With the number of unemployed dwindling, businesses have been forced to raise hourly pay to keep and attract workers.
In the final three months of 2021, wages jumped at a 6.2% annual rate.
In November, agribusiness exports totaled $8.36 billion, a record for the month, according to data released by the Secretariat of Commerce and International Relations (SCRI) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa).
The Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) ticked up to 52.2 in November from 52.1 in October, signalling a second successive modest improvement in business conditions following a period of decline caused by the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier in the year, according to IHS Markit.
James, thank you very much for now. all in the run up, of course, to the cop26 environment conference which we will have full coverage of in november, discussion of the planned crisis. we will keep you up to date with that as well. coming up to ten to two. a depot in manchester is is the first construction site in the world to trial the use of a new type of concrete. concretene is a mixture of concrete and graphene a material developed by the university of manchester. it s so strong that it can eliminate the need for a steel frame, making it cheaper and greener. abbiejones reports. this might seem like a normal concrete surface, but it is actually concretene, which is making history here, because it is fused with the miracle substance graphene, and developed by the university of