More than 16.7 million people nationwide joined social insurance and unemployment insurance as of the end of May, equivalent to 33.81 percent of the total workforce, an increase of over 507,000 people over the same period in 2021. Doing procedures for enjoying unemployment insurance benefits - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) According to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS), over 1.46...

As the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has been gathering comments on a draft on the minimum wage, insiders said the proposed wages are insufficient to make ends meet. Full-time workers at a textile factory. (Photo: vneconomy.vn) Under the draft, minimum wages are set by region with an hourly wage of 22,500 VND (0.97 USD) for...

Vietnam has attended an international forum on peace, friendship, and development in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan, with the participation of more than 500 officials, public figures, and experts from many nations. Participants of the forum pose for a group photo. (Source: VNA) The event was held by Russia's International Fund – The Way for Peace from June 1-4 on...

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has used more than 45.444 trillion VND (1.96 billion USD) from the unemployment insurance fund to pay for employees and employers over the past two years, given serious COVID-19-induced difficulties facing production and business activities. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) In the context of the pandemic during the period, the Prime Minister issued a series...

Vietnam International Defence Expo 2022 is scheduled to take place in Hanoi in December. Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) The announcement was made at a meeting of the event's organising board under the chair of Lieutenant General Phung Si Tan, Deputy Chief...

Vietnam has become the first country in the world to successfully research and produce a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF), and licence its commercial circulation. NAVET-ASFVAC is manufactured by the Navetco National Veterinary Joint Stock Company (NAVETCO). (Photo: VNA) The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 3 to announce the...

Mr. Hoang Dinh Hom, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Lang Son Newspaper, Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association addressed the meeting On the afternoon of June 3, Lang Son Provincial Press Award Council held a meeting to agree on the contents related to the result and the awarding of the 2nd Provincial Press Award; considered...

The Ministry of Transport has requested the Vietnam Railway Authority and the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) to take immediate measures to ensure safety of Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi after the collapse of two concrete floor tiles on the bridge in May. A view of Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) The VNR was urged to repair the...

Building stable labour supply chains with labourers put at the centre of all policies and emphasis laid on ensuring income and social security is one of the solutions to post-pandemic economic recovery, heard a seminar in the framework of the 4th Vietnam Economic Forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 5. Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Deputy Minister...

A delegation of Ho Chi Minh City's Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on June 4 provided free health check-ups and medicines for impoverished overseas Vietnamese and Lao people in Vientiane. Doctors provide free health check-ups for OVs and Lao people. (Photo: VNA) The programme was implemented with the coordination of the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos and and the Executive...