VOV.VN - Vietnam registered six further new COVID-19 cases, including two Indian experts and four Vietnamese returnees from Japan, boosting the national infection count to 2,812, the Ministry of Health reported on April 22 morning.

VOV.VN - The country is presently home to 101,550 skilled foreign workers, according to the latest statistics compiled by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

Vietnam saw a year-on-year fall in the number of workers joining the labour market in the first quarter but increases in average income, according to Pham Hoai Nam, Director of the Population and Labour Statistics Department at the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - The health sector of Ho Chi Minh City initiated the second phase of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination scheme on April 19 for medical workers and those who frequently come into contact with individuals entering the country through Tan Son Nhat International Airport as part of their job.

The third COVID-19 resurgence has weakened the labour market recovery momentum gained in the second half of 2020 and forced many labourers, particularly women, to shift to informal employment, according to the latest report by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Approximately 9.1 million people aged 15 and over have been negatively affected by the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic during the first quarter of the year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (RoK) unveiled a decision on April 13 aimed at extending the period of stay by one year for approximately 115,000 foreign workers, including those from Vietnam, in an effort to deal with continued labour shortages faced by small businesses in both the farming and fishing sectors.

VOV.VN - The country recorded no fresh COVID-19 cases on the morning of March 29, leaving the overall number of coronavirus infections unchanged at 2,591, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Up to 26 volunteers received their second shots of the Nano Covax novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine on March 25 at the Vietnam Military Medical University in Hanoi as part of the second-stage of human trials to test the domestically-produced vaccine.

Four Vietnamese were among the five workers awarded the title of excellent foreign construction workers of Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport during a ceremony held on March 23.