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Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has stated that in the time to come, it will suspend the granting of new working licenses to foreign labourers who come from areas hit by the acute respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during the time of epidemic announced by Vietnam. A representative of the ministry further said besides serious measures to fight the disease, the ministry is also attaching importance to the communications work and asking localities to continue reviewing, controlling the number of Chinese labourers, and advising those who came back to their country to not return to Vietnam to work. If they return for work, they must be quarantined for 14 days as prescribed by medical authorities. The exit by Vietnamese labourers working abroad should also be postponed if needed, the representative added. Updates by the 63 provinces and cities show that as of 4:00pm of February 20, there were 34,423 Chinese labourers who … [Read more...] about New working licenses for foreign labourers to be suspended

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After a three year boom, in mid-2019, the condotel market suddenly received irs first shock: the local authorities revoked the certificate for long-term land use rights from a project in Da Nang and gave a certificate for fixed-term (50 years) land use rights instead. … [Read more...] about Will new legal document bring investors back to condotel market?

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