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The ministry said the current basic salary has reached 42.39 per cent of average regional minimum wage in 2019 – which was more than VNĐ3.5 million ($152) per month – and 40.16 per cent of this year’s average regional amount – which is more than VNĐ3.7 million ($160) per month. … [Read more...] about Draft decree to boost public employees’ wages

The cabin crew of flight VN522 from Ho Chi Minh City to Shanghai on January 4 found a bag left at a business class seat of a female Cambodian woman after all the passengers had left. Checking the bag they found some valuable jewellery including diamond rings and a watch. … [Read more...] about Cambodian passenger forgets valuable diamond items on flight

Rang Dong gives over $100,000 to rebuild houses destroyed in fire The Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum Flask JSC has agreed to pay more than VND2.4 billion (US$102,100) in compensation to nine families whose homes were damaged during a fire at the company’s warehouse last August, an official said on Monday. … [Read more...] about 2019: oil contaminates water, fire destroys forest, mercury leaks

There is something quite significant about the way people chop pork knuckles for the soup. In Hà Nội and elsewhere in the north, butchers chop the feet in two along the feet, but from Huế further to the south, they chop them into rounds. As a result, you can tell if the hostess is from the north or south of the country. … [Read more...] about Dried bamboo shoot soup for Tết

Agricultural trade between the two countries was one of the most important areas of the US-Viet Nam bilateral relationship during the past 25 years, said Benjamin Petlock, agricultural attache at the US Consulate General in Viet Nam at an event in HCM City last Sunday. … [Read more...] about Vietnam ranks 9th among countries importing US fresh fruits