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HIRING MARKET AND SALARY TRENDS IN VIETNAM FOR 2019
We are pleased to announce Robert Walters' workshop about Hiring market and salary trends in Vietnam for 2019! It might interest your community.
Here are the details:
Date: Thursday, January 24th, 2018,
Time: from 8.30 a.m to 11 a.m
Location: CCIFV, 15th Floor, 5B Ton Duc Thang Street, District 1, HCMC
Price: 250.000 VND (CCIFV members and also HKBAV members) / 375.000 VND (non-members)

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