The coronavirus pandemic has had great impact on the Vietnamese labour market, with an increase in the unemployment rate, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ Department of Employment.
The coronavirus pandemic has had great impact on the Vietnamese labour market, with an increase in the unemployment rate, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ Department of Employment.
Wednesday, 19:37, 09/06/2021
The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) is calling on local and foreign donors to provide different forms of aid to children affected by the ongoing COVID-19 resurgence in Vietnam.
The fund’s Goodwill Ambassador, actor Xuan Bac, will join the fundraising campaign, which will run from June 1 to July 31, it said. Donations can be made in the form of cash, non-cash items, or services.
According to the NFVC, the growing complexity of the COVID-19 pandemic is putting enormous pressure on economic development and social welfare in Vietnam. It had had a direct impact on close to 7,000 children in 26 cities and provinces nationwide as of June 8. The number of children infected or placed in quarantine is likely to continue to rise.
Thursday, 11:03, 06/05/2021
The Vietnam’s Music Against Child Labor song competition is open for entries, encouraging professional and amateur musicians of all ages and from all genres to submit songs that inspire action against child labor.
Children work at a paddy field. The Vietnam’s Music Against Child Labor song competition aims to harness the power of music to raise awareness over child labor – Photo: VNA
The competition was launched by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the International Labor Organization and the Vietnam Musicians’ Association, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, Save the Children International and Good Neighbors International.
Testing for COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – HCM City needs to tighten regulations to further curb the spread of
COVID-19, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam requested during a working session with
the city’s
He pointed to the
importance of the city as the centre of the southern region and a major
transportation hub of the country, hence its key role in pandemic control.
Speaking highly of the
southern hub’s efforts in battling COVID-19 over the recent past, Dam, who is
head of the National Steering Committee on
COVID-19 Prevention and Control,
ordered relevant agencies to strengthen pandemic prevention measures,