The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and authorities of the southern province of Ben Tre held a ceremony to announce the export of the first pomelo lot to the US this morning, November 28. Six years after registering pomelo exports to the US, US and Vietnamese agencies finalised procedures, including phytosanitary issues. The US has officially agreed to accept the import of Vietnamese pomelos. Ben Tre has become the first locality to be allowed to export the fruit to the US. With the event, pomelo has become the seventh Vietnamese fruit allowed to enter the US market following dragon fruit, rambutans, lychees, longans, star apples and mangos. Vietnam is home to 105,400 hectares of pomelo with a total output of nearly 905,000 tonnes per year. The Red River Delta region has 13,000 hectares, the northern midland region with 30,000 hectares and the Mekong Delta region with 32,000 hectares. As many as 36 pomelo growing areas in 10 Vietnamese provinces have … [Read more...] about Vietnam exports first pomelo batch to the US
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Hanoi meets yearly target of trained workers
Trade schools trained more than 245,000 students in the first 11 months of this year, exceeding the full year's target. Hanoi aims to bring the rate of trained workers to 72.2%, meeting the annual target, according to the municipal Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. A job fair is held in Hanoi. Photo: Tran Oanh/The Hanoi Times Accordingly, more than 190,000 people graduated from colleges and intermediate and elementary vocational schools. This is a good sign amid a shortage of trained workers, largely meeting the market demand. To help them find jobs, the city will hold a conference on December 11 connecting Hanoi’s vocational schools with the labor market. The event is expected to attract about 10,000 participants, including 8,000 secondary and high school students and 2,000 students from vocational schools. About 40 employers will join the job fair. In another move, in the first 11 months of 2022, trade schools … [Read more...] about Hanoi meets yearly target of trained workers
EVN expects to lose more than VND31 trillion due to high costs
EVN said it has made efforts to cut internal costs to reduce losses in 2022. (Photo: SGGP) EVN, on the afternoon of November 28, sent a press release saying that in 2022, the world situation has seen many fluctuations, and fuel prices have climbed highly, leading to many countries facing energy difficulties worldwide. However, EVN has performed well in its assigned tasks, ensuring a stable and safe power supply for production, business, and daily life of people with high growth in power demand, contributing to the economic growth of the country. “In the first ten months of 2022, electricity demand grew by 8.6 percent over the same period in 2021. According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, electricity growth has contributed 0.67 percentage points to industrial growth and 0.31 percentage points to GDP growth,” EVN informed. From the beginning of 2022, due to fluctuations in global fuel prices, the costs of electricity generation and electricity purchase of EVN … [Read more...] about EVN expects to lose more than VND31 trillion due to high costs
Man with paralyzed limbs creates ‘legs’ for the disabled in Vietnam
After an accident in 2007 that caused him to lose 91 percent of his ability to work, Le Huy Tich did not quit on himself, but worked to develop an electronic wheelchair that helps people in the same situation. About 2,000 electronic wheelchairs called Etic Tribike, developed and manufactured by Tich, are in use in more than 20 provinces in Vietnam. This electronic vehicle helps many paralyzed people move and work to make their lives comfortable and convenient. Inspired by a chicken Despite being confined to a wheelchair for a dozen years, Tich runs the Etic Tribike mechanic workshop as a director at Hoa Binh Provincial Disabled Limited Company in Tan Thinh Ward, Hoa Binh City. Before the unfortunate accident in 2007 that left him paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury, Tich worked for seven years at a company in Hoa Binh, a northern mountainous province located only about 76 kilometers from Hanoi to the northwest. Due to the accident, Tich had to abandon his plan to get … [Read more...] about Man with paralyzed limbs creates ‘legs’ for the disabled in Vietnam