Legislators debated amendments and supplements to the Laws on HIV/AIS Prevention and Control and on Vietnamese Workers Working Abroad under Contracts on the fourth day of the 14th National Assembly (NA)’s 10th sitting held virtually on October 23.
The northern province of Vinh Phuc has paid due attention this year to training its medical personnel and improving systems in a coordinated manner, to meet the healthcare needs of local people.
As one of four countries, alongside Germany, Switzerland and the UK, with the best HIV/AIDS treatment in the world, Vietnam has a rate of HIV-infected people receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment with a viral load below the inhibitory threshold reaching 96 percent, contributing to reducing HIV infection in the community, a health official has said.
The Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki has set up an office to assist Vietnamese in the locality with housing and employment, Vice Governor Ken Hirata has said.
More than 1,400 Vietnamese guest workers in the Republic of Korea (RoK) are set to lose their deposit of 100 million VND (4,239 USD) each due to fleeing from their workplace or attempting to illegally stay in the country.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 18 proposed pushing ahead with the resumption of visits by leaders of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) and effectively maintaining dialogues in flexible forms.
For many Vietnamese expats, information provided by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) is considered a reliable source of news that acts as a bridge connecting them with the homeland.
Vietnam has been always very good at taking advantage of crisis to accelerate reforms and move faster and grow better, Jacques Morisset, World Bank Lead Economist and Programme Leader for Vietnam, has said.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has sent letters to city and provincial People’s Committees to guide signing and implementing agreements with the Republic of Korean (RoK)’s localities on sending Vietnamese workers there for seasonal work.
Foreign markets such as Japan, Germany, and Taiwan (China) have moved to welcome Vietnamese workers yet again, according to the foreign labour management department at the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Kato affirmed his country’s pledge to support and protect Vietnamese interns in the country while meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam in Tokyo on August 11.
Foreign markets such as Japan, Germany, and Taiwan (China) have moved to welcome Vietnamese workers yet again, according to the overseas labour management department at the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
Some 180,000 Vietnamese people now call Germany home. Many have set up businesses in the hope of catering to demand for Vietnamese food while contributing to local economic development.
All 20 COVID-19 patients returning from Equatorial Guinea are now in good health, said deputy director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases Nguyen Trung Cap on August 3.
Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security and spokesman, Maj. Gen. To An Xo answered questions on issues related to public security under its State management, during the regular Government press conference in Hanoi on August 3.
A special Vietnam Airlines flight brought 219 Vietnamese workers home from Equatorial Guinea in central Africa on July 29. Of the workers, 129 have tested positive for COVID-19. It was not the first time Vietnamese people stranded in a foreign country had been brought home, with such repatriation flights being testament to Vietnam’s motto of “No one left behind”.
“We’re home shortly!” was the sentence Vietnam Airlines’ flight attendants repeatedly told Vietnamese citizens on a flight back to Vietnam from Equatorial Guinea a couple of days ago.
A special flight carrying 219 Vietnamese citizens previously living in Equatorial Guinea landed safely at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport a couple of days ago.
After days of anxious waiting, Bui Dang Khoa finally made it back to Vietnam on a special flight that brought 219 Vietnamese workers home from Equatorial Guinea.
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