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Universities are ranked based on four indicators including Academic Reputation ( 30 percent), Employer Reputation (20 percent), Faculty/student ratio (10 percent), International research network (10 percent), Staff with a PhD ( 5 percent), Citations per paper (10 percent) and papers per faculty (5 percent), Proportion of international faculty (2.5 percent) and proportion of international students (2.5 percent), Proportion of inbound exchange students (2.5 percent) and proportion of outbound exchange students (2.5 percent). this year QS analyzed 22 million scientific publications and 200 million citations to give data for the rankings. … [Read more...] about 11 schools in Vietnam rank best facilities in QS Asia University Rankings 2021

Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc discussed socio-economic issues, national defence and security, and external affairs during a working session with the teaching staff of the National Defence Academy in Hanoi on November 26. He lauded the army for its role in searching for and rescuing victims during the recent historic floods and for contributing to basically fulfilling the dual goals of fighting COVID-19 and maintaining socio-economic development. Vietnam is currently recording one of the highest growth rates in the world, he said, noting that the national macro-economy is stable, inflation is under control, and trade surplus has surpassed 20 billion USD. Regarding the 37th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings, the PM said it was one of the country’s most important political-external events and the foremost event during its ASEAN Chairmanship in 2020. PN Phuc chaired and co-chaired 15 high-level conferences and 10 high-level sideline meetings. The summit … [Read more...] about PM holds working session with National Defence Academy

Hanoi (VNA) - E-commerce offers businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a direct reach to international customers, boosts their sales, speeds up the marketing process and saves costs, experts have said. Industry insiders were speaking at a seminar on exporting local goods through e-commerce, held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Innovative Hub Company in Hanoi on November 24. In the context of the COVID-19 pademic, the supply chains are disrupted and e-commerce shows its superiority and strengths that can help SMEs continue their business, maintain operations and create a breakthrough more clearly, said Pham Hoang Tien, Director of the VCCI’s Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Center. Sharing how Singapore has practised effective e-commerce, Zoe Zuo, CEO of Innovative Hub said Vietnamese businesses need to acquire and do some things that are considered useful in Singapore with positive values to help … [Read more...] about E-commerce serves as a gateway for Vietnamese exports

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Billions of banking stocks are about to flood the market with banks planning to pay stock dividends and issue new shares to raise their charter capital. The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) has approved the additional listing of more than 498.8 million shares in Asia Commercial bank (ACB), which will be issued to pay dividends to its shareholders next month. Once completed, the bank’s charter capital will increase to nearly 21.62 trillion VND (932 million USD) from 16.63 trillion VND. Despite being the largest listed bank on the HNX, the HCM City-based lender is planning to shift to the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) in the last two months of this year. The bank's share value is expected to rise after the move as it will be eligible to be added to the sub-indices on HoSE such as the VN30, VNDiamond, VNFinSelect and VNFinLead. Military Bank (HoSE: MBB) has also sent confirmation to the State Securities Commission (SSC) … [Read more...] about Billions of banking stocks to flood market under dividend plans

Hanoi (VNA) - Alcohol harm prevention content should be included in workplace regulations by banning drinking before and during working hours and driving vehicles, a top health official has said. Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen made the recommendation at a Ministry of Health meeting on the law on alcohol harm prevention and control on September 28, where he called for fighting the harms of alcohol with the same resolve as has been used to fight COVID-19. Heads of organisations and agencies should take responsibility if their staff commit alcohol-related violations, and provincial-level People’s Councils should include anti-alcohol harm work in their resolutions. He also suggested localities set up steering boards for alcohol harm prevention and control, assign tasks to each sector and level of authority, build plans for law implementation and ensure drastic actions that match local conditions. According to the World Health Organisation … [Read more...] about Health official calls for end to workplace drinking