VOV.VN - Worker health is emerging as a strategic priority for Vietnamese businesses, with companies, trade unions, and policymakers working together to build a sustainable and comprehensive occupational healthcare system.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on April 28 attended a ceremony in Hanoi marking the 140th anniversary of International Workers’ Day and honouring 101 outstanding grassroots trade union leaders for their work in dialogue and collective bargaining in 2026.

VOV.VN - Around 1,000 workers and trade union members joined a parade in Hanoi on April 28 to celebrate the 140th anniversary of International Workers’ Day.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Central Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai on April 27 led a delegation to visit and offer gifts to heroic Vietnamese mothers, armed forces heroes, policy beneficiary families, poor households and disadvantaged workers in Ninh Binh.

VOV.VN - General Secretary and President To Lam on April 27 called for continued efforts to improve workers’ living conditions, describing it as a key political task, during a meeting with labourers in Ho Chi Minh City.

A vibrant line-up of circus and magic performances from across Vietnam will take centre stage during the upcoming holidays, marking the 51st anniversary of national reunification (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1).​

VOV.VN - Jinan county in the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s North Jeolla province received 65 seasonal workers from Quang Ngai province, central Vietnam on April 10 under a cooperation agreement between the two localities, as part of efforts to ease acute labor shortages in agriculture.

Ho Chi Minh City’s tourism sector is ramping up recruitment efforts, offering close to 5,000 job opportunities at the 2026 Tourism Job Exchange held on April 3, which brought together 84 enterprises conducting both in-person and online hiring.

Despite having an abundant labour force, Vietnam still lacks skilled technical workers, while many workers struggle to find suitable jobs.

A group of eight Vietnamese workers encountered a sea accident triggered by large waves in Japan’s Fukui prefecture on March 21, leaving one person dead, three missing and one injured receiving treatment in hospital, and three others rescued unharmed, reported the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan.