The Indonesian government has prepared a total of 20,000 billion IDR (1.29 billion USD) in loan funding for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), creative economy players and migrant workers, Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar has said.
Indonesia aims to send at least 425,000 workers abroad in 2025, a move expected to boost the nation’s economic growth by 0.52% and generate over 300 trillion IDR (18.5 billion USD) in foreign exchange earnings, according to Minister of Migrant Worker Protection Abdul Kadir Karding.
A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.
The Australian Government will allow up to 1,000 Vietnamese workers to be employed in its agricultural sector at any given time, as part of the labour mobility programme between the two countries.
Adapting to the 'digital transformation is key for Vietnamese businesses to not only recover from the COVID-19 pandemic but also enhance their competitiveness in the long run.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), one of the first state-owned enterprises lauching their vaccination scheme for workers, is drastically implementing the work to ensure the health of employees and uninterrupted business and production.
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour has recently recommended the Government use its 2.6 billion USD aid package to support workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnam hopes to send 90,000 guest workers abroad in 2021, targeting markets that secure high and stable incomes, according to the Overseas Labour Management Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Around 75,000 workers are needed in Ho Chi Minh City for the last three months of 2019, up over 7 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the HCM City Human Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) enjoyed a year-on-year rise of 7.89 percent in the first nine months of 2018, according to the municipal Statistics Office.
ASEAN countries receive up to 2 million migrant workers annually. In the process of migration, Vietnamese workers face barriers such as social security or foreign workers quota.
Cold breezes are drifting around every corner of the north. People feel cold to the bone in the early morning and late nigh,especially for those working outside,
It is necessary to provide more care for workers, from meals with safe and nutritious foods to issues related to housing support and legal assistance, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked ministries and authorities to speed up the building of social housing in industrial and economic zones nationwide.
Enterprises in the southern city of Ho Chi Minh will need to employ 19,000 workers after Tet holiday, of which part-time and seasonal labourers will account for 30 percent.
