Social

Minimum wage rises by $4.50
25/03/2010 05:00
As of May 1, employees at state-owned companies and limited liability companies where the state holds 100 percent of the chartered capital will have a higher minimum wage. According to Decree 28, issued by the Prime Minister on March 25, a new...
Cool concrete caused bridge cracks
24/03/2010 05:00
The surface concrete layer, which reached a temperature that was less than 120 degree Celsius, was not hot enough to effectively bond with other materials . . . The cracks appeared only three months after the bridge had been repaired. (Photo: VNN) The...
Hanoi to build 9km overhead road
24/03/2010 05:00
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has ordered Hanoi authorities to complete site clearance and compensation rapidly to begin construction of the capital city’s first overhead road. Overhead roads in Hong Kong. $1.68 billion to build six...
Plan aims to stem illegal water uses
23/03/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Construction has sought approval for a VND9.4 trillion (US$494 million) project to reduce water loss. The saving of fresh water would help decrease demand for money to build new water plants and the cost of their management....
Taxman asked to collect social insurance fees
23/03/2010 05:00
Taxation offices should be entrusted as collectors of social insurance fees for laborers from companies as the HCMC Social Insurance Company has been ineffective . . . . . .The HCMC Taxation Bureau is collecting taxes from 110,000 enterprises in the city, but...
Getting tough on workplace safety
23/03/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Enterprises failing to report workplace accidents will be severely punished, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Bui Hong Linh told . . . Employers should regularly check enterprise operations relating to accident risks....
Over $800,000 up in smoke at central Vietnam fire
22/03/2010 05:00
More than 250 vendors in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai watched in shock as their stalls went up in flames in a five-hour blaze late Thursday and early Friday. Parched Vietnam on forest fire red alert Tourists awakened by...