Keyword: "International Organisation for Migration"

With more than 16 billion USD flowing in each year, the remittances have become vital "soft capital" that delivers broad and enduring benefits across the economy.

The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

With 22 million young Vietnamese regularly online, developing critical thinking, self-protection skills, and the ability to raise awareness about labour exploitation are among the most effective tools in combating human trafficking.

The United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (Hanoi Convention) is expected to provide a robust legal framework that enables countries to cooperate more effectively in preventing and prosecuting human trafficking and online fraud while safeguarding the rights of individuals, especially migrants, said Kendra Rinas, Chief of Mission of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Vietnam.

The national telephone hotline for the prevention of human trafficking (111) was inaugurated on September 19 by the Ministry of Health in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Vietnam.

Mitsue Pembroke, Acting Chief of Mission of IOM Vietnam, praised the Vietnamese Government’s ongoing efforts in promoting safe migration and in preventing and controlling human trafficking, with the recent amendment of the 2024 Law on Human Trafficking Prevention and Control.

Through the aid, about 2 million people in four border provinces are expected to benefit from awareness campaigns and training for healthcare and veterinary workers.

An official of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said she is impressed with Vietnam’s efforts in migration governance, and that the country’s dynamic approach, which balances economic growth, international cooperation, and people-centred development, has provided valuable lessons for others globally.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), held a workshop in Hanoi on October 29 to launch the Vietnam Migration Profile 2023.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) held a seminar in Hanoi on December 18 discussing the impact of globalisation and migration on young people.

Assistant to the Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Vu led a Vietnamese delegation to the annual discussions on women’s rights, climate change and a dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty, within the framework of the 53rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 30-July 3.

Officials of Vietnam and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have voiced support for stronger cooperation in ASEAN to improve the access of migrants, especially transboundary ones, to healthcare services.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Department of Drug Control and Crime Prevention of the Vietnam Border Guard on May 30 held a workshop to launch the “Training Curriculum on Counter-Trafficking and Victim Protection” and to wrap up the project “Frontline training for Border Guards in Border Areas of Vietnam”, funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the US Department of State.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has launched the second phase of its “Cross-border Tuberculosis control along the Vietnam and Cambodia border” project in partnership with Vietnam’s National Tuberculosis Control Programme and National Lung Hospital and Cambodia’s National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) pledges to work closely with the Vietnamese Government to develop migrant workers’ skills, give them better employment chances, and improve their migration experience, said IOM Chief of Mission in Vietnam Park Mihyung.

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2023, the UN Resident Coordinator, the Chief of Mission of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Ambassadors of Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Sweden, UK and the US to Vietnam have joined voices to celebrate the strength of women and girls on the move.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Vietnam held a roundtable discussion with the Secretariat of the Migration Health Working Group (MHWG) to discuss its 2023 priorities to raise public awareness of safe and healthy migration in adaptation with the new normal in Vietnam.

Vietnam’s implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) was reviewed at a conference co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on November 22.

A conference on implementing the global compact for safe, orderly, and regular migration (GCM) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 4, after the first one on the theme took place successfully in Hanoi earlier this week.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) jointly held a conference on implementing the global compact for safe, orderly, and regular migration (GCM) in Hanoi on November 30.