The implementation of policies on investment for ethnic minority areas, especially training, fostering and developing ethnic minority human resources in the Mekong Delta region has proven effective, contributing to narrowing the development gap among ethnic groups, regions, and urban and rural areas.
With a population of 100 million, Vietnam stands a great chance of attracting foreign investment, but to bring in high-quality projects requires a focus on training high-quality workers.
The Government’s Steering Committee for Human Rights has issued a plan on communications activities towards the 75th anniversary of World Human Rights Day (December 10), heard a press conference in Hanoi on May 18.
Firms in supporting industries in Vietnam are in desperate need of high-qualified and skilled workers in addition to solutions regarding capital and raw materials.
The Khau Vai Love Market is taking place in Meo Vac district in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on May 15 and 16, with a wide range of activities planned.
Philip Fernandez, a member of the Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS), has highlighted the life and revolutionary career of President Ho Chi Minh during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 133rd birth anniversary of the late leader (May 19, 1890 – 2023).
With a population of 100 million, Vietnam stands a great chance of attracting foreign investment, but to bring in high-quality projects requires a focus on training high-quality workers.
Comprehensive investment in vaccinations against human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer screening and treatment can yield substantial socio-economic returns and eliminate the disease in Vietnam.
After over 10 years of implementation, the Law on Human Trafficking Prevention and Control revealed a number of shortcomings, Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Committee for Judicial Affairs Le Thi Nga told the NA on May 8 during an explanatory session on the law's observance.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and Japan’s Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Kato Katsunobu compared notes on labour-related issues during their working session in Hanoi on May 5.
Indonesia will seek the strengthening of efforts for mitigating human trafficking at the plenary meeting of the 42nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, which will take place from May 9-11 in Lbuan Bajo, West Nusa Tenggara.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Luxembourg counterpart Xavier Bettel held talks in Hanoi on May 4, affirming both sides’ wish and determination to lift bilateral relations to a new development stage that is more substantive and effective.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh on May 3 visited Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany, seeking further cooperation between Vietnam and the state.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, organised an international workshop on “Experience in reporting under the UPR mechanism.”
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Business Associations has proposed authorities to resolve difficulties faced by businesses suffering from a sharp drop in export orders.
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD announced on April 6 that competent agencies had discovered three human trafficking rings in border areas, mostly in north Sumatra, Riau and Kalimantan islands.
Deputy spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang has affirmed Vietnam’s determination to fight illegal migration while responding to the report that seven of the 20 bodies found on the coast of Taiwan (China) carried Vietnamese personal papers and were victims of human trafficking.
Vietnam has played an active role in the Mekong River Commission (MRC) since the mechanism’s inception, and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s attendance at the fourth MRC Summit in the Lao capital Vientiane on April 5 continues to express the country’s respect for the commission.
The 52nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) from February 27 to April 4 was the first that Vietnam attended in its capacity as a council member for 2023-2025.
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