According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, as of February 21, 2025, provinces and cities nationwide have supported the elimination of 107,941 temporary and dilapidated houses, an increase of 1,752 compared to February 14, 2025.
Under the nationwide initiative to eradicate makeshift houses, 49,322 homes have received support, including 26,630 completed and 22,692 under construction. The remainders fall under other National Target Programmes.
With the newly signed memorandum of understanding (MoU), Vietnamese experts, and skilled workers and seasonal labourers will have the opportunity to work in Finland under a transparent and fair recruitment process.
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).
A Vietnamese delegation led by Director of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Luu Quang Tuan attended the 31st Meeting of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council in the northern Lao province of Luang Prabang on March 24.
The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission convened its 37th meeting in Hanoi from March 6-8 under the chair of its head Tran Cam Tu, who is also a Politburo member and Secretary of the Party Central Committee.
The Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs announced on January 4 that it has sent a document urging businesses which had dispatched workers and apprentices to the Japanese prefectures of Ishikawa (especially the Noto Peninsula), Toyama, Niigata, and Fukui to promptly take protective measures for them in earthquake-affected areas.
Vietnam sent more than 132,000 laborers abroad in the first 10 months of 2023, according to the Department of Overseas Labor under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a national conference in Ho Chi Minh City on September 28 to discuss the implementation of a project on building and implementing an action plan to realise goals of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) until 2025 (Project 161), in both in-person and online format.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has been assigned to urgently gather public opinions and streamline procedures for granting work permits to foreign nationals working in Vietnam.
There are few skilled Vietnamese guest workers in Europe in recent years, according to deputy head of the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Gia Liem.
Vietnamese users spend an average of nearly seven hours a day participating in Internet-related activities and using social platforms. This puts users, especially children and teenagers, at risk of cyberbullying.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is carrying out measures to create sustainable employment, as many businesses are forced to cut the number of their employees, although the labour market is showing signs of recovery in the second quarter of this year.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has submitted to the Government a plan in which it proposes a 20.8% increase of pensions and social insurance benefits and monthly allowances for those with no salary increase from January 1, 2022.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is scheduled to launch the 2023 action month for children in the fourth week of May or on International Children’s Day (June 1).
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has signed a decision approving the plan to realise the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on labour recruitment, employment and repatriation signed by the Vietnamese and Malaysian Governments on March 21, 2022.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the British Embassy in Vietnam held a seminar in Hanoi on February 21 to promote bilateral cooperation in vocational education.
Vietnam sent more than 142,000 labourers abroad in 2022, mostly to Japan, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
