hcm city churches become dormitories

HCM City churches become dormitories

Since 1999, female students who move from provinces to universities in HCM City have had a safe, inexpensive place to stay at dormitories managed by local Catholic churches.
12 dead mainly schoolgirls in turkey dorm fire

12 dead, mainly schoolgirls, in Turkey dorm fire

ISTANBUL: Twelve people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed on Tuesday when fire ravaged a dormitory for pupils in the southern Turkish region of Adana, local officials said.
rmit university vietnam launches master of architecture programme

RMIT University Vietnam launches Master of Architecture programme

RMIT University Vietnam’s Master of Architecture programmes, which can be taken on a full-time or part-time basis, will accept its first intake in 2017.
rmits 15 years of local contribution

RMIT’s 15 years of local contribution

On the occasion of RMIT Vietnam’s 15th anniversary on September 21, 2016, VIR talks with RMIT Vietnam’s president Prof. Gael McDonald about the university’s contributions to Vietnam during the past 15 years of the country’s growth, modernisation, and internationalisation.
rmit vietnam awards 12 million worth of scholarships

RMIT Vietnam awards $1.2 million worth of scholarships

RMIT Vietnam has announced the winners of 98 scholarships with a value of more than VND27.5 billion ($1.2 million) to prospective and current students.
us permits two more firms to export catfish

US permits two more firms to export catfish

Food Safety and Inspection Service, the public health agency under the US Department of Agriculture, has allowed two more Vietnamese firms to export Siluriformes fish to the United States.
foreign sales reached assigned limit

Foreign sales reached assigned limit

One year after foreigners were permitted to buy houses in Vietnam, many real estate projects have reached their foreign sales limit of 30 per cent.
foreign tourists allowed to visit co to island without permit

Foreign tourists allowed to visit Co To island without permit

Foreign tourists can now freely visit the border Co To island, said Hoang Ba Nam, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Co To district in the northern Quang Ninh province.
newly discovered cave to be opened to tourists

Newly-discovered cave to be opened to tourists

The government of Quang Binh Province has permitted travel firm Oxalis Adventure Tours to bring tourists to Tien 2 Cave, one of 57 caves which were discovered late last month in the central province. Tien 2 is included in the tour program for Tien 1 Cave, to which the company has been allowed to arrange tours since August last year.
tpp controversy over isds

TPP controversy over ISDS

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations among the 12 member countries concluded on October 5, 2015 in Atlanta, the US. These included Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the US, and Vietnam. Combined, the GDP of these countries equals 40 per cent of the global economy. The TPP agreement includes 30 chapters and various annexes covering trade and trade-related issues to permit comprehensive market access with regional approach and a platform for regional economic integration.
vn to permit 4g broadband service at year end

VN to permit 4G broadband service at year end

  The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) will grant licenses for network operators to provide pilot 4G broadband service in Q3 or Q4 at the latest, said a high-ranking official.
un security council strongly condemns north korea missile launch

UN Security Council 'strongly' condemns North Korea missile launch

The UN Security Council joined an international chorus condemning North Korea on Sunday for firing what the hermit state claims was a successful submarine-launched ballistic missile.
family medical practice launches work permit checks for foreigners in vietnam

Family Medical Practice launches work permit checks for foreigners in Vietnam

Family Medical Practice, Vietnam’s leading private clinic, announced the availability of work-permit health checks at the Care 1 clinic, located in The Manor in Ho Chi Minh City.
work permit puzzlement

Work permit puzzlement

The Vietnamese government has issued Decree No.11/2016/NDCP on granting work permits to foreign nationals working in Vietnam. Mai Lan Anh, chairwoman of EuroCham’s Human Resources and Training Sector Committee, discussed with  Bich Thuy the prominent features, changes, and unaltered aspects.
new regulations govern granting of work permits

New regulations govern granting of work permits

Decree No 11/2016/ND-CP, dated February 3, 2016, which details the implementation of granting of work permits to foreign nationals working in Viet Nam, has replaced Decree No 102/2013/ND-CP.