Supports workers

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

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia ’s expected entry of 500,000 foreign workers this year will not affect job opportunities for locals, said Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar on January 16. As reported by the local news agency Bernama, the official said the workers from 15 source countries in Asia will be placed in sectors of no interest to local workers, including plantation, agriculture and construction. According to him, Malaysia’s dependence on foreign workers in these sectors is very high, and without sufficient supply of the group, their optimal operation will be disrupted, resulting in huge losses. He said the Human Resources Ministry and the Ministry of Home Affairs had reached an agreement to simplify and speed up the process of hiring foreign workers , which now only takes three days. In October last year that Malaysia needed a total of 500,000 foreign workers to tackle the labour shortage experienced by micro, small and medium enterprises to support … [Read more...] about Malaysia accelerates recruitment of foreign workers for recovery

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

At least three leading international aid agencies have partially resumed life-saving work in Afghanistan after assurances from the Taliban authorities that Afghan women can continue to work in the health sector. An Afghan labourer carries oil containers provided by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) for distribution among the needy people, at a gymnasium in Kabul on January 17, 2023. Hundreds of NGOs have been instrumental in trying to address one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with half of Afghanistan's 38 million people hungry and three million children at risk of malnutrition. CARE, Save the Children and International Rescue Committee (IRC) suspended their operations in late December in protest against a government order banning Afghan women from aid work, the latest rollback of women's rights in the country. "We have received clear, reliable assurances from relevant authorities that our female staff will be safe and can work without … [Read more...] about Three foreign NGOs partially resume aid in Afghanistan with women workers

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

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

The company currently enjoys an export turnover of $4 million per year. On the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, Lap Phuc Co.'s factory of more than 10,000 square meters in Ho Chi Minh City was still busy with the final stages of an automobile mold order for export to the United States. Factory worker Vo Nhut Han stared intently at the control panel, a satisfied look on his face as the machine operated smoothly. Operating the machine together with Han was Nguyen Van Tri, the factory's general director. "Each working day, I only spend an hour on management work, and the rest of the day is spent down on the factory floor working alongside my fellow workers," said Tri, who is now in his 60s. For him, it's as if being a worker runs in his blood. Factory worker Vo Nhut Han (L) works on a machine at Lap Phuc Company in HCMC as its general director Nguyen Van Tri observes, January 2023. Photo by VnExpress/Le Tuyet Tri is the eldest son in a family of 10 children. … [Read more...] about From zero to hero: A downsized worker who owns a million-dollar factory

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

Instead of resuming operations on the sixth day of the lunar year on Friday as usual, many companies in the north this year opted to reopen on Monday to give their workers, especially those living in the northern highlands provinces, more time with their families. All 1,190 businesses in Bac Ninh's industrial parks, home to many foreign enterprises, have resumed operations with more than 99.6% of workers returning to work, according to a report by the province Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, The rest are returning late because they could not book train or coach tickets due to the rush or switched jobs, it said. Companies outside industrial zones reported 99.5% of their employees have returned. Bac Giang Province, also a major industrial hub in the north, has no labor shortage now unlike at the beginning of 2022 when the country started to reopen its economy post-pandemic. Tran Van Ha, deputy director of the province's labor department, said many companies, … [Read more...] about 95% of workers return to work after Tet in northern Vietnam

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