Vietnam sent 130,640 workers abroad, including 41.039 females, in the first 10 months of this year, surpassing the yearly target by 4%, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

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.

VOV.VN - Rescue workers have found two pilots on a high mountain under heavy rain after more than 10 hours since their military plane crash in a locality of central Vietnam on November 6.

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.

VOV.VN - Foreign workers employed in enterprises, organizations, or sectors are eligible to join trade unions in Vietnam if they meet certain conditions, according to the draft Trade Union Law (amended) presented at the ongoing session of the National Assembly.

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).

The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs has announced plans to continue inspecting companies that provide overseas labour services in the final months of 2024.

A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.

The 17th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) has been held in Luang Prabang, Laos, under the chair of Vilayphong Sisomvang, Director General of Planning and International Cooperation under the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Laos.

The book on the path to socialism in Vietnam by late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attracted special attention from international friends at the annual Manifiesta (Solidarity) Festival held recently by the Workers’ Party of Belgium.