As of November 30, more than 17,000 Vietnamese workers had been working legally in Malaysia, according to the Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources.

VOV.VN - Hanoi Construction Corporation reached a preliminary co-operation agreement on December 12 with Algerian partner Copresud, moving towards establishing a joint venture company operating in the construction sector in an effort to engage in bidding and implementing civil works in the North African country in the near future.

Vietnam serves as an ideal model for other nations to learn from in ensuring employees’ rights and promoting employers’ benefits, said Chief of Better Work Programme Roopa Nair during a meeting with Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh in Hanoi on December 4.

VOV.VN - With a majority of votes in favour, the National Assembly approved the amended Trade Union Law at its ongoing eighth session in Hanoi on November 27.

A framework agreement was recently signed in Halberstadt city, Harz district, Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state to strengthen the partnership in training and recruiting Vietnamese labourers.

Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, has presented the first-class Labour Order to the Vietnamese Association in the Czech Republic and the third-class Labour Orders to three individuals in recognition of their achiviements and contributions to national development and the relations between the two countries.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on November 15 held a consultation workshop of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) is taking strong measures to earn VND1 quadrillion (US$39.4 billion) in revenue this year.

Vietnam sent 130,640 workers abroad, including 41.039 females, in the first 10 months of this year, surpassing the yearly target by 4%, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

VOV.VN - The southern province of Binh Duong will play host the second National Forum on Digital Economy and Digital Society Development on November 13-14, said organisers.