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Vietnam to give public sector 7.4 percent wage raise next year

By Hoai Thu November 12, 2016 | 11:52 am GMT+7

This is the second annual increase in a row for the sector, which has around 2.8 million payroll jobs.
Vietnam’s top legislative body, the National Assembly, on Friday approved a government’s proposal to raise wages for Vietnamese civil servants and public employees, including teachers and doctors, by 7.4 percent from July next year.

The government made the proposal last month, seeking to raise the wage level from the current VND1.21 million ($54) a month to VND1.3 million ($58).

In Vietnam, the minimum monthly pay for civil servants and public employees is calculated by multiplying that basic level with a coefficient determined by qualifications and experience. The coefficient for a new subdistrict-level civil servant with a bachelor’s degree, for example, is 2.34.

Many in the public sector have for years complained that their earnings are too low. In May this year, the public sector's minimum wage was increased by 5 percent, the first time in three years.

At a conference in October, economists have blamed low wages in the sector for increasing the level of corruption.

They said the current wages for many officials only cover 60 percent of basic living costs at best, but most have stopped depending on the official salaries and still manage to afford nice houses and cars.

Vietnam ranked 112th out of 168 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index in 2015.

Nguyen Duc Hai, chairman of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee, has said the new pay raise is reasonable considering higher costs of living.

But the government also needs to scale down the workforce to reduce the pressure on the state budget, he said.

The government is having 2.8 million people on its payroll, according to local media.

Vietnam's state budget revenue is expected to reach more than VND1,200 trillion ($54.3 billion) in 2017, compared to a spending projection of more than VND1,390 trillion ($62.3 billion). That will leave a budget deficit of 3.5 percent of the country's gross domestic product.

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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – November 13

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/13/2016 08:39 GMT + 7

Check out what is in the news today, November 13

Society

-- More than 500 Vietnamese expats came forward with suggestions on how to combat Ho Chi Minh City’s chronic plagues of urban flooding and traffic congestion during a conference held in the metropolis on Saturday.

-- The administration of the central province of Quang Nam has approved a project to pilot electricity-run cars to carry tourists around Hoi An City starting January 1, 2017. The city is home to UNESCO-recognized Hoi An Ancient Town.

-- Vietnamese authorities on Saturday destroyed two metric tons of elephant husks and 70 kilograms of rhino horns at a landfill in Soc Son District, Hanoi.
-- Police in Thai Thuy District in the northern province of Thai Binh have revealed they had found around 100 human remains stealthily removed by the developer of a building complex in Hanoi to clear room for their project.
Business

-- A delegation sent by the Japan External Trade Organization to Phu Quoc Island, a paradise holiday retreat off the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, were greatly impressed with the traditional making process of fish sauce in the locality.

-- The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has again warned of farmers in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho scrambling to sell young, undersized “ca tra” (a kind of catfish) to Chinese traders who have manipulated supply and prices in the locality since early this year.

-- The coincidence of this year’s rainy season and rice harvest season has resulted in shrinking supply of straws, the main feed for cows, sending straw prices to a record high in several districts of Ben Tre Province in the Mekong Delta.


Lifestyle

-- A three-day festival meant to promote Vietnam’s and Ho Chi Minh City’s cultural identity and provide a playground for expats in the metropolis will run at April 30 Park in the downtown area, the municipal People’s Committee has announced.

-- Music lovers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will be treated to 16 free-admission concerts featuring celebrated artists from several European countries. The shows will take place from this Friday to early December.

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Vietnamese consumers lose interest in Chinese fruit

By VnExpress November 11, 2016 | 09:04 am GMT+7


A fear of toxic chemicals has driven people away from Chinese fruit.
The volume of Chinese fruit reaching Vietnam collapsed by 60 percent on-year to 120,000 tons in the first 10 months of 2016, according to Hoang Trung, head of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Lcal consumers have been turning to other suppliers like Thailand and Australia.

Data from Vietnam Customs revealed that the country spent roughly $250 million from January-September on imports of Thai fruit, jumping by 76 percent from a year ago.

Spending on Australian fruit also surged by 167 percent, while China, the second largest supplier, witnessed smaller growth of 24 percent.

The fall in Chinese fruit imports has been attributed to a fear of toxic products that has gripped Vietnamese consumers over the last few years.

Bui Thi Thu Huong from Hanoi told news site VietNamNet that she stays away from fruit sourced from China finding out they are were soaked with chemicals that prevent them from going rotten for months.

A fruit trader from Ba Dinh district said that Chinese fruit used to account for 50 percent of her sales, but now she focuses mainly on homegrown products; only apples are still imported from China.

However, an official from the agriculture ministry said that Chinese fruit imports had been safe over the last 10 months.

After going through two rounds of quality inspections, the chemical residue was found to be within the permitted levels, Trung said.

According to economic experts, Chinese fruit imports may recover thanks to a zero percent tariff from 2016-2018 period under a free trade agreement between China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which includes Vietnam.

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Biggest supermoon in nearly 70 years to shine over Vietnam on Monday evening

By VnExpress November 13, 2016 | 05:25 pm GMT+7

This is the closest the moon will get to earth until 2034 and it will be visible in Vietnam.
People in Vietnam will be able to see a record-breaking supermoon brightening up the night sky on Monday evening.

The supersized moon, an astrological phenomenon wherein the moon appears 14 percent closer to earth and 30 percent brighter than usual, will be visible at around 8:52PM, Hanoi time.

The November full moon is the closest full moon since 1948, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Vu The Hoang, chairman of Hanoi Amateur Astronomers, said the event isn’t particularly rare because full moons occur near perigee every 13 months and 18 days.

He added that the moon will look full and bright on the nights of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Vietnam.

The supermoon will create higher-than-usual tides due to gravity, but it will not cause tsunamis, Dang Vu Tuan Son, chairman of the Vietnam Astronomy and Cosmology Association, told Vietnam News Agency.

"When the moon is near the horizon, it can look unnaturally large when viewed through trees, buildings, or other foreground objects," said NASA. "The effect is an optical illusion, but that fact doesn’t take away from the experience.”

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Plant a tree to stay for free at Da Lat wood cabin

By Ma Lum November 14, 2016 | 11:45 am GMT+7 The house has room for dozens of tourists to stay for free, and all you have to do is plant a tree.

http://e.vnexpress.net/news/travel-l...n-3498607.html

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Vietnam's traditional lottery to raise jackpot as computerized rival announces third winner

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/14/2016 15:38 GMT + 7


Administrators of the traditional lottery in southern Vietnam will next year raise its prize money amidst stiff competition from a new computerized lottery, which on Sunday announced its third jackpot winner in four months.

Twenty-one lottery companies operating in southern Vietnam have announced a joint plan to raise their top prize to VND2 billion (US$89,300), starting on January 1, 2017.

The new top prize is a 33-percent increase from the current VND1.5 billion ($67,000), which has been in place since 2011.

However, the second and special bonus prizes of the traditional lottery will be reduced by 25 and 50 percent respectively to make up for the increase. Their current values are VND20 million ($900) and VND100 million ($4,500) respectively.

The remaining runner-up prizes of the traditional lottery will remain the same.

The move by the southern lottery companies is seen as an answer to combat the rising popularity of computerized lottery ‘Mega 6/45’, which was introduced in July by state-run company Vietnam Computerized Lottery Co. Ltd. (Vietlott).

The ‘Mega 6/45’ jackpot starts at VND12 billion ($536,000), and is rolled over if no winner is found.

The introduction of the computerized lottery has hit traditional lottery companies hard, as one operator in the Mekong Delta region reported a VND4 billion ($179,080) drop in revenue over the course of a single issuance at the beginning of November.

While traditional lottery companies are struggling to maintain their share of the lucrative lottery market, Vietlott found its third ‘Mega 6/45’ jackpot winner on Sunday, their second this month.

The lottery’s 51st draw on Sunday evening produced a jackpot combination of 11-23-25-34-36-45 and found a winner, according to an announcement by Vietlott. But the identity of the winner has yet to be determined.

Sunday’s jackpot of over VND71 billion ($3.17 million) had accumulated after five draws without a winner since November 2, when a ticket holder from Dong Nai Province claimed nearly VND65 billion (US$2.9 million) pre-tax in the lottery’s 46th draw.

The jackpot for the next ‘Mega 6/45’ draw this Wednesday will be reset to VND12 billion, Vietlott confirmed.

Last month, a farmer from the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh became ‘Mega 6/45’s’ first jackpot winner, capturing a record VND92 billion ($4.11 million) pre-tax from the 39th draw on October 16.

The Vietnamese law requires that a jackpot winner pay a 10-percent tax.

In the face of stiff competition from the computerized lottery, the Southern Lottery Council, whose 21 members have announced plans to increase their jackpot, have filed a formal request to the Ministry of Finance asking for the rectification of violations by Vietlott.

According to the request, Vietlott has violated multiple laws and regulations in advertising and issuing its ‘Mega 6/45’ lottery, including the pre-printing of lottery tickets to be sold in a similar manner to traditional lottery tickets, which are printed out in advance.

Vietlott is only licensed to sell tickets directly to buyers through machines after the buyers have chosen a combination of six numbers by themselves.

Vietlott CEO Tong Quoc Truong responded to the complaint by issuing a letter instructing lottery agents to adhere to state regulations.

The computerized lottery ‘Mega 6/45’ was introduced as a result of cooperation between Vietnam’s state-run lottery company Vietlott and an indirect subsidiary of Malaysia-based firm Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp), which was granted an 18-year investment license to operate the computerized lottery in the country in January.

As the name suggests, buyers of the lottery select any combination of six-numbers between 1 and 45 for VND10,000 ($0.45).

