04/02/2021 05:35 PM

Fifty out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide have decided to shut schools in an effort to contain spread of COVID-19.

05/02/2021 06:30 PM

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to decide on proper measures to contain COVID-19 in order to minimize adverse impacts on people’s life and production.

06/02/2021 07:35 AM

The Prime Minister has signed a decision issuing labor market development support program through 2030.

28/01/2021 08:10 PM

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently issued Directive No 05/CT-Ttg on a number of urgent measures to prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 after Viet Nam recorded 83 new community cases in two northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh on January 27 and 28.

31/01/2021 02:20 PM

January of 2021 is the month before Tan Suu Lunar New Year, the people’s shopping demand increased. The price of food, foodstuff, outdoor eating and drinking increased; the price of domestic petroleum, gas increased according to the price of world fuel, these factors made the consumer price index in January 2021 up 0.06% compared to December 2020 and down 0.97% over January 2020.

03/02/2021 07:17 PM

A series of new regulations on working conditions for female laborers, organization and operation of local development investment funds and foreign workers in Viet Nam will come into force since February 2021.

22/01/2021 12:00 AM

Latest survey undertaken in 2018 finds more than 1.7 million children participating in economic activities across Viet Nam, among whom more than 1 million are engaged in child labour. Viet Nam’s second National Child Labour Survey launched on 18 December identifies an estimated 5.3 per cent of the 5-17 year olds engaged in child labour. This accounts for more than 1 million children. Conducted by the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in coordination with the General Statistics Office with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the rate of child labour in Viet Nam is approximately 2 percentage points lower than the regional average for Asia and the Pacific.

03/02/2021 07:03 PM

Children of two-son or two-daughter families will have their tuition fees and health insurance payment reduced if their parents commit not to giving birth to a third child.