Vietnam shared its experience in ensuring the rights of labourers and emphasised the significance of better caring for them as well as the creation of sustainable employment, at an event held by the International Labour Organisation and the Group of Friends of Decent Work for Sustainable Development in New York.

The situation of Vietnamese workers in Africa has been stable and seen certain improvements, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference of the ministry in Hanoi on October 20.

VOV.VN - While waste collection is an unsteady job with limited hygienic conditions, informal labourers – mostly women – play a crucial role in the plastic waste segregation at source and collection in Vietnam.

Potential for cooperation between Vietnam and Germany remains huge with new opportunities, as Germany is currently an economic locomotive of the European Union (EU), and also Vietnam’s largest trading partner in the region, according to Ambassador Vu Quang Minh.

VOV.VN - Vietnam sent as many as 103,026 workers overseas under labour contracts over the past three quarters, meeting 114.47% of the target set for the year and representing a 2.4-fold increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.

VOV.VN - It remains imperative to roll out drastic measures aimed at fast-tracking the disbursement of public investment capital and the realisation of the socio-economic recovery and development programme, as well as three national target programmes.

VOV.VN - Through social media platforms advertising "light work, high salary", many Vietnamese people have been sold into a life of working for online gambling establishments, massage services, and disguised karaoke parlours in Cambodia.

VOV.VN - At least three construction workers were killed and eight others were injured in a wall collapse in central Vietnam on September 15.

With a large workforce, lower labour costs and sizeable market, Vietnam is one of the popular destinations for Singapore’s start-ups, according to The Straits Times.

As of September 7, more than 4.6 million labourers nationwide had received housing rent support worth over VND3.1 trillion (over US$131.46 million) under a recent decision of the Prime Minister, equivalent to 83.3% of the total approved registrations.