The jackpot combination is randomly selected every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at 6:00 pm, and rolled over into the next lottery period should no winner emerge.

Apart from the jackpot, bonus prizes of up to VND10 million ($446) are awarded to those with three, four, or five numbers matching the jackpot combination.

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Ho Chi Minh City designs $250mn metro route leading to major airport

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/14/2016 15:01 GMT + 7


A project on constructing a multimillion-dollar metro route leading to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is expected to be submitted to the prime minister for approval in two years.

According to the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways, the metro route connecting Hoang Van Thu Park in Tan Binh District to the international airport has been planned.

The journey will be two kilometers long, with two underground stops being placed at the park and at the international terminal of the airdrome.
The second stop will also be connected with the domestic terminal via a tunnel for pedestrians.

Consultants of the project from South Korea have finished their report on the construction, which will be sent to the prime minister in the first quarter of 2017.

A detailed plan will be submitted in 2018 to seek approval for the project, whose investment is estimated at US$250 million, of which $224 million in loans will be provided by the South Korean government while the rest will be funded by the national budget.

The construction is anticipated to begin in the first quarter of 2019 and be completed in 2024.

The metro route is meant to provide tourists and local citizens with a convenient form of transport to the major airport, contributing to the city’s economic growth.

It will be linked metro line No.1, from Ben Thanh Terminal in District 1 to Suoi Tien Terminal in District 9.

The metro line, breaking ground in August 2012, is projected to cost $2.49 billion and designed to be 19.7 km long, running from District 1 through Binh Thanh District, District 2, District 9 and Thu Duc District before reaching Di An Town in neighboring Binh Duong Province.

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Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News – November 14

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/14/2016 08:27 GMT + 7


Here are the leading news stories about Vietnam you should not miss today, November 14.


Society

-- A cold front from mainland China is forecast to extend its effects to the northern part of Vietnam on Tuesday afternoon, bringing light rain and cold temperature to the region.

-- A 44-year-old drug addict has been arrested for assaulting a detention officer at a rehabilitation center in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, local police affirmed on Sunday.

-- Passengers on buses traveling from Ho Chi Minh City to the southern province of Dong Nai have fallen victim to property appropriation by several gangs, who call themselves merchants of ‘panacea’ and force people to buy their products.

-- A project on constructing a metro route connecting Hoang Van Thu Park in Tan Binh District to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City will be submitted to the prime minister for approval, according to the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways.

-- Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have discovered over 1,230 fake driver’s licenses since the beginning of 2016.


Business

-- According to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the oil and gas price stabilization fund in Vietnam was recorded at VND2.175 trillion (US$96 million) at the end of September this year.

-- Another person won the jackpot of the Vietlott digital lottery worth over VND71 billion ($3.1 million) on Sunday night. This is the third winner of the lottery since its launch in Vietnam in late July.

-- About 25 multi-level marketing companies across Vietnam have been shut down since the beginning of November, the Ministry of Industry and Trade announced on Sunday.


Lifestyle

-- Over 10,000 Buddhists and citizens gathered at a pagoda in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Sunday to attend a requiem for the victims of traffic accidents.

[KangTuo]

Originally Posted by snipeshot08

Actually I am suan-ning oldsters like Botar...ETC that post "haha" or "hello" or "good morning"......ETC.......

huhu bye good night

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Originally Posted by Hurricane88

hv a nice weekend...

leave the promo to me...next year I will stay about 100 days in Wetnam...

Ok remember to visit Sinkapor ok???

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

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Originally Posted by Hurricane88

noted...wonder why they so busy...either making more babies or making for money...

Everybody is always busy doing something, the only difference is that cumming into SBF may be the least of their priorities so they simply will not bother

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

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Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Ho Chi Minh City faces tough road for renaming streets

TUOI TRE NEWS
UPDATED : 11/11/2016 10:03 GMT + 7

A survey conducted by the group of researchers pinpointed multiple issues with street names across the city, including streets sharing the same name or carrying meaningless or obscene titles.

Now then they realised that the way they named their streets is cuntfusing ah????

But they going to cause more cuntfusion in renaming since all the taxi drivers already know the existing names by heart

Cheerios......SS08 ^_^

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Originally Posted by BlueDragon193

Nice info Bro H88.

Why??? Thailand becuming too tame liao huh especially after the recent events so looking for greener pastures to cheong.......

Cheerios........SS08 ^_^

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Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Hẻm Gems: Crab Curry Fit for a King

Looks good may wana try next week but pricing a bit on the high side

Cheerios.......SS08 ^_^

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Originally Posted by Hurricane88

A survey conducted by the group of researchers pinpointed multiple issues with street names across the city, including streets sharing the same name or carrying meaningless or obscene titles.

I remember 1st time I go vn with friends, I came across a street name Lê Thị Hồng Gấm""

We made fun that it sound like ""li khi hong gan"