LOUISVILLE, KY - DECEMBER 13: Wes Wheeler, President of UPS Healthcare, checks out boxes containing the first shipments of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are as they are unloaded from air shipping containers at UPS Worldport on Sunday, December 13, in Louisville, Kentucky. Each box contains dry ice to keep the temperature at minus 70 Celsius and contains a GPS tracker.(Michael Clevenger - Pool/Getty Images/AFP) Doses will be shipped out in boxes containing dry ice that are capable of staying at -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit), the frigid temperature needed to preserve the drug. … [Read more...] about US set for mass vaccinations as world virus deaths top 1.6 million
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Chen Zhi and Prince Group Bring the Art of Swiss Watchmaking to Cambodia
BEIJING, CHINA - Media OutReach - 20 January 2021 - The global pandemic has changed the working lives of many people across the world, including in Cambodia. Chairman Neak Oknha Chen Zhi (陳志公爵) and Prince Group, being a responsible corporate citizen, have opened the Prince Horology Vocational Training Center, Cambodia's first independent watch school. The training center gives Cambodians the opportunity to learn a new artisanal skill -- watchmaking -- and gain the necessary experience to help them in job markets in Cambodia and abroad. The training center follows the strict regulations for watchmaking outlined by regulatory bodies in Switzerland. … [Read more...] about Chen Zhi and Prince Group Bring the Art of Swiss Watchmaking to Cambodia
Residents at Binh Duong Centre for Social Protection receive Tet gifts
Ha Minh Trung, deputy head of the centre said, "There are 256 people at our centre including 62 disadvantaged children, 67 lonely old people and 110 homeless people. We also have plans to celebrate Tet at our centre and encourage families to bring their family members home for Tet." He went on to say that they were preparing more space to receive more homeless people for Tet and the first full moon festival. VND72.2m (USD3,100) have been used to prepare clothes and footwear for their residents and VND12m will be used on food for lunar new year’s eve. According to Resolution 62 issued on January 21, support of VND500,000 per person will be given to the residents. A VND163,500,000 fund will be used for food for the first to the fourth day of lunar January. The minister visits 62 children with disadvantaged backgrounds at the centre … [Read more...] about Residents at Binh Duong Centre for Social Protection receive Tet gifts
Vietnam one of fastest growing economies amid pandemic: WB
Retail sales grew at 9.4% year-on-year in December 2020, the highest growth rate since February 2020. Growth was driven by domestic demand, with the retail sales of goods 13.8% higher than that of the same period of 2019. On the other hand, with international travel restrictions, sales of accommodation and catering and traveling services in December 2020 fell 5.4% and 68.2%, respectively. … [Read more...] about Vietnam one of fastest growing economies amid pandemic: WB
MLM enterprises dodge licencing by setting up new entities
As shown by statistics published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Competition Agency (VCA), as of June 2019, 817,034 people signed contracts to join Oriflame’s MLM network. The total revenue from MLM activities in the first half of 2019 amounted to VND5.8 trillion ($252.17 million), equalling 53 per cent of the company’s revenue for the whole year of 2018. The total commission the company paid sales staff and agents was VND1.92 trillion ($83.48 million), accounting for 36.2 per cent of its revenue. … [Read more...] about MLM enterprises dodge licencing by setting up new entities