A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam attended the South-South Development Exposition at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from Nov. 22-26.

Attracting over 60 delegations from the ILO member countries, the event would be a venue for developing countries and their partners including donor agencies and international organisations to showcase achievements in their South-South development cooperation.

Seminars on social welfare, sustainable employment, food security, climate change, environment, HIV/AIDS, global health and education were also held.

At a seminar on social welfare and sustainable employment, the delegates called for more proper social policies to tackle major challenges in alarming rate of unemployment, child labour, gender inequality, unsafe working conditions and unstable income.

Speaking at the seminar, Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, head of the Institute of Labour, Science and Social Affairs presented initiatives towards the implementation of Social Welfare Strategy in 2011-2020 in Vietnam.

The initiatives prioritises the poor, people living in disadvantaged areas, ethnic minorities, the unemployed, the disabled, the children, the elderly and disaster victims, helping them live above the poverty line, enjoy benefits of social welfare policies and socio-political stability./.