VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong has extended a message of congratulations to newly-elected General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea Kim Jong Un. ​

The Government recently issued Decree No. 152 featuring regulations on foreigners working in Vietnam and the recruitment and management of Vietnamese working for foreign organisations and individuals in the country.

VOV.VN - Nikkei Asia, the world’s largest financial newspaper published by Japanese media giants Nikkei Inc., has named Vietnam among an Asian trio that has succeeded in limiting the local transmission rate of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to almost zero.

VOV.VN - The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected a total of 32.1million workers aged 15 and above, with the economic impact of the epidemic causing labourers to either lose their jobs or have their incomes and working hours reduced.

The Government recently issued Decree No 152/2020/ND-CP featuring regulations on foreigners working in Vietnam and the recruitment and management of Vietnamese working for foreign organisations and individuals in the country.

VOV.VN - The Immigration Management Agency of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has announced plans to offer a 50-day automatic stay extension period for foreign migrant workers in accordance with the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme, reported the Department of Overseas Labour.

Workers, especially in industrial zones, are encountering dual challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic: keeping their job in uncertain times while continuing to demand that their rights and entitlements remain protected, the deputy head of cooperation at the EU Delegation to Vietnam said.

A documentary entitled “Len thanh pho” (Making our place), featuring the lives of young migrant female workers in Hanoi, won the Best Next Gen award at the Better Cities Film Festival 2020 in the US, according to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum.

VOV.VN - Health workers in Ho Chi Minh City have identified and quarantined a total of 235 people who either came into direct or indirect contact with two positive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in the southern city.

VOV.VN - A female Vietnamese guestworker of Ca Mau province has recently died of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia, confirmed a local official.