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.

A tradition of giving, rooted in local culture

Tet or the Lunar New Year is one of, if not the most anticipated holidays in Viet Nam. This period is marked by traditions that are very much rooted in Vietnamese culture – the homecoming of people to their hometowns to be with family and loved ones, vivid decorations of red and gold to symbolize and attract prosperity and good luck, giving away lucky money to children and elderly people, and the preparation of the special Tet holiday food banh chung. Indeed, the season of Tet brings people together, all looking forward to a brighter future ahead

Việt Nam sees positive labour growth in 2019 The Vietnamese workforce reached 55.8 million last year, and increase of 417,100 compared to 2018, reported the General Statistics Office.

Cool invention makes waves for fisheries

A machine manufacturing snow ice from sea water to serve offshore fishing fishieries preservation, the first of its kind in Việt Nam, was officially introduced last Friday in Hà Nội.

Over 26,000 new firms established in Q1

 Some 26,785 new enterprises were established in Việt Nam in the first three months of this year, with total registered capital of approximately VNĐ278.49 trillion (US$12.2 billion).

Bình Phước’s laborers receive owed wages after lawsuit1

Hundreds of labourers in southern Bình Phước Province fully received three months of wages owed by a South Korea-invested company yesterday.

Parliamentary committee passes bill on reduced working hours

A South Korean parliamentary committee on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at shortening legal working hours despite businesses' concerns over its possible impact on corporate productivity.

Hà Nội to inspect enterprises owing social insurance payments

Hà Nội’s authorities have ordered the city’s inspectors to inspect enterprises with long overdue social insurance premiums.

Feasibility study to acquire land for Long Thành airport construction submitted

The Government has submitted a feasibility study for acquiring lands for the construction of Long Thành international airport in the southern province of Đồng Nai and paying their owners compensation to the National Assembly for consideration.

VN shifts away from agriculture

Việt Nam’s economic structure in rural areas has been transformed in a positive way, following the “right direction” with increasing portions of non-agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors, according to 2016 national census on rural areas, agriculture and fishery which was released yesterday by General Statistics Office (GSO).