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Although Vietnam reopened its door to international tourists over a year ago, small and medium lodging facilities in Ho Chi Minh City are still struggling to recover due to the small number of international visitors. Their largest source market is China while the number of guests from the northern neighbor remains modest, forcing many hotels to use their facilities for other purposes or stop leasing spaces. Shutdown, falling room occupancy In District 1, many hotels which used to be crowded with foreign travelers are now empty or have been replaced by other businesses. On Ly Tu Trong Street, a spacious hotel is being repurposed. The hotel is in a prime site, near Ben Thanh Market, Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street, and Le Loi Boulevard, once favored by international tourists. Many 'House for Lease' signboards can also be seen along Bui Vien Walking Street and De Tham Street with many of them being hung in front of small, one- and two-star hotels. The director of a chain of … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City hotels waiting for int’l guests

The first step towards getting out the door and into her work world is smiling in the mirror and whispering words of encouragement to herself. Hang said her self-encouragement session usually entails a few minutes of reminding herself about the benefits brought by her job, including an income that helps cover life expenses, health insurance, and year-end bonuses. Then, and only after a few deep breaths, can the 31-year-old Hanoi office employee muster the wherewithal to go to her telecommunications company job in the capital. Hang suffers from insomnia every night. Her high-pressure job consumes most of the time that could otherwise be spent with her family and on self-care. "I’m so sick of my job," she says. However, Hang doesn’t dare to quit because she doesn’t think she can find another job at the same pay rate. "But is it appropriate if I stay like this until the end of my life?" Hang often asks herself, knowing that there is no one definitive correct answer. … [Read more...] about Office workers ‘stuck’ in 9-to-5 doldrums

With his efforts, Phu has built special community tourism products, contributing to preserving ethnic cultural identity. Born in A Roang commune, A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province, Vien Dang Phu is attached to his ethnic group’s songs and dances, familiar with weaving loom sound, and fascinated with local dishes made from ingredients from forest. He has dreamed of raising local people’s living standard and preserving and spreading special cultural values of the ethnic groups. According to Vien Dang Phu, A Roang is a locality bordering A Luoi district and the majority of the population are Ta Oi ethnic people. Since the locality has many traditional cultural features and beautiful natural scenery, it has gradually attracted more tourists. Phu considered it good news for local tourism sector, but he had worries that cultural identity could be affected. Therefore, after graduating from university in Da Nang city, he decided to return to his hometown to develop community … [Read more...] about Vien Dang Phu and his dream of developing local tourism

Vietnam and China share a long border with the busiest border gates serving trade connections. Vietnam’s top leaders including General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh today [March 28] met Wang Ning, party secretary of Yunnan Province, China as part of gestures to strengthen the ties between border areas. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong (R) and Wang Ning, party secretary of Yunnan Province, China, at the meeting in Hanoi on Mar 28. Photo: VNA Wang Ning is in Vietnam to co-chair a meeting between party secretaries of Vietnam’s Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Lai Chau, and Dien Bien provinces. The meeting is the third of its kind to set goals for cooperation between the localities. At the meeting in Hanoi on March 28, Trong highly appreciated the cooperation and expected Yunnan and Vietnamese border localities to be role models in implementing the consensus … [Read more...] about Vietnam, China enhance border ties

For enterprises, constructing and managing a smart factory is not a simple endeavour. How does the concept increase production, efficiency, and competitiveness? Urs Kloeti, factory manager at Nestlé Vietnam Nestlé’s approach to digital transformation in manufacturing in Vietnam, as well as internationally, is to search out real prospects that we completely comprehend and that allow us to save money and/or obtain growth potential within the limitations of emerging technologies. At the same time, digital transformation at Nestlé is a narrative about both technology and people. It enables us to connect all corporate personnel more efficiently and proactively. We have created a number of internal networks comprised of current teams in each of our main sectors, and we are now constructing similar networks in each market in order to identify opportunities for improvement and seek the most appropriate apps to address these issues. In the majority of instances, we also … [Read more...] about Digitalisation: a story of both technology and people