Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in empowering women at the March 15 working session of the ongoing 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York.
The ASEAN pledges to continue to play its part, at both national and regional levels, and through increased collaboration with its external partners, particularly the United Nations, in advancing the causes of women across the region.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen will attend and deliver a speech at the 60th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which will take place in New York from March 14-24.
A policy dialogue on gender equality was held in Hanoi on March 4 with the participation of 100 representatives from ministries, sectors and non-governmental organisations, and experts at home and abroad.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen highlighted a number of achievements in her remit which, she said, contributed to the realisation of Vietnam’s overall targets in 2015.
The Party and State will do their best to ensure a sufficient Tet for every Vietnamese person, especially poor people and those who have rendered great service to the nation, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen.
(VOV) -The Thai Ministry of Labour has agreed upon setting up a joint working group to implement the recently-signed labour documents between the two countries.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has called for stronger commitments by every sector at all levels and the entire society to the child protection, care and education despite substantial progress over the past 25 years.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen attended the fifth Labour and Employment Ministers’ Conference of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in the Bulgarian capital city of Sofia on December 2-4.
All Government members were present at the National Assembly in an unprecedented question-and-answer session on November 16, at which deputies are free to ask questions on any issues.
The Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) Pham Thi Hai Chuyen admitted to the slow launch of hi-quality vocational training initiatives during a National Assembly’s question-and-answer session in Hanoi on November 16.
(VOV) - The Prime Minister has approved a master plan to move from single-dimensional poverty measurement to a multidimensional approach. The plan, which will be implemented in the next five years, is expected to ensure a minimum standard of living and access to basic social services for all people.
The Government is implementing a line-up of policies to support impoverished citizens in land for production, capital, education, health insurance and others, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen.
Vietnam has taken the lead in applying a multidimensional poverty measurement approach in Asia, which is part of efforts to realise its commitments to eradicating poverty in all forms, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen has said.
(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked parents, youth, schools and community leaders across the nation to join the month-long observance of June as national substance abuse prevention month.
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Labourers who are ineligible for retirement pensions because they have not made compulsory social insurance payments for the required amount of years may choose to get a one-off lump sum or continue to receive monthly payments if a Government proposal gets approval from the National Assembly later this month.
A new updated poverty line relevant to modern conditions will be submitted to the Prime Minister this September since the existing line is too low, said Minister of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Pham Thi Hai Chuyen on April 15.
Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong lauded the results of the 4th Vietnam-Laos Labour and Social Welfare Ministerial Meeting while receiving a delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in the capital city of Vientiane on April 7.
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Material support is scheduled to be delivered to the poor as well as beneficiaries of preferential policies for those who rendered services to the nation as the Lunar New Year is drawing near, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen.
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Vietnam will work harder to fully realise the rights of people with disabilities that are prescribed in its Constitution, international conventions and programmes.
