Ho Chi Minh City

According to unofficial figure of employment companies, employers need to hire 30,000 seasonal employees playing Santa Clause, wrapping up gifts, reception and shipping goods. Stores, commercial centers are struggling to hire seasonal helpers in the last weeks of the year. Human resource director of X.T Company in Quang Trung Street in Go Vap District Le Anh Nguyen said that year-end work is up to ears, accordingly, she has to put on adverts to hire more seasonal employees, sometimes even hundred of employees. Additionally, the company has signed contracts with schools to deliver Christmas gifts to schools, families and enterprises. Many employees accepted to work as seasonal helpers in many stores; consequently, they quit the job without noticing beforehand. Therefore, the company must look for seasonal employees at all time, said Ms. Nguyen. Income of seasonal employees fluctuates from VND20,000 – VND30,000 per hour or VND100,000 - VND150,000 a shift ( 4 - 8 hours a shift ), … [Read more...] about Plentiful seasonal employment in year-end

These events are of various aspects, ranging from politics, economy, culture, society, urban matters, administrative renovation, national security, social security. The nominated events must have great effects on the public. A judgement council will be formed, chaired by the Chief of the Office of the HCMC People’s Committee, to evaluate nominated events. Firstly, the HCMC Department of Information and Communications will choose the 20 prominent events in 2018 from the media. After that, the public’s ideas will be collected. Then, the secretary team of the council will summarized all suggestions and list eligible candidates for the public’s approval via the e-information port of the city. From this list, the judgement council will discuss and select the 10 most prominent events and formally announce them in the end-of-year meeting of the HCMC People’s Committee.By KIEU PHONG - Translated by Thanh Tam … [Read more...] about HCMC to vote for 10 most prominent events in 2018

Providing high-quality living standards to attract talents The municipal authorities have already established its intention to ‘encourage creativity among the public for urban development in the period from 2018 – 2020 and further’. As said by Secretary of HCMC’s Central Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan, most of the existing trouble in the city could be tackled if this creativity is at its full power. It is high time that the local government fostered innovation movements among all laborers as well as the authorities. Learning from real examples of successfully developed cities thanks to their innovation force, which possesses the three specific features of Technology, Talent, and Tolerance, HCMC is going to focus on transforming itself into a city with high-quality living standards. This is supposed to attract and then retain sufficient talented human resources. According to Mike Douglass from Hawaii University of the US, a good city for living owns these … [Read more...] about HCMC sets target of innovative city

Themed “Opportunities and challenges for Overseas Vietnamese to start up in HCMC,” the conference introduced to overseas Vietnamese information and knowledge about innovation as well as business experience and connect overseas Vietnamese enterprises together to develop and make Vietnam a startup nation. Yearly HCMC receives about 30,000 young overseas Vietnamese who return to visit their fatherland and seek business and startup opportunities. For recent years, the city has issued many policies to assist startup ecosystem. Of these, US$90 million has been spent on innovative startup activities. Many connection programs have also been organized across the country to support startups to seek investment fund. Reporting innovative activities, the HCMC Department of Science and Technology said that the city has 24 incubation and startup organizations, 12 startup spaces and 800 startup businesses. They have mainly invested in information and communications technology, agriculture … [Read more...] about HCMC supports overseas Vietnamese to start business

At the meeting, the secretary congratulated the Uruguayan ambassador in the new working term in Ho Chi Minh City, and highlighted the 25th anniversary of establishment of Vietnam- Uruguay diplomatic ties (1993- 2018). The city Party chief affirmed that Ho Chi Minh City expects to become a potential partner of Uruguay. He also desired that the new ambassador would play an important role in holding workshops, sharing information and experience with Vietnam’s small- medium scale businesses.   Ms. Rosario Portell said that the bilateral relationship development between the two countries, introducing about nation, people and beautiful country of Uruguay to the Vietnamese people are considered as her major responsibility in the working term.  With advantages of agriculture, livestock farm and software export, Uruguay is ready for sharing experiences and cooperating with Vietnam in general and with Ho Chi Minh City in particular, added Ms. Rosario Portell. On the same … [Read more...] about City leaders welcome Uruguayan ambassador