The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a workshop on November 24 to review the five-year implementation of a global integration strategy on labour and social affairs to 2020 with a vision until 2030.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's engagement in various free trade agreements, including the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), alongside bilateral labour co-operation agreements, serves to expand employment opportunities both at home and abroad for local workers.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked local textile-garment and footwear enterprises to take full advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs) during a working session with the sectors’ representatives in Hanoi on November 23.

VOV.VN - A female Vietnamese guestworker of Ca Mau province has recently died of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia, confirmed a local official.

Nguyen Dinh Khang, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), on November 4 handed over VND1 billion (US$43,190) to residents affected by Storm Molave in central Quang Nam province.

VOV.VN -Despite some labour export markets opening up to receive Vietnamese workers following the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic, local labour export enterprises find it difficult to recruit workers.

Hanoi generated jobs for more than 145,000 people during the January-October period, meeting 93.1% of the yearly target, figures show.

The 16th ASEAN Senior Labour Officials’ Meeting (SLOM) took place via video conference on October 26, with the participation of representatives from the 10 member states and the ASEAN Secretariat.

Recruitment needs, especially for medium- and high-level personnel, in the third quarter rose in the fields of fast-moving consumer goods, IT, energy and insurance, recruitment company Navigos Group said in a recent report.

VOV.VN - A flight conducted on October 23 by Vietnam Airlines brought home safely more than 240 Vietnamese citizens stranded there due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as part of efforts by Vietnamese authorities and Vietnamese Embassy in the Philippines in coordination with the competent agencies of the host nation.