VietNamNet Bridge – Pilots, air traffic controllers, and oil and gas officers have some of the highest incomes in Vietnam. A report released recently by Vietnam Airlines showed that in 2013, the pilots working for the air carrier received VND74.8 million a month. The figure was VND4.5 million lower than 2012 and VND6.7 million than 2013. However, the salary is still considered "sky high" if compared with other careers, especially civil servants who receive less than VND10 million a month. While pilots are believed to be workers who have the highest income, air stewards hold the most "admired" job, while stewards are called "sinecurists" because they are not required to have higher education, but still can earn VND18-19 million a month. Becoming pilots and stewards is the dream of many women under 30 and men under 40. Labor experts pointed out that the salary paid by air carriers is not the only source of income for stewards. They can also make money with the legal … [Read more...] about Careers with the highest incomes in VN
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Maintenance contract inked for fuel factory
QUANG NGAI — Mien Trung (Central) Petroleum Construction Joint Stock Company and PetroVietnam Energy Technology Corporation (PV EIC) signed a contract on Friday for maintenance of the Dung Quat Bio-Ethanol Fuel Factory. Under the contract, PV EIC will begin the factory's maintenance activities on December 1, including daily, periodical and general maintenance and repairs. The VND2.2 trillion (US$105.7 million) factory, which is designed to produce 100 million litres of Ethanol per year, would come operational in early December. Int'l Fashion Fair to be held in HCM City HCM CITY — The 9th annual Viet Nam International Fashion Fair (VIFF 2011) will start today at HCM City's Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre. The seven-day fair features 250 stalls from more than 100 domestic and joint-venture garment enterprises. Special workshops and fashion shows will be held on the sidelines. Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) is sponsoring the event in … [Read more...] about Maintenance contract inked for fuel factory
Vietnam higher education laid low
Unrealistic, over-ambitious plans could worsen systemic problems plaguing Vietnam's universities and colleges, experts say Students visit the Temple of Literature, Vietnam's first national university founded in the 11th century, in Hanoi on July 2. Experts say there is no indication that Vietnam's higher education crisis, which has threatened to stunt the domestic workforce and stall the country's development, will blow over anytime soon. PHOTO: AFP The recent drama of issuing and scrapping a nonsensical regulation granting Heroic Mothers - whose children were killed in the wars and who are mostly in their eighties now - extra grades if they sit for the university entrance examinations has served one useful purpose. It has underscored the tendency to issue unrealistic policies while ignoring or glossing over major problems that have plagued the country's tertiary education system for a long time, experts say. There is no indication that Vietnam's higher education crisis, which … [Read more...] about Vietnam higher education laid low