Support provided from the viewpoint of the culture of the support worker

Trade union members and workers who lost their jobs or had their working time reduced from October 2022 will receive financial support up to 3 million VND. ( Photo: laodong.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has passed a resolution on support to its members and workers who lost their jobs or had their working time reduced from October 2022 because their enterprises suffered from a reduction in order. Accordingly, trade union members will be given support from 1 million VND (42 USD) if they lost their jobs or halted working for at least 14 straight days between October 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023. Members who lost their jobs or halted working for at least 30 straight days will get a support of 2 million VND. Those who have their labour contracts terminated between October 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, but fail to get unemployment insurance benefits will receive a support of 3 million VND each. Workers who are not trade union members will … [Read more...] about Financial support for laid-off workers: Labour confederation

A mass performance of Xoe Thai dance in Yen Bai province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Xoe dance is a unique art form in the cultural and religious life of the Thai ethnic group in Nghia Lo town of Yen Bai province in particular and the northwestern region in general. With the art of Xoe dance recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Thai ethnic minorities and people of other ethnic groups in Yen Bai province are determined to make every effort to preserve and further promote the art in the contemporary life. Special cultural feature of Thai ethnic minorities in northwestern region From ancient times, the Thai people in Muong Lo have had folk songs as follows: “Without Xoe, crops cannot grow well/ Without Xoe, harvest will fail/ Without Xoe, flowers will become withered/ Without Xoe, boys and girls cannot fall into love with each other.” The art of Xoe dance symbolises the beauty, containing the artistic values of dance, music, singing, costumes, … [Read more...] about Art of Xoe Thai dance contributes to humanity’s cultural diversity

Tet gifts were sent to more than 6,000 workers at Conteccons’ construction sites. Photo by CIS Lao Cai Project The program, starting on January 4, is expected to reach nearly 60 construction sites across the country. In the first week of 2023, Tet gifts were sent to more than 6,000 workers at Coteccons' projects including Vinhomes Grand Park (District 9, Ho Chi Minh City), Lancaster Legacy (District 1, HCMC), CR8 – 2B&3 (District 7, HCMC), Dolce Penisola (Quang Binh), Diamond Crown (Hai Phong), Vinfast Automobile Assembly Workshop (Hai Phong), Vinhomes Smart City, Nam Cuong Villa area (Hanoi), Six Senses (Dong Nai), Hyatt Sapa, CIS (Lao Cai). Besides giving Tet gifts, the program also offers haircuts at construction sites and free rides for workers to travel to return to their hometown. "All these activities are to support workers when the Tet holiday is coming. This is a meaningful gift and a message calling for the society to recognize the contributions of these … [Read more...] about Coteccons brings Tet to 12,000 construction workers

As many as 450,000 migrant workers in the southern province of Binh Duong have been unable to return home for the Tet Lunar New Year holiday due to financial difficulties. Chairman of the Binh Duong Provincial Confederation of Labour, Nguyen Kim Loan, gives gifts to workers who stay in the province during the 2023 Tet holiday. Photo by Tienphong The Binh Duong Provincial Confederation of Labour said on January 19 that they had visited and presented gifts to local migrant workers who remained during the Tet holiday. Vice chairman of the Provincial Confederation of Labour, Nguyen Dinh Khanh, said that about 450,000 migrant workers were staying. "The workers are mostly families with small children from the central and northern localities," Khanh said. "Some others are from the neighbouring Mekong Delta provinces. They said they could not afford to return to their hometowns due to financial difficulties." According to a report from the Binh … [Read more...] about Workers stranded in Binh Duong for Tet due to economic difficulties

Working session between representatives from Vietnam Centre for Overseas Labour and Ansan Counseling Centre for Foreign Workers (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – A working delegation of the Vietnam Centre for Overseas Labour (Colab) had a meeting on January 29 with representatives from the Counseling Centre for Foreign Workers of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ansan city to promote the implementation of support activities for Vietnamese labourers in the RoK. The Vietnamese centre’s Director Dang Huy Hong, who is head of the delegation, thanked the Ansan centre for supporting foreign workers in general and Vietnamese in particular when living and working in the Korean city. He showed his hope that the centre will continue working closely with Vietnamese units to support Vietnamese workers, especially newcomers, to soon adapt to the life in the East Asian nation. Colab delegation posing for a photo with Vietnamese workers in RoK (Photo: VNA) During the working … [Read more...] about Support activities for Vietnamese workers in the RoK implemented

