A company slammed for attempting to replicate a ‘sacred’ statue of a Vietnamese goddess on top of the holy Sam Mountain in southern Vietnam’s An Giang Province has been slapped with an administrative fine and forced to remove the illegal construction. The fine of VND20 million (US$1,317) was issued on Friday by the administration of An Giang’s Chau Doc City, where the statue is located, according to its deputy chairman Tran Quoc Tuan. Dozens of workers had already started working on removing the replica as of Friday, Tuan said, which would take roughly a week to finish. “This incident has been a profound lesson for the administration of Chau Doc in managing constructions within the Sam Mountain relics,” Tuan said. MGA Vietnam Ltd., which is behind the illegal statue’s construction, made headlines last month when it was discovered that the company was building the replica without public knowledge or permission from authorities. The original … [Read more...] about Company fined for illegal replica of Vietnamese goddess’ statue on ‘holy’ mountain
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French companies to participate in ILDEX Vietnam 2018
During the event, the participating French companies in the French Pavilion will display their excellent expertise, know-how as well as breeding facilities and technologies in animal feeds, nutrition for livestock, animal health, genetics and reproduction and meat processing. At the press conference introducing the ILDEX Vietnam 2018. Source: nongnghiep.vn According to the organizers, ILDEX Vietnam is a big biennial exhibition, aiming at supporting the development of livestock, dairy, meat processing, and aquaculture industries in Vietnam as well as bringing relevant state-of-the-art technologies, technical knowledge, and business opportunities to both Vietnamese and international companies through various trade-shows and forums. The ILDEX Vietnam 2018 will draw the participation of some 200 companies from 30 different countries. Agriculture, a key economic sector in Vietnam, enjoyed a growth rate of nearly 3% in 2017. With its continuous expansion, Vietnam’s … [Read more...] about French companies to participate in ILDEX Vietnam 2018
Grab dismisses Vietnam’s plan to treat it like a taxi company as ‘major setback’
Ride-hailing company Grab expressed frustration at Vietnam’s announcement to impose bigger control over its operations on Friday, another development in the prolonged tension between Grab and traditional transport firms in the country. Nguyen Van The, Minister of Transport, said on Thursday that companies like Grab or Uber must be treated as transport companies instead of tech companies. The move demands that the authorites manage the companies as traditional taxi companies, regarding operating licenses, drivers’ profile and tax duties. But Grab said that kind of control can stymie Vietnam’s technological progress and cause a major setback to the government’s efforts to make Vietnamese businesses competitive as the world is on the brink of a new industrial revolution. “Defining Grab as a taxi company would be a denial to the Vietnamese government’s and our own efforts to push Vietnam’s technological prowess. It would also hinder … [Read more...] about Grab dismisses Vietnam’s plan to treat it like a taxi company as ‘major setback’
‘Major setback’: Grab dismisses Vietnam’s plan to treat it like a taxi company
Ride-hailing company Grab expressed frustration at Vietnam’s announcement to impose bigger control over its operations on Friday, another development in the prolonged tension between Grab and traditional transport firms in the country. Nguyen Van The, Minister of Transport, said on Thursday that companies like Grab or Uber must be treated as transport companies instead of tech companies. The move demands that the authorites manage the companies as traditional taxi companies, regarding operating licenses, drivers’ profile and tax duties. But Grab said that kind of control can stymie Vietnam’s technological progress and cause a major setback to the government’s efforts to make Vietnamese businesses competitive as the world is on the brink of a new industrial revolution. “Defining Grab as a taxi company would be a denial to the Vietnamese government’s and our own efforts to push Vietnam’s technological prowess. It would also hinder … [Read more...] about ‘Major setback’: Grab dismisses Vietnam’s plan to treat it like a taxi company
France to ‘name and shame’ companies that pay women less
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday marked International Women's Day with a pledge to "name and shame" companies that pay women less than men for the same work. On a visit to a Paris-based property management firm hailed as a model of gender equality, he announced plans to "drastically" increase inspections of companies to ensure they complied with a law requiring equal pay for equal work. "We will put in place a 'name and shame' system to make public (the names of) companies that least respect the law," said Macron, who has made tackling sexism a key priority. "No one wants to be bottom of the class on this issue," he said. The World Economic Forum last year ranked France 11th out of 144 countries for gender equality but a dismal 129th for wage equality for similar work. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced plans to get tough on companies that pay women less. Under a package of workplace reforms to be finalized next month, wage screening software will … [Read more...] about France to ‘name and shame’ companies that pay women less