Both multinationals and local companies have given lower salary increases this year compared to 2015, a survey by Mercer, a leading global provider of human resource services, and Talentnet Corp, its associate in Viet Nam, has found.

 Globally, people's health is improving and life expectancy is rising, but progress is far from universal with chronic diseases bringing long-term illness and causing seven out of 10 deaths,

 Electricity imports from China and Laos now meet 3.1% of Vietnam’s needs and the country must continue purchases from the neighbors to meet over 2% of its demand in the coming years.

Popular Vietnamese painter Pham Luc will hold the “Sea of Love” exhibition in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province this October.

 Vietnamese men have been crowded and listed among top ten Misters at international beauty pageants.

 The authority of HCMC has written to the Government seeking permission to select an independent foreign consulting agency to monitor the implementation and quality of a big-ticket anti-flood project.

  Back in the 1940s, the Japanese government was facing a question it found hard to answer: should it develop the automobile industry?

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 In Quang Binh Province, tourists often think about its amazing caves like Son Doong, Thien Duong (Paradise), Phong Nha-Ke Bang, Hang Chay-Song Toi and Tu Lan. Winter is the time the central coast province welcomes many international tourists.

Four players in the world’s top 100 will be participating in the 2016 Vietnam Open tennis tournament from October 8-16.

32 designers have introduced their ao dai collections before the Ao Dai Festival takes place in Hanoi from October 14 to 16.

 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has continued ranking Vietnam among the countries with the highest rate of cancer fatalities, said Nguyen Chan Hung, chairman of Vietnam Cancer Association.

After having held two concerts in Hanoi, Gewandhaus CHoir Leipzig is planning to perform together with the choir of the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra at the Conservatory HCMC on October 15.

 Taking the right steps toward a successful future was key to bringing a record-breaking number of students and employers together at a career fair entitled – Hatch! Fair – at the Grand Palace in Ho Chi Minh City.

 Ministries, agencies and localities should be on the highest alert for typhoon Aere, the sixth to hit Vietnam so far this year, said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong.

 Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army gave a reception for Admiral Tea Vinh, Secretary General of the Cambodian National Committee for Maritime Security in Hanoi on October 6.

 New Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Prak Nguon Hong has pledged to develop relations between Hanoi and Phnom Penh during his tenure in the host country.

 National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong has called on Vietnam and Denmark to seek new forms of collaboration, in the context of the two countries elevating their development cooperation to a mutually beneficial partnership.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani left Hanoi on October 7, concluding his three-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Tran Dai Quang.

Model Le Thanh Thao has recently lit up the runway at Paris Fashion Week with Talbot Runhof and YDE dresses.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Van Hoan, chief of staff and spokesperson for the HCM City People’s Committee, said the ban on extra classes would be reviewed.

 South Korean tech giant Samsung has requested Vietnam for exemption from export-import and value added taxes for the faulty Galaxy Note 7 smart phones, which are currently being recalled around the global, according to newswire Vneconomy.vn.

S-Fone, a joint venture between South Korean telecommunications company SK Telecom and Vietnamese Saigon Postel Corp. (SPT), may soon be repossessed by the Vietnamese government.

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 Participants on the Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Program have created a unique set of personalized conical hats for all occasions.