HCM City is making extra efforts to ensure safe production amid the COVID-19 outbreak, as Vietnam’s largest economic hub is now home to 415,000 businesses with 3.2 million workers.
Foreign-invested enterprises (FDI) in Vietnam have been maintaining production despite difficulties caused by the COVID-19 outbreak while preparing plans to recover after the pandemic ends.
The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs has asked the Department of Overseas Labour Management to devise plans to repatriate Vietnamese labourers working in countries and territories affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
In 2019 alone, Vietnam ratified three more conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) relating to collective bargaining, promoting equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and employment services.
Though HCM City has tried to take care of beggars and the homeless for years, many people continue to beg for money, saying they have had goods or cash stolen, or need to find their lost relatives, among other explanations.
More than 120 representatives from 17 countries have gathered at an international conference in Hanoi to discuss issues related to human resources development in the digital era.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue on July 23 presented the “Vietnamese Heroic Mother” title to 17 local women whose husbands and children laid down their lives in the struggle for national liberation and defence.
The approach to labor commitment is based on national legislation, therefore the revised Labor Code will adjust many of the provisions to be more in line with international labor standards.
Raising retirement age adjustment needs a long-term vision and roadmap suitable for economic growth, dealing with employment and unemployment and not causing negative impacts to the labour market.
Although long vaThecations might affect production and business activities, many business associations still propose maintain the regulation of allowing workers to have paid days off for Tet holiday.
Arranging holidays in the year so that workers can both have time to rest and still ensure production and business activities remains a problem that needs answer for countries.
Women are more reluctant to report incidents of sexual assault against them and seek support than physical violence, Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha told a workshop in Hanoi on December 5.
Training workers with new skills in the context of international integration and the Fourth Industrial Revolution is the top priority of Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep said at a conference held in Hanoi on December 3.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan left Hanoi on December 4 morning for a four-day official visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) at the invitation of Speaker of the RoK National Assembly Moon Hee-sang.
Many colleges and universities are offering courses and college-level programmes in foreign languages, culture and academic subjects for students who plan to work abroad.
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