Grandparents admit growing reluctance to babysit
Nguyen Thi Ly, 70, who had moved to Hanoi for nearly a year to care for her two grandchildren, was hospitalized twice due to fatigue and exhaustion. Ly’s …
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Help poor households cope with rising fuel prices: WB
The World Bank has advised Vietnam to support poor households hurt by the impacts of rising gasoline prices. “Temporary support including targeted …
Workers prefer earlier retirement over earlier pension eligibility
Many workers in the manufacturing sector are not excited about a proposal to reduce the number of years they have to pay social insurance premiums, and prefer …
Gasoline prices jump another 2.5 percent
Vietnam gasoline prices set yet another new record Monday after authorities adjusted them upward for the sixth consecutive time. The price of popular RON 95 …
3 Vietnam universities among global top 1,000
Three Vietnamese schools have made it into the Quacquarelli Symonds rankings of top 1,000 universities for 2023. Duy Tan University in Da Nang City and Vietnam …
Delivery work most lucrative among 5 largest job categories
Delivery workers earn the highest salaries among the five largest groups of workers as companies compete with each other amid a shortage of candidates, a study …
Protect workers from loan sharks: PM
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the central bank and the Public Security Ministry to protect workers from loan sharks. The request was made after …
Lack of sleep taking a toll on Vietnamese
“It’s urgent! The customer wants it shipped by tomorrow morning.” The boss’s message forced Hoang An to stay at the company until …
E-commerce, online services strip Vietnam of tax revenues
Vietnam is failing to effectively tax e-commerce and online services as it struggles to make tech giants set up abroad fulfil their taxation duties. …
Dominican man jailed for murdering Vietnamese in Japan
A Dominican national was sentenced to 12 years in prison in Japan for the murder of a Vietnamese man in August last year. Brian Alberto Cabrera Cruz, 27, beat …