The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) pledges to work closely with the Vietnamese Government to develop migrant workers’ skills, give them better employment chances, and improve their migration experience, said IOM Chief of Mission in Vietnam Park Mihyung.

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2023, the UN Resident Coordinator, the Chief of Mission of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Ambassadors of Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Sweden, UK and the US to Vietnam have joined voices to celebrate the strength of women and girls on the move.

The border guard force and relevant agencies of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on September 20 received 44 Vietnamese nationals who were handed over by Cambodia.

Border guards in the northern province of Cao Bang on August 28 detected and prevented 38 Vietnamese citizens from illegally entering Vietnam from China.

VOV.VN - Matthew Rycroft, permanent under-secretary of the UK Home Office, and Deputy Minister of Public Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Luong Tam Quang co-chaired a UK-Vietnam migration dialogue in Hanoi on August 15.

A migrant health handbook, which provides information, advice and guidance for health needs of migrant workers, has been introduced at a workshop held by the General Office for Population and Family Planning (GOPFP) in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The number of Vietnamese workers sent to work abroad under labour contract has increased considerably in the past six months thanks to the post-pandemic recovery of labour markets overseas.

VOV.VN - Australia has agreed to receive Vietnamese migrant workers operating in the agricultural sector under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the two countries on March 28.

Understaffed companies and factories in Ho Chi Minh City will need up to 310,000 workers this year if the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control, according to a survey of the Ho Chi Minh City Center of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labor Market Information (Falmi).

A documentary written and produced by Viet Nam News has won top prize at an international film festival in the US.