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Anphabe presented the Vietnam Best Workplace Survey 2022 On December 7, Anphabe's event 'Symphony of Change' took place in Hanoi, aiming to connect HR leaders, provide updates on the domestic HR trends, and share innovative strategies and methods for businesses and employees to stay strong in the face of change. The company also presented its exclusive Vietnam Best Workplace Survey 2022. According to the report, compared to 2021, businesses have improved employees’ income despite this year's difficult economic situation. Specifically, by September 2022, 56 per cent of employees received a salary increase, 38 per cent remained the same, while only 6 per cent had a salary reduction or unstable income. Anphabe accessed that although these figures are not significant compared to normal years, they had shown great efforts from Vietnamese enterprises, especially when only 35 per cent of employees received a salary increase in 2021. In addition to salary, in 2022, businesses have … [Read more...] about Anphabe holds ‘Symphony of Change’ event

Deputy Tang Huu Phong The Chairman made the statement at today’s eighth session of the tenth tenure of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council continued the second working day. Deputies posed questions about some matters. Deputy Tang Huu Phong raised the question that in mid-October, right after Ho Chi Minh City controlled the epidemic and moved to a stage of flexibly and safely adapting to the Covid-19 epidemic, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen directed at the Conference of the Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee for the term of 2020-2025 to focus on mobilizing all social resources to build social housing and public accommodation projects. This is an important program that received great attention from people from every walks of life, workers, employees, officials, teachers and businesspersons. Social housing construction was then repeatedly mentioned in city conferences, meetings and working sessions of city leaders with … [Read more...] about HCMC to focus on developing worker accommodation, social housing programs

The main gate of VinFast's manufacturing plant in the northern city of Hai Phong. — Photo courtesy of the company VinFast, Vietnam's first global electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, has announced that it has received a Corporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Assessment from Morningstar Sustainalytics, a globally recognised ESG research, ratings and data firm. VinFast received an overall Corporate ESG Assessment score of 23.3, the top ESG rating (i.e., lowest potential risk) compared with other pure EV companies. Sustainalytics performed a broad-based Corporate ESG Assessment of VinFast covering seven distinct ESG categories: carbon – product and services; human capital; product governance; business ethics; carbon-own operations; human rights – supply chain; and corporate governance. As of July 2022, VinFast received an overall Corporate ESG Assessment score of 23.3, which places the Company in the “medium risk category” and in the top ten (9th ranked out of 70) of … [Read more...] about VinFast receives Corporate ESG Essessment from Sustainalytics

Udorn Chobtham, general director of SCG Concrete Roof, has received the Top 100 Sustainable Companies award for four consecutive years The recognition was based on the Programme on Benchmarking and Announcing Sustainable Companies in Vietnam by the Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development under the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and the General Confederation of Labor. The awards were unveiled at the ceremony announcing the Sustainable Companies in 2022 by the Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry on December 1. VKPC, a manufacturing base for packaging paper, is a subsidiary of SCGP, a core business of SCG, focusing on creating innovations and values to serve the evolving consumer demands while emphasising environmental, social and governance aspects. Accordingly, VKPC … [Read more...] about SCG member companies in top 100 Sustainable Companies in Vietnam

Fishing vessels of Quang Tri province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – An international conference was held in Hanoi on December 8 to mark 40 years since the adoption of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The hybrid event, held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was attended by 150 delegates from ministries, sectors, coastal localities, and representative bodies of ASEAN countries in Vietnam. In his remarks, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu said having been ratified by 168 parties, UNCLOS has truly become a legal document of leading importance, only after the UN Charter, and a “constitution of the seas and oceans”. The convention formed a comprehensive and full international legal framework that regulates the rights and obligations of all states, no matter whether it is coastal or landlocked, in the use of the seas and the management, exploitation, and conservation of marine resources, he noted. UNCLOS is a comprehensive … [Read more...] about Int’l conference marks 40th anniversary of UNCLOS

In the first half of 2022, Hung Yen Province’s Department of Science and Technology played an active role in issuing various decisions within its scope of state management functions. They included a resolution on registration of intellectual property protection and a decision approving Hung Yen Province's science and technology plan for 2022. Given the country’s increased integration into the world economy, the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights for industrial property and agricultural production is essential. Director of Hung Yen Department of Science and Technology Tran Tung Chuan checks progress of provincial tasks The Department of Science and Technology has advised the provincial People's Committee on implementing IP programs, prioritizing the development of certification marks and geographical indications for specific and advantageous products. So far, Hung Yen Province has supported the registration of intellectual property rights for 30 … [Read more...] about Protecting intellectual property