Encouraging more people to join the voluntary social insurance scheme From this year on, May is observed as a month to encourage all Vietnamese working people to participate in the national Social Insurance Scheme.

Learning pressure is the biggest concern for children: survey

A recent survey has found that learning pressure is the biggest challenge children face while staying at home due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Forcing people to forego COVID-19 aid will be punished: PM

Local authorities must not force citizens to sign refusals to receive State aid, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc stressed at Friday Government meeting on COVID-19. 

Online campaign teaches children to use internet safely amid COVID-19 An online campaign was launched on Friday to help parents provide advice to children on how to use the internet wisely and safely while staying at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

MoLISA aims to alter uses of overseas employment fund The draft aims to alter the approved uses for the Fund for Overseas Employment Support.

Programme to support Việt Nam in addressing gender biased sex selection

A new programme on gender issues has been launched by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for three years from 2020 to 2022, in partnership with the Government of Norway.

Labour export companies hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic Businesses involved in labour exports are at a standstill due to the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese come home to seek more meaningful ventures

Kevin Tùng Nguyễn, who co-founded the San Francisco-based K-Source, a software firm with over 200 employees, and Ivylish – a business operating to support orphans and disadvantaged children in developing countries, returned to Viet Nam in 2015.

MoLISA proposes $843m bailout package for businesses during COVID-19

The Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs has proposed the Government issue a VNĐ20 trillion (US$843 million) bailout package to soften the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Disadvantaged labourers given help to work abroad

Thanks to a number of support policies at the local level, hundreds of disadvantaged labourers in the country will have more opportunities to work abroad this year.