11/11/2020 05:05 PM

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Wednesday inspected preparations for the 37th ASEAN Summit which will be held as a video conference on November 12.

10/11/2020 04:05 PM

On November, 9, in Hanoi, the ASEAN Women CEO Summit was held with the theme “Making changes for a stronger and more responsive women entrepreneur community”. Attending the Summit were Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Deputy Minister Le Tan Dung; Chairman of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nguyen Tien Loc. Online representatives were Mr. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, ASEAN General Secretary; Mrs. Victoria KwaKwa - Vice President of World Bank. Attending were representatives from the ministries, sectors, ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Women Committee, Embassies, International organization and Association of women entrepreneurs.

10/11/2020 10:10 AM

The ASEAN Women CEOs Summit was held in Hà Nội today with the theme “Making changes for a stronger and more responsive women entrepreneur community”.

23/10/2020 02:36 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare not only inequalities in the world of work, including between women and men, but it has also further emphasised the gender data gaps that hamper our understanding of the depth, nature and evolution of those inequalities.

21/10/2020 03:19 PM

The World Health Organization today cautioned against any relaxation of response actions following the recent slight decline in COVID-19 cases in South-East Asia Region, saying the pandemic continues unabated and our response only needs to be strengthened further to curtail virus transmission.

19/10/2020 03:12 PM

In written statements to the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder warned against higher levels of poverty and inequality resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. Highlighting the urgent need for social protection for all, he called for profound structural changes to build back better and faster.

16/10/2020 03:33 PM

Assessments show spike in job and income losses and limited financial capacities to deal with the crisis, making it even harder for vulnerable workers to earn a living.

15/10/2020 03:37 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating: tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty, while the number of undernourished people, currently estimated at nearly 690 million, could increase by up to 132 million by the end of the year.