vietnam has found that 71% of workers do not have enough time for their family because of working overtime.
Vietnamese caregivers to train and work in Germany
Vietnam and Germany yesterday signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) on Vietnamese citizens working in Germany as caregivers.
Vietnam depends on foreign fertiliser
As a large agricultural producer, Vietnam has much demand for fertilisers and plant protection chemicals, offering much opportunity for companies in the field.
Vietnam business given norms for operation
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has publicised norms for 267 conditional business areas to help enterprises meet requirements under the revised Investment Law which takes effect from July 1.
Swimmers eye Paralympic entry
The four-member Vietnamese swimming team with disabilities is ready for the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, from July 13-19.
Ministry looks to short-term G-bonds
The Ministry of Finance plans to ask the National Assembly for permission to focus on the issue of five-year Government bonds instead of those with longer terms as originally planned.
Artefacts unearthed in Da Nang
More than 4,500 items, including ceramics, stone axes, coins, mollusc shells dating back to the 3,000-year-old Sa Huynh Culture, were found during a two-month excavation in the garden of the Khue Bac Communal House in Da Nang.