Update February, 22 2012 17:18:08
Small employers try to cover up workplace accidents
February, 22 2012 10:26:12
Enterprises, particularly small- and medium-sized businesses, have been trying to conceal the real number of work accidents, making it difficult to collect exact statistics, said Bui Hong Linh, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, at a labour safety conference yesterday.
February, 18 2012 08:41:17
Teachers vital to improving vocational training
The director of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs' General Department of Vocational Training, Nguyen Tien Dung, spoke to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economics Times).
February, 17 2012 10:25:17
Guest workers to resume Libya contracts
The first eight workers are expected to return to Libya and resume work on a trial basis next Wednesday, nearly a year after their repatriation due to political chaos in the North African country.
February, 17 2012 10:22:23
HCM City offers job support for newcomers
Pham Thi Thanh Thuy from the central province of Binh Thuan got a job as an accountant in HCM City after she got off a coach at the Mien Dong inter-provincial coach station.
February, 14 2012 10:04:45
Handicapped to receive employment assistance
Handicapped people in the southern province of Dong Nai are going to receive employment assistance this year as part of a project worth more than US$772,000, implemented by the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Handicap International in Viet Nam.
February, 10 2012 10:42:00
Scrap collector becomes honoured entrepreneur
Even in her wildest dream, scrap collector-turned-microenterprise-owner Duong Thi Tuyet from a small village in northern Viet Nam never thought she would be on stage at Paris' Louvre Museum – one of the world's greatest arts museums.
February, 09 2012 10:41:41
Companies happy as workers return
The situation is easing at industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City and neighbouring Dong Nai Province, with most workers returning for work after Tet (Lunar New Year).
February, 03 2012 10:27:34
Women take on ‘male' professions
Female graduates will get more support in finding employment in sectors that are traditionally associated with male workers, according to career counsellors.
February, 03 2012 10:23:38
Universities open new courses to meet market demand
Many universities are offering new subjects for study in the next academic year to meet human resources demand in different sectors.
February, 02 2012 10:22:00
Firms face usual worker shortage
Most companies in HCM City have resumed work after Tet (the Lunar New Year), but face the usual labour shortage that plagues them at this time of the year when many workers decide to stay back in their hometown rather than return to big cities.
February, 02 2012 10:19:25
Rural labourers to receive training
As many as 600,000 rural labourers are targeted to receive vocational training courses this year following an order from Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.