Vietnam’s labour market faces a critical challenge as many low-skilled workers, despite losing their jobs, are reluctant to pursue vocational training programmes aimed at helping them switch careers.

The General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) opened a training course on trade union affairs for officers of the Lao People’s Army (LPA) in Hanoi on November 5.

VOV.VN - Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam, Deputy Minister of Defense of Vietnam, received a delegation of officers from Japan’s Ministry of Defense, Self-Defense Forces, and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation led by Major General Aoi Kei of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, in Hanoi on November 4.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh outlined major orientations to develop Vietnam’s education-training system on par with developed countries in the world, at a meeting of the National Committee for Education and Training Innovation in Hanoi on November 2.

VOV.VN - A freight train pulling 20 cars with a total weight of 840.7 tonnes derailed at Hai Van Nam station of Da Nang city, making the North-South railway paralyzed.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 31 hailed labour partnership between Vietnam and Qatar as a traditional area of cooperation that leaders of the two countries have paid much attention to and the two sides can supplement each other.

More than 30 journalists, reporters, and media workers from 20 central and local press and media agencies attended training on gender equality and violence against women and girls in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 28 - 29.

VOV.VN - The National Economics University (NEU) and its 15 training programmes received a certificate from Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA)on October 24 for meeting its educational institution quality standards.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has sent more than 113,000 workers abroad to work under contracts over thepast nin months of the year, meeting 91% of the target set for this year, reported the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

VOV.VN - Despite the ban and warnings about safety, many tourists, mostly foreigners, still flock to the so-called train street in Hanoi to experience the thrill and capture photos as trains zoom by.