Science says people who socialize more tend to be happier. Makes sense: Relationships, friendships, connections, spending time with people we enjoy… all of that makes us happier. But that’s not completely true if you’re highly intelligent. If that’s the case, socializing with friends will actually not increase your level of satisfaction with your life. Here’s why. When researchers followed people between 18 and 28 years old, they found the more most of the people socialized, the happier they were. But not the subset of people in the study who were highly intelligent: The more they socialized, the less happy they…
Author: Kevin Le
Lured by a $20.5 million state tax credit, Vietnamese automaker VinFast has announced its U.S. headquarters will be located in Los Angeles — a move that builds on the company’s initial $200 million investment in California. Combined, those investments are expected to create up to 1,000 jobs statewide over the next five years. The 15,000-square-foot facility, at 12777 W. Jefferson Blvd. in the Playa Vista area of L.A., will include a management team with plans to hire more than 400 workers there and at its regional office in L.A. over the next several years. ###: Here’s what you may want to…
Farmers catch natural fish and other aquatic species in flooded fields in Vĩnh Tế Commune in An Giang Province’s Châu Đốc City. – VNA/VNS Photo Công Mạo HCM CITY – The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta’s flood season, commonly called “floating water season”, caused by the rising level of the Mekong River in the rainy season, arrived in September, about one month late compared to other years. Because of the low level of floodwaters, the amount of aquatic species has fallen by 30 per cent, according to farmers in Đồng Tháp Province. The upstream provinces of Đồng Tháp and An Giang receive…
Twelve hotels in Hanoi to provide paid quarantine service for F1 The city to pilot home quarantine for Covid-19 close contacts Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. The move come as Vietnam’s capital city is preparing for a surge in the number of new Covid-19 cases. Hanoi will pilot to allow close contacts (F1) of Covid-19 patients (F0) to quarantine at home in an effort to ease pressure and reduce the risk of cross-infection occurring at concentrated quarantine centers, according to Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung. Under the plan, F1 cases living in ten wards…
Three years after Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea, fresh evidence shows how Boeing built an unsafe plane — and blamed foreign pilots for what went wrong. Cost-cutting, corporate arrogance, and a new plane that was supposed to be easy to fly. An exclusive excerpt from Flying Blind: The 737 Max Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing. As passengers filed in behind them and stowed their bags that morning in Jakarta in October 2018, the Lion Air pilots completed their preflight checks amid the modern comforts of the Boeing 737 Max 8. Compared to the earlier 737,…
If you were ever in a situation to study abroad, you probably found yourself in an unfortunate situation: some of the study materials are in a foreign language, and you cannot find your way around. Asking your colleagues for help is good, but they have their responsibilities to work on and are not always available. And if you would like to cite a foreign source, here comes double trouble. What Are Translation Apps? Translation apps are pieces of software that can help you cross the language barrier in many other cases. These helpful apps rely either on internal dictionaries or…
Chatwork Vietnam accompanies with 30 Vietnamese accounting – audit – tax companies in changing the way services delivered to customers Team Vietnam, a member of Chatwork Japan Group, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2019, officially announced the program Accompanying 30 accounting and auditing – Tax applies a completely new method of working with customers. Chatwork feature diagram to replace business tasks at the office Since 2011, when accounting and auditing firms in Japan have faced difficulties in cost management, customer service quality, and the risk of information loss, damaging reputation, Chatwork Japan deployed a completely new working method…
The UK’s Daily Mail newspaper has published an article hailing Vietnam as one of the world’s economic success stories. According to Daily Mail, over the last three decades, the country has embraced the private sector, launched a stock market, benefited from large inward investment by large multinational corporations, and enjoyed 7-8 per cent annual economic growth. This success has led fund managers and some brave British investors to see Vietnam as an exciting investment opportunity. As a result, many Asian investment funds hold Vietnamese companies in their portfolios, and three specialist, high-risk trusts invest exclusively in listed and unlisted Vietnamese…
Fans queue up to have their paperwork checked last Thursday evening before the Japan match. — Photo baotintuc.vn Peter Cowan There are no moral victories in professional sport, but those of us watching from the sidelines have to take our wins where we can get them. While Việt Nam performed admirably against Japan last Thursday night, a 1-0 loss to a much superior opponent is still a loss at the end of the day. But as for the action that took place off the pitch, I think we can tentatively chalk that up as a…
Many people would like to earn extra income, but finding spare time during the week can be hard. There are many weekend jobs out there that could potentially net you $2,500 more every month. Examples include survey taker, pet and house sitter, wedding staff, tour guide and more. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Ever since I got laid off from my full-time job in 2015, I’ve been on a quest to bring in multiple streams of income every month. I’ve started my own businesses, built passive-income streams, and even taken occasional weekend gigs in order to earn more…