Labour

The Nghe An Federation of Labour and Quang Khoi General Hospital signed the agreement on May 11 The agreement aims to reduce the costs of healthcare services and post-Covid-19 healthcare consultation in regular check-ups for trade unionists in Nghe An province. Kha Van Tam, chairman of the Nghe An Federation of Labour stressed that ensuring and protecting labourers’ interests and benefits, including taking care of their health, should be further paid attention to by units and agencies, especially post-Covid-19 healthcare. Quang Khoi General Hospital signed agreements with several businesses, including Hoang Mai Cement Company, Hoa Sen Nghe An One Member LLC and Vinatex Hoang Mai. Quang Khoi is one of the leading private hospitals in Central Vietnam. After over three years of operation, Quang Khoi has significantly improved service quality to better serve growing demands among people and businesses. Moreover, the hospital signed agreements with three international … [Read more...] about Quang Khoi Hospital and Nghe An Labour Federation cooperate in post-Covid-19 healthcare consultation

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder speaks at the conference. (Photo: VNA) Durban (VNA) – Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder has lauded Vietnam’s pioneering role and efforts to eliminate child labour during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s correspondent in South Africa on the sidelines of the 5th global conference on the elimination of child labour in Durban. Following is the full contents of the interview: Reporter: Vietnam is one of the Pathfinder countries of the Alliance 8.7. What does it mean to the fight in Chapter Eight labour and like, what can Vietnam in particular, and other parts of the countries in general do to further contribute to the fight? ILO Director-General Guy Ryder: Alliance 8.7 is a global alliance of governments, civil society organisations and international organisations to fight against child labour, and indeed forced labour. And we're very pleased that Vietnam has joined as one of 26 … [Read more...] about ILO Director-General praises Vietnam’s efforts in elimination of child labour

Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder. — VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Minh Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder has praised Việt Nam’s pioneering role and efforts to eliminate child labour during an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s correspondent in South Africa on the sidelines of the 5th global conference on the elimination of child labour in Durban. Việt Nam is one of the Pathfinder countries of the Alliance 8.7. What does it mean to the fight in Chapter Eight labour and like, what can Việt Nam in particular, and other parts of the countries do to further contribute to the fight? Alliance 8.7 is a global alliance of governments, civil society organisations and international organisations to fight against child labour, and indeed forced labour. And we're very pleased that Việt Nam has joined as one of 26 pioneer countries. What does that mean? It means that Việt Nam is putting its hand up and … [Read more...] about ILO Director-General praises Việt Nam’s efforts in elimination of child labour

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA) Pretoria (VNA) – Education is especially important in eradicating child labour, Vietnam's representative said at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in Durban, South Africa, and called for strengthening cooperation for the improvement of high school education , career orientation, and vocational training. In her speech at the May 17 event, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha introduced solutions that the Vietnamese Government has been implementing to increase children’s access to education, as well as to reduce the risk of school dropping out and child labour. child labour , she affirmed. VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam shares experience in increasing children’s access to education

A map shows direction of the planned Ring Road No. 4 running through HCM City and provinces of Bình Dương, Đồng Nai, Long An and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu. — Photo laodong.vn HCM CITY — Construction of the first phase of Ring Road No.4, which runs through five southern localities, including HCM City, should be completed by 2028, local reports say. The road, almost 200km long, is expected to boost regional linkages and boost economic growth for HCM City and the provinces of Bình Dương, Đồng Nai, Long An and Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, as well as the Southern Key Economic Region. The project, approved more than 10 years ago, is estimated to cost around VNĐ100 trillion (US$4.4 billion). It will be 197.6km long with four lanes in the first phase. In the second phase, the road could be widened to six or eight lanes. Last year, the Prime Minister issued a document asking five localities to implement sections of the new ring road which run through their localities. Accordingly, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Bình … [Read more...] about New southern ring road set to open to traffic in 2028

