The Government has issued a resolution on boosting the flexible, effective, sustainable and integrated development of the labour market, aiming to speed up socio-economic recovery. Under the resolution, the number of skilled workers in the country is expected to reach 30% of the workforce by the end of 2025 (Photo: VNA) The resolution stressed the importance of improving workforce...

Vietnamese nationals account for 25.4% of the total 1.82 million foreign workers who were working in Japan as of the end of October last year, according to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). Vietnamese workers work at Carry System joint stock company in Japan's Ibaraki prefecture. (Photo: VNA) The ministry’s data released on January 27...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 29 asked the southern province of Dong Nai to complete the handover of cleared ground for the first-stage construction of Long Thanh international airport by the end of this first quarter. PM Pham Minh Chinh inspects progress of the project (Photo: VNA) During a working session with ministries, agencies, localities and stakeholders...

Efforts will be accelerated in 2023 to implement tasks relevant to overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs, said Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of the State Committee for OV Affairs Pham Quang Hieu. A performance in the 2022 "Xuan que huong" (Homeland Spring) programme. The programme is held annually to welcome overseas Vietnamese back to the country to celebrate the Lunar...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 28 inspected the Mai Son (Ninh Binh province)-National Highway 45 project, a section of the North-South Expressway. PM Pham Minh Chinh inspects construction of the Mai Son-National Highway 45 project (Photo: VNA) The first phase of the 652.86km North-South Expressway has 11 component projects, three of which are invested in the form...

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Justice has proposed the Ministry of Justice pilot the issuance of electronic civil status records instead of a paper version as part of efforts to enhance satisfaction with civil status registration. A birth certificate in paper version. — Photo luatminhkhue.vn Nguyen Trieu Luu, head of the department’s Civil Status Registration Agency, said under...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh inspected the construction work of Ring Road No.4 in the Hanoi Capital Region on January 27. PM Pham Minh Chinh checks construction site in Hoai Duc outlying district (Photo: VNA) The road is about 112.8km long, with around 58.2km in Hanoi, nearly 19.3km in Hung Yen and some 35.3km in Bac Ninh. The project...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense to President Ho Chi Minh and launched the annual New Year tree planting festival at K9-Da Chong relic site, Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi, on January 27, the sixth day of the Year of the Cat. PM Pham Minh Chinh and delegates offer incense to President Ho Chi Minh (Photo: VNA)...

The last day of the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from January 20-26 saw people return to HCM City in droves, with all local bus and train stations filled with crowds, and Tan Son Nhat International Airport serving 913 flights and 144,871 passengers, a record daily number since the beginning of the holiday. People flock to HCM City...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the year-beginning launch of forces for the upgrade of the Nha Trang - Saigon rail route at Thap Cham Station in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan on January 26. The launch of forces for the upgrade of the Nha Trang - Saigon rail route on January 26 (Photo: VNA) The upgrade of...