Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh believed today's young generation will overcome difficulties and challenges as their forefathers did to contribute to the country’s development.
HCMC’s districts and Thu Duc city have basically completed housing rental payments for workers in accordance with the Prime Minister’s Decision dated March 28, 2022, reported the municipal Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs on September 8.
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on July 24 to mark the 75th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day, with the attendance of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, along with State leaders and 450 representatives of millions of people who made contributions to the revolution.
A workshop on solutions to improve the quality of human resources in Ho Chi Minh City was held by the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on June 29.
The Government has issued a decree to increase the regional minimum wage by 6 percent from the beginning of July, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh informed at a dialogue program with workers on the morning of June 12
The Department of Society and Culture under the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council yesterday had a working session to re-monitor implementation results on Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control and some typical policies serving for pandemic prevention and control and supporting people affected by Covid-19.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs is expected to focus on creating jobs for 300,000 employees this year, including 140,000 new jobs. Besides, the department will also apply solutions to reduce the number of poor and near-poor households by 0.35 percent and 0.2 percent respectively.
This morning, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Mr. Le Minh Tan said that a massive delegation of leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and districts, Thu Duc city will visit 85 families of officials, civil servants, frontline forces and volunteers who died from Covid-19 in the fight against the pandemic during Tet holiday.
On the upcoming Tet holiday, Ho Chi Minh City will give gifts with a total amount of around VND871 billion (US$38.3 million), an increase of VND58 billion (US$2.5 million) over Lunar New Year 2021 to policy beneficiary families, poor and near-poor households and those people who are under social protection.
Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Mr. Le Minh Tan informed that nearly 214,000 out of 231,000 self-employed workers had received a financial support package due to the Covid-19 impacts.
HCMC plans to spend more than VND800 billion (US$36.4 million) to support over 500,000 disadvantaged people to celebrate the upcoming Tet holidays, said Director of the municipal Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, Le Minh Tan.
Government officers and workers will enjoy a 7-day holiday for the 2021 Tet (Lunar New Year), from February 10 - 16, 2021 (on the 29th day of the last month- the 5th day of the first month of the lunar calendar).
The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has just submitted two options for the seven-day Tet (Lunar New Year 2021) holidays to the Prime Minister.
There were nearly 100,000 people applying for unemployment benefits each month this year while the monthly average in 2019 was just 60,000-70,000, according to an official of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
A communications campaign entitled “Blue Heart” was launched on June 4 to call for joint efforts to end violence and protect children and women, especially during emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
The increase in Gini coefficient which is used as a gauge of economic inequality, measuring income distribution or, less commonly, wealth distribution showed the gap between the rich and the poor is widener in the country, said Deputy Prime Minister.
A television program themed “Joining hands for the Poor – Leaving no one behind” was jointly organized yesterday by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in response to the Month for the Poor (October 17 – November 18)
More than 40 children aged from 9 to 14 from south eastern localities including Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai and Tay Ninh, were taught about the participation rights of children at a course in Binh Duong on June 16.
