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Editor's note: Mark Barnes is a freelance journalist currently based in Hanoi, Vietnam. He sent this piece to Tuoi Tre News as many foreigners in Vietnam have left or considered leaving for their home country owing to the financial toll of not being able to find work in times of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Many countries have also urged their citizens to return home while it is still a feasible option in light of travel restrictions and border lockdowns being rolled out by governments across the globe. … [Read more...] about Hanoi pets short of homes as COVID-19 forces owners to leave, deters new adoptive parents

HCM CITY — The number of foreign tourists visiting HCM City in the first quarter of the year plummeted by 42 per cent compared to the same period last year to 1.3 million due to the novel COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a loss of revenues of nearly VNĐ10 trillion (US$427 million), according to the city Department of Tourism. … [Read more...] about HCM City tourism hit hard by COVID-19

Highly-skilled and trained employees account for 81 percent of total demand, the centre said. Most of the new jobs are expected to be in e-commerce, IT, administration, healthcare, online consulting services, marketing, food processing, shipping services, textiles, fintech, and online entertainment. Falmi Director Tran Thi Thanh Truc said that if the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the long term it will lead to a shortage of raw materials for production and difficulties regarding consumption. Large and labour-intensive companies are striving to maintain operations but their raw material reserves are only sufficient for production in March or to mid-April. Many businesses have suspended their recruitment plans or narrowed production and business, she added. Through previous surveys at 4,875 enterprises in HCM City, Falmi found that an estimated 65,000 employees were needed in the first quarter but there were only 29,000 workers seeking employment. Truc added that human resources … [Read more...] about HCM City in need of fewer workers in Q2

Hoa Binh (VNA) - The People’s Committee of northern Hoa Binh province has organised a teleconference to review the implementation of the national target programme on new-style rural area building in the first quarter of this year, and put forth tasks and solutions for the second quarter.  In 2020, more than 720 billion VND (30.6 million USD) sourced from the State budget will be allocated for the new-style area building programme in Hoa Binh.  To date, 88 out of 191 communes (46 percent) in Hoa Binh province have been recognised as new-style rural areas. After the merger of administrative units, 53 out of 131 communes (40.5 percent) have won the status.  In the time ahead, the programme will focus on enhancing the communication work to raise public awareness of new-style rural area building, intensifying leadership and improving the operational quality of all-level steering boards and coordination offices for new-style rural area building.  At the same … [Read more...] about Over 720 billion VND for new-style rural area building in Hoa Binh

Citi has long been focused on building a diverse and inclusive company and to making progress at hiring, retaining and promoting women across all levels of the firm. Over half of the bank’s 50,000+ staff in Asia are female with female CEOs in key markets including China, Hong Kong and Vietnam and the bank recently appointed a female as its COO for Asia. … [Read more...] about Citi Vietnam advances gender equality and work-life balance