Vietnam, as ASEAN Chair in 2020, has joined hands with member nations to push employment recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung has said.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam, as ASEAN Chair in 2020, has joined handswith member nations to push employment recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak,Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung has said.
He made the statement while attending the G20 Labour and Employment MinistersMeeting held by Saudi Arabia on September 10.
The bloc built the ASEAN declaration on social work development, which prioritisessocial workers’ role in responding to formidable challenges like thecoronavirus pandemic, Dung stressed.
He went on by mentioning the ASEAN Declaration on Human Resources Developmentfor the Changing World of Work adopted at the 36th ASEAN Summit,adding it focuses on the enormous impacts of technology changes, agingpopulation, climate change and disease on employment and jobs, and outlinessufficient activities to ensure that ASEAN workers are well prepared in the“changing world of work”.
The Vietnamese Government recently passed a 2.7 billion USD financial supportpackage for workers and businesses affected by the pandemic, he said, addinghis ministry is recommending the Government carry out more packages to helplocal firms to restore, maintain and develop production and business.
Dung was invited to the meeting as Vietnam is playing the role of the ASEANChair this year. The event drew the participation of G20 member countries andmany international organisations like the ILO and the WB.
The meeting took place against the backdrop of unprecedented turmoil in globallabour markets, with a decline in working hours equivalent to the loss of 400million full-time jobs worldwide in the second quarter of 2020. Over 1.6billion works in the informal economy, and youth, women and persons withdisabilities have been among the worst hit.
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Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung (Photo: VNA) 
