pegasus offers scholarship of culinary course

Pegasus offers scholarship of culinary course

Pegasus International UniCentre, the professional training arm of the KinderWorld Education Group, just announced the completion of the second cohort of Dreams to Reality scholarship for students living in hardship in the provinces of Hung Yen and Vinh Phuc.
mcdonalds faces space test

McDonald’s faces space test

As a later comer, the penetration and expansion of American fast-food giant McDonald’s in Vietnam will not be plain sailing, its competitors have audaciously claimed.
rivals prep for mcdonalds arrival

Rivals prep for McDonald’s arrival

The presence of McDonald’s, the world largest food service retailer, could force other key players in Vietnam’s fast-food market to restructure.
flu threatens birds net

Flu threatens bird’s net

An unprecedented outbreak of the bird flu virus, H5N1, has been blamed for the deaths of 5,000 salanganes in southern Ninh Thuan province, posing a risk to public health and the harvest of bird’s nest used for culinary purposes.
howden group to power ahead

Howden Group to power ahead

Howden Group, one of the world’s leading air and gas handling equipment companies, is expected to get more involved in Vietnam’s power sector.
vinalines drops plan for ppp port investment

Vinalines drops plan for PPP port investment

The state-run Vietnam National Shipping Lines is going to withdraw from the northern Vietnam’s flagship port project Lach Huyen as part of its divestment activities.
samsung taxed by review plan

Samsung taxed by review plan

An offer of preferential corporate income tax for Samsung at its planned $2 billion facility in northern Thai Nguyen province may require a review by the National Assembly.
illicit cigarettes face crackdown

Illicit cigarettes face crackdown

Vietnam has strengthened the campaign against cigarette smuggling with the release of a new circular.
foreign schools short of the good mark

Foreign schools short of the good mark

Foreign-backed training programmes aiming to improve the quality of Vietnamese education system are showing signs of falling.
kfc digests antibiotics concerns

KFC digests antibiotics concerns

Information about chicken displaying high levels of antibiotics in some KFC restaurants in China’s Shanghai has alarmed customers in Vietnam.
minimum wage rates set to be smoothly tweaked

Minimum wage rates set to be smoothly tweaked

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs last week proposed the government to add another minimum wage applied from next year.
social insurance weighs heavily on shoulders

Social insurance weighs heavily on shoulders

Big social insurance debts are smacking many enterprises in Vietnam on the mouth.
workers strike while the irons hot

Workers strike while the iron’s hot

Taiwan’s Makalot Garments last week had to raise workers’ wages after facing a strike that stopped its production for four days.
41bn saigon atlantic stuck beneath the waves

$4.1bn Saigon Atlantic stuck beneath the waves

US’ Winvest Investment is crying for help to remove site clearance obstacles for its $4.1 billion Saigon Atlantic resort project in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
pho hien set to be new tourism hub

Pho Hien set to be new tourism hub

The northern province of Hung Yen is branding itself as the gateway to Hanoi City, in an effort to attract tourists and market its cultural sites and products.