Ho Chi Minh City authorities have issued updated regulations on work permits for foreigners.

VOV.VN - Sixteen Vietnamese workers were injured in a blast at a golf ball factory in Pingtung city, Taiwan (China) on September 22, confirmed the Department of Overseas Labour (DOLAB) under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Military observers, engineers and medical workers of Vietnam and other countries demonstrated their performance of tasks for the United Nations peacekeeping mission, in Hanoi on September 20.

The Government has issued a decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of its Decree No. 152 dated 2020 stipulating regulations for foreigners working in Vietnam and foreign individuals’ and organisations’ recruitment and management of Vietnamese nationals in the country.

VOV.VN - Danish toy production company LEGO has opened a labour recruitment office as part of efforts to operate its first ever carbon neutral factory with investment capital of US$1.3 billion in early 2024, according to details provided by the Binh Duong Employment Services Centre.

Representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium participated in the annual Manifiesta (Solidarity) Festival of the Workers’ Party of Belgium held in Ostende city from September 9-10.

Vietnam sent 97,234 workers abroad in the first eight months of 2023, equivalent to over 88% of the year’s target, reported the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha urged authorities to establish national job, and real estate and land use right exchanges, at a meeting with representatives from concerned ministries and agencies in Hanoi on August 21.

The 13th Vietnam Student Sports Festival in the Republic of Korea (RoK) was held in Ansan city on August 19-20.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Labourers and Youth Support Centre said on August 13 that it will organise a mass wedding for 150 couples in order to help less well-off workers enjoy a proper ceremony.