Vietnam has been depicted by foreign media as a bright spot among Asian economies thanks to the country’s success in balancing the efforts to protect the public health and maintain economic growth right from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
The Cambodian government recently announced a measure to assist workers employed in the tourism sector which is severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnam’s sugar industry is expected to face a great deal of difficulties as the country will drop tariffs on imported sugar from ASEAN under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) in 2020.
Vietnam’s booming economy will see another surge of new investment after signing a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) that could hasten the exodus of manufacturers from China.
More talented and experienced doctors are leaving public hospitals to work in private facilities, raising concerns of a shortage of key doctors in the public sector.
At least 13 people died when a passenger boat overloaded with holidaymakers celebrating Eid Al-Fitr holiday capsized off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on June 13.
Transportation was handled well in Indonesia during the Muslim Idul Fitri festival from June 24 to July 3 when many migrant workers return to their homes.
Demand for clean water in Hanoi is expected to fall 15-20 percent during
the upcoming traditional Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) due to the cold
weather and mass exodus to the countryside, according to the Hanoi Clean
Water Service Company.
The HCM City Student Assistance Centre and universities have been
gifting bus tickets and presents to poor students for Tet (Lunar New
Year) that will start in less than 10 days to come.
A dire shortage of workers is causing a major headache to executives in
southern industrial parks and export-processing zones which are in need
of an estimated 150,000 workers, but supply can meet only half the
demand.
An executive from a garments company in
Dong Nai province complained that at the moment it was extremely
difficult to recruit staff. The company has received only a few hundred
applications for 1,700 vacancies after several months of advertising
despite the company’s commitment to cover training costs.
Bus operators in the city are facing an
acute shortage of drivers which are straining their services to the
point where passengers are turning back on public transport.
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