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HCM City (VNA) – The Electricity of Vietnam Group Ho Chi Minh City (EVN HCMC) produced 18.84 million kWh of electricity in the first nine months of 2018, a rise of 6.19 percent year-on-year. Of the figure, the agro-forestry-fishery sector used 64.32 million kWh, while the industry and construction sector consumed nearly 7 billion kWh, and the trading and hospitality sector swallowed more than 2.5 million kWh. Deputy General Director of EVN HCMC Pham Quoc Bao said the city has recorded no major violations and accidents since the beginning of the year. The company has worked with firefighting police and relevant agencies to inspect the power safety and fire prevention of 798 locations, including high-rise buildings, apartments, and dormitories. In the remaining months, the EVN HCMC will work to ensure sufficient supply to meet the demand of the city’s socio-economic development and the safe operation of its high voltage network, Bao said. In addition, it will continue … [Read more...] about HCM City’s electricity production up 6.19 percent in nine months

HCM City (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City has about 105,000 job vacancies in the rest of the year, according to the city Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre. The jobs are mostly in the areas of business-trade, service, garment-footwear, food processing, customer services, marketing, construction, IT, office admin, transport-warehouse-port services, and real estate. Of the total, 84.5 percent need trained workers. According to the city Department of Labour-Invalids and Social Affairs, the city has so far this year filled 172,561 job vacancies and created 78.651 new employments. Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the number of labourers who got employment reduced 5.6 percent, while that of new jobs also dropped 6.72 percent. Falmi Director Tran Le ThanhTruc said that from Mid-February, the demand for labourers of businesses fell more than 28 percent compared to the same period last year. A survey by the centre showed that prolonged difficulties … [Read more...] about HCM City has 105,000 job vacancies till year-end

From early 2019 to early 2020, HCM City Police received complaints from 119 people denouncing the Raon Vietnam Company and Khanh Asset Company which are both managed by Kim Bumjae; accusing the companies of defrauding them of VND81.5 billion (USD3.5 million) through currency trading multi-level marketing companies. Police investigations showed that in 2015, general director of Korean financial firm IDS Holdings, Kim Sung Hun, asked Kim Bumjae to help open a branch of his foreign exchange firm in Vietnam and become its representative. Uner Kim Sung Hun's instruction, the branch would try to raise investment in Vietnam and transfer them to South Korea for the parent company to invest in its foreign exchange business. Kim Bumjae set up nine companies and a multi-level marketing system to illegally collect investment and promised to investors that their money would be sent to invest abroad. He also organised classes sharing business experiences in order to gain investors' trust. … [Read more...] about South Korean man arrested for swindling HCM City investors

The flights are the first domestic ones conducted by Vietnam Airlines to transport stranded tourists amidst COVID-19. Photo: congluan.vn The flights are the first domestic ones conducted by the national flag carrier to transport stranded tourists amidst COVID-19. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines to transport 700 stranded tourists from Da Nang to Hanoi, HCM City

The Department of Health said the city has so far reported 71 COVID-19 patients and one patient transferred from Bạc Liêu Hospital. Of these, 62 have recovered and are free of COVID-19. The rest are being treated at the city Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Củ Chi Field Hospital. … [Read more...] about City steps up surveillance of COVID-19 transmission sources, community risks