NA leader attends ceremony to kick off work on Cần Thơ historical site

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân attended a ceremony in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ on Friday for a project to upgrade the Lộ Vòng Cung (Arc Road) historical relic site in Mỹ Khánh Commune, Phong Điền District.

Macron seeks to placate French over pension reforms French President Emmanuel Macron sought to ease fears over his controversial pension reform on Thursday in a debate with concerned citizens over the plan that has sparked protests by train drivers, pilots, lawyers, doctors and police.

NA deputies discuss overtime working

The National Assembly Committee of Social Affairs opened its plenary session in Hà Nội on Wednesday discussing the revised Labour Code.

PM asks labour confederation to take better care of workers

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday asked the Việt Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to boost co-ordination with the Government to better ensure the legal and legitimate rights and interests of workers.

Age just a number for elderly rescue team

People often see rescue workers as young and strong men, because they often work in perilous situations. Few believe that someone can rush into danger when they enter retirement age.

Lawmakers discuss overtime cap and retirement age Many deputies agreed with the draft’s suggestion to increase the maximum allowable overtime working hours to 400 hours per year from the current 300.

Retirement age increase inevitable, but more should be done The reasons for the increase, according to the ministry, include the rapidly ageing population in Việt Nam, the unbalanced social security fund, high working capacities of Vietnamese elderly and the necessity to ensure gender equality in career development. 

Basic salary for civil servants increases as of July 1 A range of new policies are coming into effect this month, including wage increases, paternity leave for male workers and regulations relating to retirement age of the people’s public security force.

Why we have to increase the retirement age?

Doãn Mậu Diệp, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, speaks to the Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about how Việt Nam will revise the retirement age for workers or State employees

Women find numbers rising in politics but not status Although the number of women in policies keeps rising, the percentage of women holding high positions in centre-level State agencies remains low.