Nearly 2,000 bodies have been recovered from Indonesia's disaster-ravaged Palu city, an official said Monday, as the search for victims ended at a hotel destroyed in the powerful earthquake and tsunami. The death toll from the twin disaster on Sulawesi island that erased whole suburbs in Palu has reached 1,944 The death toll from the twin disaster on Sulawesi island that erased whole suburbs in Palu has reached 1,944, said local military spokesman M. Thohir. "That number is expected to rise, because we have not received orders to halt the search for bodies," Thohir, who is also a member of the government's official Palu quake taskforce, told AFP. Authorities have said as many as 5,000 are believed missing in two hard-hit areas since the September 28 disaster -- indicating far more may have perished than the current toll. Hopes of finding anyone alive have faded and the search for survivors amid the wreckage has turned to gathering and accounting for the dead. The disaster … [Read more...] about More bodies found as death toll from Indonesia quake nears 2,000
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New US lead thrusts Malaysia jet search into Indian Ocean
The needle-in-a-haystack hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner spread to the vast Indian Ocean on Friday after the White House cited "new information" that it might have flown for hours after vanishing nearly seven days ago. KUALA LUMPUR: The needle-in-a-haystack hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner spread to the vast Indian Ocean on Friday after the White House cited "new information" that it might have flown for hours after vanishing nearly seven days ago. Multiple US media reports, citing American officials, said the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777's communication system continued to "ping" a satellite for a number of hours after it disappeared off radar with 239 people aboard, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. "It's my understanding that based on some new information that's not necessarily conclusive, but new information, an additional search area may be opened in the Indian Ocean," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "The USS Kidd is transiting the Strait of Malacca … [Read more...] about New US lead thrusts Malaysia jet search into Indian Ocean
IT jobs pay highest: survey
Viet Nam News HCM CITY- IT and software jobs fetch higher salaries than others - of US$700-1,000 -- according to a report by executive search company Vietnamworks.com. Salary Insights Report analyses the salary data of 45,000 jobs posted on Vietnamworks.com in the first half of this year. More than 70 per cent of IT jobs offered a minimum monthly salary of $700. Jobs in administrative/clerical, accounting, architecture/interior design, customer service, advertising and marketing, and sales offered $250-500. Both new graduates and experienced workers were offered similar salaries. Forty four per cent of jobs for experienced professionals paid $250-500 while 28 per cent offered $700-1,000. More than 30 per cent of jobs at the managerial level offered $1,000-2,000 and 27 per cent, $700-1,000. Experienced job-seekers and managers accounted for the largest number of applicants for jobs offering $500-700 per month. Twenty eight per cent of jobs at the director/CEO level offered … [Read more...] about IT jobs pay highest: survey
Germany in search of skilled labour from Vietnam
A program called "Make it in Germany" is underway to attract skilled professionals from India, Indonesia and Vietnam to join in the German labour force. Tuoi Tre News talked to Dominik Ziller, head of the Directorate for Migration of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH which is supporting the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology's "Make it in Germany" initiative for qualified professionals by providing targeted local information and advice in the first three pilot countries . * What are the reasons for Germany to carry out this "Make It In Germany" initiative? Changing demographics in Germany will result in a fall in the number of available qualified professionals. Even today, Germany is already falling short of its economic potential as a result of this lack of qualified professionals. The majority of German small and medium enterprises (SMEs) anticipate that it will become even more difficult to find suitable qualified … [Read more...] about Germany in search of skilled labour from Vietnam
Germany in search of skilled labor from Vietnam
A program called "Make it in Germany" is under way to attract skilled professionals from India, Indonesia and Vietnam to join in the German labor force. What are the reasons for Germany to carry out this "Make It In Germany" initiative? Mr. Dominik Ziller: Changing demographics in Germany will result in a fall in the number of available qualified professionals. Even today, Germany is already falling short of its economic potential as a result of this lack of qualified professionals. The majority of German small and medium enterprises (SMEs) anticipate that it will become even more difficult to find suitable qualified professionals in the years ahead. There is already a perceptible fall in the numbers of available qualified professionals in the "STEM" (science, technology, engineering, maths) sectors. This is set to worsen and spread to further professions. To address this problem, the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) joined forces with the Federal … [Read more...] about Germany in search of skilled labor from Vietnam