Young volunteers visit the Thị Nghè Nursing Home for seniors in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Giang HCM CITY — The private sector has an opportunity to build geriatric care facilities that provide good care for elderly people, given rising demand for such services, HCM City officials say. According to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the need for nursing homes for the elderly will continue rising because of the nation’s rapidly ageing population. In Việt Nam, people above 60 years old accounted for over 12 per cent of the total population in 2020; and this is expected to rise to 20 per cent by 2038. The city now has 20 nursing homes, including eight public facilities looking after 1,555 elderly people, and 12 private ones taking care of 1,138 people. Nguyễn Văn Lâm, the department’s deputy director, said at a press meeting on Thursday that encouraging private investment in geriatric care was a necessity. Private nursing homes offer better … [Read more...] about HCM City urges private sector to invest in geriatric care

He made the statement at a meeting with the U.S. business community in Washingon D.C on May 12 (local time), as part of his trip to the U.S. The meeting was held by the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, during which he also affirmed that Vietnam always considers the U.S. a leading partner. He said the impressive growth of trade of between 17-20 percent a year proves that there remains an ample room for economic development between the two countries. Vietnam is the ninth largest trading partner of the U.S. Two-way trade turnover between the two countries in 2021 reached nearly 112 billion USD in spite of difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the PM noted. He said the world's context is undergoing many changes with opportunities, advantages and challenges intertwining. Vietnam is currently implementing the policy of safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of the pandemic. The macro economy is stabilised and major balances … [Read more...] about PM Pham Minh Chinh meets U.S. business community

Samsung Vietnam's management board at the ceremony. The R&D Centre has an investment of about US$220 million. — Photo courtesy of the firm Samsung Vietnam on Saturday officially completed the construction of the civil work for the new Samsung Research and Development Centre in Ha Noi’s Tay Ho urban area. To show the determination to ensure safety and complete the work on schedule, a safety oath ceremony was held. Starting in March 2020, the construction has completed 70 per cent of the workload, thereby ensuring its schedule so that the new centre can be completed by the end of this year as committed to the Viet Nam Government. In October 2020, the foundation construction was completed. In April 2021, the work completed 30 per cent of the plan and started construction of the floating structure. By September 2021, 50 per cent of the work has been completed. Last year, despite the complicated situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, Samsung Vietnam ensured strict compliance … [Read more...] about Samsung Vietnam completes construction of new R&D Centre

Illustrative image (Photo: mic.gov.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Social Security (VSS)’s digital transformation efforts have helped provide chip-based ID cards for health insurance at more than 4,000 medical facilities across the country. With 16 million labourers taking out social and unemployment insurance and 88 million people with health insurance, the VSS has strengthened the application of information technology to improve its operational efficiency. Nguyen Hoang Phuong, Vice Director of the VSS’s Information Technology Centre, said the centre has been developing a national insurance database, while also sharing population data. The centre is also implementing Decision No.06/QD-TTg approving a project to develop the application of population data, ID and electric identification serving national digital transformation in the 2022-2025 period, with a vision to 2030, Phuong said. Vietnam Social Security ’s digital transformation efforts have helped provide … [Read more...] about Digital transformation help connect insurance, population databases

Ninh Thuan looks forward to sustainable agricultural-rural development . - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Ninh Thuan (VNA) - The south central province of Ninh Thuan has issued a strategy for sustainable agricultural and rural development in the locality in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050. Under the plan, Ninh Thuan will strive to triple per capita income by 2030 compared to 2020 and reduce the multidimensional household poverty rate in rural areas by at least 1.5 percent per year, and the ratio of agricultural labourers to total workforce to under 20 percent. The proportion of trained agricultural labourers is set to reach 80 percent by 2030. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Ninh Thuan aims to have at least five districts recognised as new-style rural areas by 2030, with at least two of them meeting all criteria of advanced new-style rural areas The locality will focus on developing green agriculture and adapting to climate change, and … [Read more...] about Ninh Thuan looks forward to sustainable agricultural-rural development