Personnel review impact factor

Vo Thuy Duong, deputy general director, FLC Group The impact of the pandemic was felt acutely in the human resources (HR) field. How did the Board of Directors at FLC Group maintain the operations resources of the system during the social distancing period while simultaneously preparing recovery plans for the later period? As soon as the first news of the pandemic came out in early 2020, FLC’s Board of Directors held an urgent meeting and under the straightforward directions from the Board of Directors and the Board of Management, we immediately applied several emergency policies to quickly respond to the new situation, such as comprehensively reviewing operating procedures, setting out an alternative working system, restructuring departments, as well as outlining a series of scenarios on HR policy with distinct undertakings for different levels of crisis. We parsed through which departments could work online and which ones had to be present at the office, how many of our staff were essential to maintain operations, and other similar issues. All these questions needed to be carefully calculated in order to both ensure the interests of employees and the group’s daily operations. This is definitely no simple task, considering the diverse ecosystem, including the various industries and fields of operation of FLC Group. What were the most significant challenges during this undertaking, especially with such drastic changes in policies? The first few months of 2020 were probably the first time in a decade that we have truly experienced a short but relatively "slow" period at FLC. However, this short breather has opened up many valuable opportunities, one of which was the chance to take time out to look directly at the things that have been done and to continue sorting and restructuring the system. In order to succeed in this, enforcing policies from the top are a necessity, but it is more important to create a good flow so that both the heads and …

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Exports expected to continue expanding in 2021 EC allows Vietnamese exporters to extend deadline of REX applications In particular, the first month of 2021 reported export revenue of US$27.7 billion, up 0.2% compared to December 2020 and up 50.5% compared to the same month in 2020. Important markets such as the US, China, the EU, and Japan all maintained growth in their demand of between 15 to 111%, compared to the same period in 2020. Deputy Director of the Import and Export Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade Tran Thanh Hai said that the lessons learnt from dealing with adverse situations in 2020 will continue to be applied this year. The disruption of the global supply chain due to the COVID-19 pandemic has motivated Vietnamese enterprises to develop solutions to help them survive including enhancing online trading or shifting to the production of goods designed for pandemic prevention and control. The business community has also made efforts to maintain competitiveness, improve product quality, and seek export orders, particularly for key commodities such as phones and components, electronics, computers, footwear, textiles, mechanics, and rice. Rice export, which was a bright spot in agricultural exports in 2020, is facing an opportunity to increase export turnover thanks to high demand around the world and improvements to the quality of Vietnamese rice. Economist Pham Tat Thang commented that enterprises are taking advantage of traditional markets combined with rapid penetration into new markets through free trade agreements ​​in order to take advantage of the new tax incentives therein. With the efforts of authorities and enterprises, total export turnover in 2021 is expected to increase by 4-5% compared to 2020. PV Power to divest subsidiaries and streamline operations PetroVietnam Power (PV Power) has confirmed plans to divest from some of its subsidiaries. PetroVietnam Power Corporation JSC (PV Power, HSX: …

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The Hanoitimes - Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and State President, wrote an important article on thorough preparations for the congresses of Party Committees under the Central Committee towards the 13th National Party Congress. General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Party documents of the 13th National Party Congress, wrote an article titled "To thoroughly carry out the preparatory work for, and successfully conduct, the 13th National Party Congress, leading the country to a new phase of development. Hanoitimes has the honor to publish this entire important article: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong Over almost a century (90 years since the birth of our Party), for our country, each National Congress has been considered an important event of historic significance marking a new development of the nation. This upcoming 13th National Congress of our Party will take place in the context of very rapid, complicated and unpredictable developments in the region and the world; the country is enjoying many advantages and opportunities, meanwhile feeing various hardships and challenges with numerous newly emerging issues; public cadre, Party members and the people have great expectations on the judicious, strong, clear-sighted decisions and policies of the Party. With the motto “Unity – Democracy – Discipline – Creativeness – Development”, the Congress will review not only the implementation of the Resolution of the 12th National Congress but also the 35-year implementation of the Doi Moi, 30-year implementation of the 1991 Political Platform, 10-year implementation of the amended Political Platform (amended in 2011), the National …

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