Pham Thu Huyen, owner of a garment factory in Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung district, has been worried about how to deliver salaries to hundreds of workers during the Lunar New Year period. “Instead of working overtime all day and night like a year ago, we have had too few orders due to the sharp drop in demand in the last few months. I have no profit to share with workers, and I am looking to borrow from somewhere else,” said Huyen. Huyen is also considering scaling down the company if the market remains gloomy after the festive break. Lack of overseas demand is cutting into operations of many businesses, Photo: Le Toan This is the common status of countless companies at this time. Many cannot survive, with little work coming in over the past several months. In a report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment in December, over 3,770 enterprises registered to suspend business for a definite time, up by a quarter on-year. In 2022, the number of enterprises withdrawing … [Read more...] about Experts call for extension of tax support

A poor elderly man in the central province of Nghe An is in need of financial help to support his ill wife and two small grandsons whose father died. Pham Xuan Giao and his wife Thai Thi Cuc Sitting in his small badly-deteriorated house, Pham Xuan Giao, 71, said that he was worried about the treatment fee for his wife. "My wife has just undergone a seventh operation to treat cervical cancer and the doctor said that she needed radiation therapy now," he said with a sigh. Lying in a bed nearby, his wife Thai Thi Cuc, 69, looked tired. She said that she has been struggling with cancer since 2015. "My poor husband has borrowed lots of money to cover my treatment over the past eight years," she said. "His health is not good and sometimes he also needs to go to the doctor. But he's still trying to do some odd jobs to earn some money and support me and our two small grandsons." The elderly couple shared that they have seven children together but … [Read more...] about Elderly man in need of support for ill wife, small grandsons

It is the 15th consecutive year that the city’s trade unions have held the activity for the group. Chairman of the Hanoi Federation of Labor Pham Quang Thanh said last year, the city’s trade unions earmarked over VND 48 billion (USD 2 million) to support poor workers and helped 1,200 others return home for Tet on thousands of coaches. This year, the Binh Duong Confederation of Labor decided to triple funding in support of workers in especially difficult circumstances during Tet. Accordingly, each will receive gift worth 1 million VND from the local State budget, doubling that last year. The number of beneficiaries also increases by 25,000. In collaboration with the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the confederation also staged 20-night music shows in the locality. Music performances will also get underway from January 22-24, the first to third day of the lunar New Year. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about Thousands of poor workers supported to return home for Tet

The donation funded by the Japanese government and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) includes supplies such as soap and hand-sanitiser, and medical equipment such as temperature screening, contactless thermometers and disinfection sprayers. The donation funded by the Japanese government and IOM for Quang Tri province include essential hygiene supplies such as soap and hand-sanitizer, and medical equipment such as temperature screening thermographic, contactless thermometers and disinfection sprayers The consul-general of Japan to Danang, Yakabe Yoshinori, welcomed the recent deliveries, highlighting Japan’s ongoing support for Vietam’s safe resumption of international travel. “The Japan government supports the IOM’s ongoing efforts to assist frontline workers working at entry points by equipping frontline workers with necessary skills for COVID prevention and control and providing personal protective equipment and other essential supplies,” said … [Read more...] about Japanese government provides hygiene supplies for safe travel to Quang Tri

Nestlé Vietnam has teamed up with the Dong Nai Labour Confederation to provide 1,000 gifts to union members and workers in difficult circumstances in the province. The company also coordinated with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai to offer 500 Lunar New Year gifts to disadvantaged people. In addition, Nestlé Vietnam also participated in programmes to provide Lunar New Year gifts to poor and disadvantaged women and children in four border provinces, as well as workers in industrial zones in Hung Yen province. Other recipients were female workers in Ho Chi Minh City who cannot return to their hometown during the festive break; disadvantaged students who travel from Ho Chi Minh City to their hometowns for the holiday; and poor households, near-poor households, and orphans struggling since the pandemic emerged in 2020. Since December, Nestlé Vietnam has donated about 54,000 units of nutritional products to more than 8,500 people in provinces and cities across the … [Read more...] about Nestlé Vietnam supports 8,000 disadvantaged people for Lunar New Year