Observers say this board meeting, which last until next Tuesday, is one of the most important in the U.N. health agency’s more than 70-year history and could shape its role in global health long after the pandemic ends. … [Read more...] about Vaccine nationalism puts world on brink of ‘catastrophic moral failure’: WHO chief
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Employees Feel Companies Not Doing Enough to Upskill Them to Full Potential, More Can Be Done: NTUC LearningHub Survey
In addition, NTUC LHUB's Director Institute Of Business Excellence And Healthcare Academy, Jenaline Low adds, "For those who are looking to jumpstart the upskilling of their workforce, it is key to invest in learning and development capabilities to assess and align the workforce skills requirement to the organisation's strategic business goals. Using a Design Thinking approach to identify skills gaps will help decision-makers succinctly identify areas for skills upgrading and discover employees' strengths to optimise their full potential. To add, we urge companies to leverage training support and subsidies available to them such as the Enhanced Training Support Package and Enhanced Absentee Payroll, which are helpful to defray the training investment cost with course fee and absentee payroll subsidies." … [Read more...] about Employees Feel Companies Not Doing Enough to Upskill Them to Full Potential, More Can Be Done: NTUC LearningHub Survey
Military doctor aids impoverished people in Central Highlands
Lương Thị Hom, 70, who suffered from sciatica, had to travel to the district hospital for treatment for a long time but her conditions didn’t improve much. Her kids were away and her husband often had to take her to the district clinic on their old bike. … [Read more...] about Military doctor aids impoverished people in Central Highlands
Home-grown peach flower trees to be labelled
On January 18, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan signed an official document about labelling and traceable peach flower trees for the coming Tet holiday. The ministry asked provincial people's committees to tighten management to tighten monitoring and raise public awareness to prevent forest destruction. Depending on each locality, the authorities can use labels to differentiate the trees but they must not create more bureaucracy and troubles for businesses. The ministry will work with localities authorities to find the most suitable solution to this problem. Local authorities were asked to strictly follow the prime ministerial directives about a tree-planting festival this Tet and step up the forest development projects in the first months of 2021. They must report back to the ministry by January 31. During the review meeting for the agriculture sector in 2020, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked local authorities to prevent the exploitation of wild peach … [Read more...] about Home-grown peach flower trees to be labelled
As travel demand surges, Vietnamese airlines plan more late-night flights during holiday season
Domestic airlines list around 30-35 trips per day for the Ho Chi Minh City – Hanoi route, with Vietjet providing the cheapest fares from VND2.1-2.8 million (US$90-121) per passenger, while Vietnam Airlines offers the highest price range at VND3.5-4.6 million ($151-198) per ticket. … [Read more...] about As travel demand surges, Vietnamese airlines plan more late-night flights during holiday season