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The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany said that the German Federal Foreign Office sent it a note on Monday saying it will issue visa for the new Vietnamese blue passports with added information of the holders' place of birth. Vietnam's new passport that has been in use since July 1, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Du The Germany's foreign office applauded Vietnam's timely solution to the matter, the embassy said. The new Vietnamese passport, issued since July 1, 2022, has earlier been rejected by Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic and Finland due to its lack of birthplace information. However, the Spanish embassy later said it would accept the new passport , but those who wish to apply for a visa need to furnish their identity cards to verify their place of birth. Two other European countries, France and the U.K., have announced that they will c ontinue to recognize Vietnam's new passports . The U.S. embassy in Hanoi has instructed holders of the new Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Germany issues visas for Vietnamese passports with added birthplace info

Matthew Rycroft, permanent under-secretary of the UK Home Office, and Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang co-chaired a UK-Vietnam migration dialogue in Hanoi on August 15. Matthew Rycroft, permanent under-secretary of the UK Home Office, and Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang co-chair a UK-Vietnam migration dialogue in Hanoi on August 15. (Photo: UK Embassy in Vietnam) The dialogue was held to improve migration co-operation, deliver on the potential that exists in the current migration partnership, and discuss key issues, including safe migration, migrant returns, the issue of fraudulent documents, updated policies on immigration, as well as addressing the issue of human trafficking. The UK and Vietnam enjoy a strong migration relationship, from jointly investigating the tragedy in Essex to securing three successful charter return flights in 2021. Rycroft underlined the UK’s continued … [Read more...] about Hanoi hosts first UK-Vietnam Migration Dialogue

The Best Companies to Work for in Asia Award is a prestigious international award presented annually by HR Asia to honour businesses with outstanding human resource policies, attractive remuneration, leading culture and working environment, and regularly organised internal activities to connect employees. To achieve this prestigious Asia's Best Place to Work award, businesses need to go through three rounds of surveys with rigorous evaluation criteria, proving that it has created a highly cohesive working environment. At the same time, the businesses must be evaluated by their own employees as one of the businesses with the best working environment in Asia and one of Asia's selected excellent employers. HR Asia’s representative presented the award to Nguyen Bach Kim Vy, deputy CEO of NovaGroup Operations At the award ceremony, Nguyen Bach Kim Vy, deputy CEO of NovaGroup Operations said that the award contributes to asserting the correct and effective HR strategy … [Read more...] about NovaGroup awarded Best Workplace in Asia 2022 by HR Asia Magazine

Asia's leading HR magazine - HR Asia - recently announced the list of "The Best Places to Work in Asia 2022" based on the overall and complete evaluation criteria of employee satisfaction through the T.E.A.M model. The evaluation contents include three groups of indicators: corporate culture (Core), level of cohesion (Self) and team spirit (Group). Thanks to the outstanding HR strategy with Talented Values ​​(Employee Value Proposition, “EVP”) built and maintained over the past 10 years, AEON Vietnam was honored to receive the award “Best Places to Work in Asia 2022” for the fourth time. For four consecutive years, the evaluation results of AEON Vietnam have always scored higher than the industry average in all three groups of survey criteria. Representatives of AEON Vietnam receive the award "Best Workplace in Asia 2022" These achievements were achieved thanks to AEON Vietnam's values ​​of attracting talent (EVP) through a comprehensive human resource … [Read more...] about AEON Vietnam honored as best workplace in Asia

Passengers can read newspapers directly or save them to their personal electronic devices to read anywhere, anytime. The steps are very simple: Just access the Vietnam Airlines mobile app, go to PressReader, and verify the booking code and itinerary information. The PressReader application after access The list of publications will include more than 7,000 newspapers and magazines of various genres such as news, economics, tourism, sports, and entertainment in 70 languages, completely free of charge by Vietnam Airlines. This is a particularly attractive benefit as many electronic editions of newspapers and magazines normally may have subscription fees of up to $300 per year. With this application, passengers can bring thousands of newspapers on board, including international publications such as Bloomberg, The Economic Times, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as Vietnamese newspapers and magazines such as Vietnam Investment Review, Giao Thong, Vietnam News, and … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines launches PressReader for in-flight reading

Collecting waste along the beach is among the programme’s primary activities. —Photo Coca-Cola Viet Nam Coca-Cola Vietnam, in partnership with Da Nang City, has launched a “For a Viet Nam without Waste” event in the city’s Lien Chieu District. The event, joined by representatives from agencies and the local community, is one of the activities organised by Coca-Cola Vietnam and local authorities in Da Nang and HCM City under the "World Without a Waste" vision. With many activities over a half-day, the “For a Vietnam Without Waste” event aims to raise public awareness of waste sorting, encourage people to use reusable bags, and promote a green lifestyle and sustainable production and consumption. Coca-Cola Vietnam handed Da Nang Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Industry and Trade 90 segregation trash bins and 4,000 reusable bags, worth VND700 million. The in-kind sponsorship will help the local authority propagate the new environmental protection … [Read more...] about Coca Cola joins locals in Da Nang in “For a Viet Nam without Waste” programme