A delegation of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) led by Minister Dao Ngoc Dung recently joined various working sessions with German authorities on vocational training.
A total of 70 vocational schools are expected to be recognised as high-quality establishments during the 2025-2030 period, with at least five satisfying the standards set by the group of developed nations (G20).
It is necessary to carefully consider reducing labourers’ working hours from 48 to 44hours per week to ensure the interests of enterprises, said Phan Thi Thanh Xuan, Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association.
VOV.VN -Aside from traditional markets such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan, Europe is emerging as a potential market for Vietnamese workers following the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs's continued negotiation for the signing of labour co-operation agreements with European nations.
A total of 240 workers will be chosen to work in Japanese hospitals this year, the Department of Overseas Labour (DoLAB) under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has announced.
VOV.VN - Representatives from Vietnam’s Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on social welfare cooperation in Hanoi on August 28.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has assigned the Ministry of Finance to allocate 230,475 tonnes of rice from the national reserves for the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong in order to support locals during the between-crop period.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) held a policy dialogue in Ho Chi Minh City on August 6, discussing international standards on child labour towards supply chain transparency amid global integration.
VOV.VN - The signing of a number of bilateral agreements will open up a wealth of opportunities for Vietnamese guest workers to work abroad and enjoy higher salaries between now and the end of the year, according to Nguyen Gia Liem, deputy director general of the Department of Overseas Labour Management under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).
More than 80 percent of strikes in the first half of the year occurred at foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises.
The household poverty rate is set to reduce further this year, but the wealth gap is still widening, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
A forum to raise public awareness of children’s rights to participate in child issues was held in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa on July 4.
A total of 280,084 people have received unemployment allowances so far this year, and more than 13,600 people were supported with vocational training.
More than 776,900 jobs were created in the first six months of 2019, a year-on-year decline of 1.1 percent, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) reported at a press conference in Hanoi on July 2.
VOV.VN - Vietnam sent more than 65,000 guest workers abroad to work under official contracts during the first half of the year, according to the Department of Overseas Labour Management under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
Vietnam will make all-out efforts to fulfill its obligations as a member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and further promote cooperation between the organisation and tripartite actors – the Government, employers, and employees in the country.
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) have teamed up with Bloomberg Philanthropies to carry out a project that focuses on preventing drowning among 8,200 children from 102 communes across 21 districts in eight provinces and cities nationwide.
A seminar on ending violence and harassment in the workplace was held in Hanoi on May 28 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and CARE International in Vietnam.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Dao Ngoc Dung visited and presented gifts to disadvantaged children at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Xa Dan secondary school in Hanoi on May 9 on the occasion of the National Action Month for Children.
The National Council on Labour Safety and Hygiene held a dialogue in the central province of Quang Nam on May 3, drawing more than 200 participants across the nation.
