Hanoi targets increasing the proportion of trained workers in the city to 75%-80% by 2030 under a strategy on labour market development built by the municipal People’s Committee.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has proposed an eight-month exemption of health insurance premiums, until January next year, for labourers and firms victimised by COVID-19.

VOV.VN - As many as 16 electricity boxes throughout Hanoi have been given a colourful new look, with messages to remind local people to follow pandemic rules in the nation’s ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Police forces in Hanoi have arrested a railway worker after he was caught in the process of transporting 17 endangered turtles.

VOV.VN - Two healthcare workers of Hanoi-run Thanh Nhan hospital have tested positive for the virus while giving treatment to COVID-19 patients, according to a Hanoi health official.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed an additional 96 infections in five localities across Vietnam, mostly in Bac Giang, Bac Ninh and Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - A healthcare worker is one of 18 more coronavirus cases confirmed by the Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Diseases Control (HCDC) on June 3 morning.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is trying to secure at least 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from different sources for domestic use in order to reach herd immunity by late 2021 or early 2022, according to Minister of Health Dr Nguyen Thanh Long.

VOV.VN - Images of poor workers having quick lunches under the extreme heat are a common sight around midday on the streets of Hanoi following eateries being forced to close and only allow take-away services as a means of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Employees in the northern province of Bac Ninh, the nation’s second largest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspot, will live and work at their factories, with this policy starting from June 2.