By the end of Q1, the employed workforce nationwide reached 51.9 million people, a decrease of 0.4% against the previous quarter but a rise of 1.04% year-on-year. Of this total, 20 million got employment in urban areas while the figure in rural areas was 31.8 million.
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has decided to spend 100 billion VND (3.9 million USD) to provide its members with vouchers to shop on an designated online platform ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet).
LEGO Manufacturing Vietnam Co. Ltd. is seeking hundreds of workers for its 1.3-billion-USD factory in the southern province of Binh Duong which is expected to start operations in early 2025.
Hanoi attracted 58.4 million USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in October, bringing the total in the first ten months of this year to 1.6 billion USD.
The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long hopes to further cooperate with Japan’s Niigata prefecture in various areas, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Lu Quang Ngoi said on August 5 when hosting a delegation of the prefecture led by its Governor Hanazumi Hideyo.
The average income of Vietnamese workers in the first half of 2024 was 7.5 million VND (nearly 300 USD) per month, up 7.4% or 519,000 VND compared to the same period last year, said Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan.
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), the sole representative of Vietnamese worker's interests and unified trade union organisation in the country, has for the second time this year called on the Government to reduce the weekly working hours for the private sector workers from 48 to 44, and eventually to 40 hours per week.
Chairman of the Nagano prefectural council Nishizawa Masataka said on May 9 that the Japanese prefecture wants to receive more Vietnamese guest workers and apprentices in the coming time.
The southern province of Dong Nai targets some 10,000 units of social housing built by 2025, the provincial Department of Construction said at a meeting on March 21.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited workers who are on duty in Hanoi during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday on February 12, or the third day of the first lunar month.
The Lunar New Year (Tet) is an opportunity for people to look back at themselves, and then look at people around them, which inspires them to do something for people who are more disadvantaged and less fortunate.
Nearly 7.5 million trade union members and workers across Vietnam have received support to have a better Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, according to reports by 74 out of 82 localities and units nationwide.
Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue on January 25 extended greetings and presented gifts on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (called Tet in Vietnamese) to families of policy beneficiaries, revolutionary contributors, poor households, Agent Orange/dioxin victims, and workers facing difficulties in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.
Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue had a working session with the standing board of the Party Committee of the northern province of Thai Binh on January 20.
Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan visited and presented gifts to social policy beneficiary households and disadvantaged labourers residing in the northern province of Thai Binh’s Vu Thu district on January 11.
Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue and other NA deputies of the northern port city of Hai Phong met with local voters who are workers on January 6.
Nearly 100 domestic and foreign enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City – the southern largest economic hub of Vietnam - offered some 20,000 job vacancies at a job fair held in the city on December 17.
