The historic floods and landslides throughout October last year caused significant financial losses to many families and many workers now want to stay back in the city to save the travel expenses and find casual work during the festival to earn an extra income. … [Read more...] about Pandemic to cause migrant workers to stay back in HCMC for Tet
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Suicides end 10-year decline in Japan as pandemic stress hits women harder
Suicide has a long history in Japan as a way of avoiding shame or dishonor, and its suicide rate has long topped the Group of Seven nations, but a concerted national effort brought numbers down by roughly 40 percent over 15 years that included ten straight years of decline from 2009. … [Read more...] about Suicides end 10-year decline in Japan as pandemic stress hits women harder
VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 22
According to the Global Cancer Observatory (Globocan2020), in Vietnam, breast cancer ranks first among all types of women’s cancer, the number of new cases is 21,555 people, accounting for 25.8 percent of cancer incidents in both genders, taking third place (after liver and lung cancer). The average age of breast cancer incidence in women is 34.2 per 100,000 people. In both genders, breast cancer mortality rate ranks fourth (with 9,345 cases) after liver cancer, lung cancer and stomach cancer. The age-standardised mortality rate of breast cancer is 13.8 per 100,000 people./. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 22
Vietnamese diaspora hope things get better under Biden
As soon as Biden was declared victor of the U.S. presidential election in November 2020, Huy sent an email to the 2021 Presidential Inaugural Committee to register for a ticket to the event. But he was told that there would be no ticket for the public amid the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the organizers still sent tickets to people as souvenirs. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese diaspora hope things get better under Biden
Supply chain reaction: trade war refugees race to relocate to Vietnam, Thailand
Low tech goods and low value manufacturing would be the quickest to migrate while higher value-added exports in the machinery, transport and IT category would likely take decades to relocate due to high R&D costs and competitive Chinese labor costs, UBS said in a note earlier this month. … [Read more...] about Supply chain reaction: trade war refugees race to relocate to Vietnam, Thailand
