The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) on September 19 teamed up with AIA Life Insurance Company in Vietnam to present 70 bicycles, gifts, and five life insurance contracts each worth 20 million VND to 75 poor students in the central province of Khanh Hoa.
It is forecast that Vietnam’s total workforce will near 54.26 million people in the third quarter of this year, up 0.44 percent from the previous quarter and 0.91 percent annually.
An international workshop to promote cooperation in ensuring fairness in Vietnam’s energy shift towards more eco-friendly power was held by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Vietnam Office, and the Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) in Hanoi on September 18.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) launched a writing contest on gender equality at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 11.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the International Organisation for Migration held a workshop in Hanoi on September 11 to review policies and legal regulations on assistance for returnee victims of trafficking.
The Thai Ministry of Labour is promoting skills development among workers in the Mekong region in preparation for ASEAN's free labour movement.
A national meeting took place in Hanoi on September 10 in preparation for the country’s participation in the ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) in Singapore this October.
Innovative start-ups will enjoy financial support from the National Technology Innovation Foundation (NATIF) fund, according to a directive issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
Better cooperation between the State, schools, businesses, international organisations, and professional associations would both contribute to improving the quality of vocational education, and benefit all parties involved, heard a workshop in Hanoi on September 6.
Ho Chi Minh City aims to reduce the number of poor households by 0.8 percent next year and raise the average income per capita of these households by 3.5 times by 2020 compared to 2011.
A seminar discussing solutions to preventing and reducing child labour took place in Ho Chi Minh City on August 31.
More than 50,000 people have left their homes in central Myanmar after part of a dam failed on August 29 morning, inundating nearby areas and hindering traffic on a major highway, authorities said.
Thailand is preparing to host the 12th ASEAN Skills Competition, which, this year, will be known as "World Skills ASEAN Bangkok 2018.”
The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a consultation workshop in Hanoi on August 27 to look into risk-informed and shock-responsive social protection in Vietnam.
Vietnam will take part in the 12th ASEAN Skills Competition (ASC) in Thailand from August 26 to September 5.
Germany will help Vietnam improve the quality of its workforce to meet the requirements of Industry 4.0 under a public-private Memorandum of Understanding.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh on August 22 presented scholarships and gifts to needy children and households in the central province of Binh Dinh.
Senior officials from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (CLMTV) convened their fourth meeting on labour cooperation in Hanoi on August 20, discussing social insurance connection for migrant workers in countries involved.
