Labor
Vietnam faces rapid aging crisis requiring urgent action
Việt Nam is entering one of the fastest population-ageing phases globally, raising urgent calls for strategic action to avert a looming social and economic crisis.Read more ...
Unemployment rate drops to 2.22% in Vietnam's first half of 2025
As of July 2025, Vietnam’s labor force reached 53 million people, with unemployment at 2.22%. Female labor participation was 62.5% vs. 74% for men. The share of workers with professional training rose to 29%. Labor market growth is noted in urban areas and among trained ...
Frequency of labour accidents decreases by 6-7% on annual basis
Labour accidents in 2024 have continued to decline, with the frequency brought under controll at about 6-7%, according to Deputy Director of the Department of Work Safety under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Khanh Long.In the first half of 2024, more ...
More high-income job opportunities opened for Vietnamese workers
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has expanded a number of overseas markets in Australia and Europe this year to send guest labourers, with the positions providing good income and working conditions. The number of workers sent to work abroad averages over ...
Digital technology industry faces severe shortage of skilled workers
After Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long submitted to the National Assembly a report on the draft Law on Digital Technology Industry, the National Assembly discussed this draft law today.Deputy Vu Hai Quan highlighted that the lack of highly skilled professionals is the primary obstacle ...
Translated By Anh Quan
Vietnam’s CRI Index on way to being improved
The fifth edition of the Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index (CRII-5), published by Oxfam and Development Finance International (DFI), evaluated the efforts of 164 countries and territories in addressing inequality. The report’s authors assessed performance across the three pillars of public services (education, health, ...
Lý Hà
Solving difficulties in preventing and combating human trafficking
The Law on Prevention and Combating Human Trafficking was passed by the 12th National Assembly, 9th Session on March 29, 2011, and took effect from January 1, 2012. After 12 years of implementation, the practice has required amendments and supplements to the Law to address ...
Thai Son
Key reforms proposed in draft Teachers Law
SGGP Newspaper has conducted an interview with Director General Vu Minh Duc of the Teachers and Educational Managers Department on the draft Teacher Law to be presented at the 8th session of the National Assembly this month.Director General Vu Minh Duc first mentioned the updates ...
Aging population: transforming demographic challenges into opportunities
Population aging is an irreversible global trend and has a strong impact on all areas of society. The challenges that population aging brings to economic growth, politics, and social security issues are directly affecting the elderly.Vietnam is currently in the group of 15 countries with ...
ASEAN looks to promoting safety, fairness for migrant workers
The 17th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW) has been held in Luang Prabang, Laos, under the chair of Lylayphong Sisomvang, Director General of Planning and International ...
