VOV.VN - The Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) has unveiled plans to begin receiving applications for the recruitment of nurses and orderlies to work in Japan, with this scheme being under the terms of the Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

The Pou Chen Corp of Taiwan (China), the world's largest manufacturer of branded sports footwear with factories in Vietnam, will spend VND1.5 trillion (US$63.49 million) on year-end bonuses.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) will continue to strongly promote the struggle for justice of AO victims moving forward, heard a meeting of the association held on December 9 in the central city of Da Nang.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the National Union Alliance Chamber of Cambodia (NACC) organised a five-day conference starting December 6 in Ho Chi Minh City to exchange experience in trade union work.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea agreed to lift their relationship to the level of comprehensive strategic partnership during high-level talks in Seoul on December 5 between RoK President Yoon Suk-yeol and his visiting Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

VOV.VN - Recent volatility occurring in the global economy has dealt a heavy blow to Vietnamese businesses, especially those operating in the wood, textile and footwear manufacturing industries, forcing them to lay off tens of thousands of employees.

Politburo member and Permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong has hailed effective cooperation between the CPV and the Mexican Labour Party (PT) as one of the outstanding cooperation models.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Laos should work more closely together to build labour and social cooperation strategies to suit the current situation of each country as well as the region and the world, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has said.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on November 30 received Baykham Khattiya, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare of Laos, who was in Vietnam for a special meeting on labour, social welfare and human resource development between the two countries.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu suggested increasing comprehensive, long-term measures to support overseas Vietnamese, especially those in extremely disadvantaged areas, while addressing a thematic conference in Hanoi on November 29.