Posts Tagged ‘ workers ’

Vietnam to resume sending workers to Libya: report 

January 16, 2012
Vietnam to resume sending workers to Libya: report 

A file photo from VnExpress shows Vietnamese workers returning from Libya early last year Vietnamese workers will soon return to Libya, after a turmoil last year which prompted the Vietnamese government to bring more than 10,000 workers home. A number of Turkish contractors in Libya have pledged to re-recruit Vietnamese workers over the next six months, [...]

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Doctors warn of contagious brain inflammation in Vietnam metro 

January 16, 2012
Doctors warn of contagious brain inflammation in Vietnam metro 

A patient with fatal brain inflammation in HCMC   Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have warned of the outbreak of a fatal type of encephalitis that has affected five co-workers. The disease was caused by Neisseria, a large genus of commensal bacteria that colonize in the mucosal surfaces of many animals, and quickly kill the [...]

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Lack of laws lets illegal foreigners rule Vietnam labor market 

January 13, 2012
Lack of laws lets illegal foreigners rule Vietnam labor market 

Chinese workers in southern Vietnam Lax regulations are allowing more than 31,330 foreigners to work illegally in Vietnam, labor officials said at a conference this week. Officials from the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs suggested the government quickly establish an Employment Law to better manage foreign workers, Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper said. The illegal number [...]

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Target affordable housing for urban needy: PM Dung 

January 10, 2012
Target affordable housing for urban needy: PM Dung 

Vietnam's cities and provinces have been ordered to utilize their resources to solve the housing problem for their citizens. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered the Ministry of Construction to focus on the development of low-cost housing projects as many workers are struggling to find a home. All cities and provinces need to [...]

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Bloodsucker scare prompts breeding ban 

January 3, 2012
Bloodsucker scare prompts breeding ban 

  Leeches have been spreading rapidly in Ho Chi Minh City ’s Hoc Mon District. Locals began breeding them based on demand from China , but dumped them in local fields and other areas after the main buyer closed shop three months ago. Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has issued a ban on the breeding of leeches [...]

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Gold firms struggle after central bank notice 

December 19, 2011
Gold firms struggle after central bank notice 

  File photo dated last year shows a man putting gold into a molding machine at the Sacombank gold bar factory in Ho Chi Minh City . All gold bar producers, except SJC, are expected to completely stop bullion production. Huge losses and unemployment for hundreds of workers loom as gold bullion producers prepare to [...]

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Vietnamese youth face recurrent unemployment 

December 19, 2011
Vietnamese youth face recurrent unemployment 

Job seekers loof for opportunities at a job vacancy notice board in Vietnam. Young people are finding it harder than other age groups to get jobs in Vietnam , and this does not augur well for their future, experts say. The 2011-2020 Vietnam Employment Strategy report estimates the unemployment rate among youths aged 15-24 at [...]

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Skyscraper on fire, 11 injured in Vietnam capital 

December 16, 2011
Skyscraper on fire, 11 injured in Vietnam capital 

  A big fire broke out Thursday at a 33-floor building that was under construction in Hanoi, injuring 11 workers. The fire started at around 4 p.m. in the basement of one of the twin towers invested in by state-owned power utility Electricity of (EVN). The fire wasn’t extinguished until about five hours later. General To Xuan Thieu, vice [...]

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Vietnam sends more than 81,000 laborers overseas 

December 16, 2011
Vietnam sends more than 81,000 laborers overseas 

  Vietnam has sent more than 81,000 laborers overseas as of November, Vietnam News Agency quoted an official from the labor ministry as saying on Tuesday. Despite difficulties, Vietnam is likely to achieve the target of sending 87,000 laborers overseas this year, said Le Van Thanh, deputy chief of the ministry’s Overseas Labor Management. According [...]

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Gold miners suspected of having cyanide poisoning 

December 16, 2011
Gold miners suspected of having cyanide poisoning 

A file photo of gold miners in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam. Twenty-two gold miners in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam were hospitalize Wednesday with symptoms allegedly caused by cyanide poisoning. The workers, all from Phuong Minh Co. Ltd in Phuoc Son District, were admitted to Da Nang Hospital in the city [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...