In a recent dispatch to Chairpersons of municipal and provincial People’s
Committees, he said provincial and municipal authorities should consider
deporting foreign workers without
work permits or those failing to comply with
entry and exit rules applicable to foreigners in Vietnam.
Minister Dung said in the document that amidst complex
developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, many localities across the country have
been facing a situation in which foreigners enter Vietnam illegally to seek employment not in accordance with local laws.
He asked local authorities to strengthen labour inspection and strictly handle
any individuals or organisations that receive and use illegal workers, as well
RIYADH: Students from the Saudi national physics team added to the country’s Eid celebrations by winning five medals at a major international science competition.
The team, trained by the King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) in partnership with the Ministry of Education, scooped the awards at the 2021 Nordic-Baltic Physics Olympiad (NBPhO).
Mawhiba secretary-general, Dr. Saud Al-Mathami, said: “On Eid Al-Fitr, our students offered our dear nation the best gift and were able to represent it in the best way possible.”
The NBPhO event, which was held remotely on May 7 to 8 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, featured 116 contestants representing 11 countries.
The assistance is proposed to increase from the current
level of 30 percent to 50 percent of the total premiums for poor holders and
from 25 percent to 30 percent for near-poor holders. Others will be entitled to
20 percent, instead of 10 percent at present, according to the
The agency expects the raise will help attract more
voluntary participants, particular those from poor and near-poor households,
with the coverage growing from nearly 1.13 million at the end of 2020 to around
3.6 million by the end of 2025 and 8.9 million by 2030./. VNA
Thursday, March 18, 2021 20:43
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The first passenger carriage of train No.2 is being installed onto a trial track at Long Binh Depot of Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.1 on May 11. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Japanese contractor Hitachi on
May 11 completed the installation of all three
passenger carriages of train No.
2 onto a
Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.1 between
Ben Thanh Market and Suoi Tien Theme Park.
The three carriages were transported from Khanh Hoi Port
in District 4 to
Long Binh Depot in Thu Duc City by road in early morning the
same day.
The handover ceremony held at Vietnam Buddhist Sangha headquarters (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The
Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) has presented 100 ventilators and 50 oxygen
concentrators worth nearly 14 billion VND (606,000 USD) to India as the
pandemic reaches crisis levels in the country.
Addressing the virtual handover
ceremony in Hanoi on May 12, Most Venerable Thich Duc Thien, Vice Chairman and
General Secretary of the VBS’s Executive Council, emphasised the long-standing
friendship between Vietnam and India.
Thousands of
Vietnamese Buddhists visit religious sites in India and hundreds of Vietnamese monks
and nuns study at universities in the country each year, according to Thien,