Society

Hanoi (VNA) – Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than one in six young people have stopped working, while those remaining in employment have seen their working hours decrease by 23 percent, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). The ‘ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the world of work, 4th edition’ shows that young people are being disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. It also shows the substantial and rapid increase in youth unemployment seen since February is affecting young women more than young men. A ‘shock’ to young people The latest analysis updates the estimates for the reduction in working hours in the first and second quarters of 2020, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. An estimated 4.8 percent of all working hours were lost during the first quarter (equivalent to approximately 135 million full-time jobs, assuming a 48-hour working week). The number of jobs lost in the second quarter was at 305 million. … [Read more...] about ILO: COVID-19 causes loss of 305 million of jobs in the second quarter

Social policy credit has been promoted by the determination of the Government and the coordination of ministries and sectors. In its resolutions submitted to the National Assembly for approval on middle-term public investment in the 2016-2020 period and other yearly public investment plans, the Government has paid much attention to the allocation of capital to the VBSP to implement credit programmes. … [Read more...] about Capital convergence helps boost poverty reduction

The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar with a full moon at night. During the festival, Vietnamese people often arrange trays with moon cakes, candies and fruits. … [Read more...] about Mid-Autumn festival: A warm reunion festival for Vietnamese

Tokyo (VNA) – Two Vietnamese interns have gone missing after Super Typhoon Haishen swept through Kyushu Island, southwest of Japan, on early September 7, the Vietnamese Consulate General in Fukuoka prefecture confirmed. The interns were working at the Aioigumi Joint Stock Company in Miyazaki prefecture, located on Kyushu Island. Prior to the landing of Haishen, concerned that the two interns’ accommodation near the company might be unsafe in the storm, the director suggested them to take shelter at his house, which was also the firm’s office and had stronger structure. However, the Consulate General said, the powerful typhoon triggered a landslide on a mountain there, making this house collapse into the bank of a nearby river. The two Vietnamese interns, together with the director’s wife and child, went missing as a result. Meanwhile, the director was injured and hospitalised. Japanese authorities are searching for the missing. Vietnamese Consul General in … [Read more...] about Two Vietnamese interns in Japan go missing in Typhoon Haishen

Addressing the opening ceremony in Hà Nội, Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân said that in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic which has had severe impacts on political, economic and social activities of every country, the organisation of the 41st AIPA General Assembly has shown the resolve and efforts of ASEAN parliaments to work with governments to overcome difficulties, push back the pandemic for the happiness of the people, and the co-operation and development of the ASEAN Community. … [Read more...] about 41st General Assembly of ASEAN inter-parliamentary organisation kicks off