Social Affairs

Many people have voiced that it is irrational to apply a uniform working hour for all provinces and cities.

Some wants the holiday less than a week while others want the holiday long enough for family reunification.

The center’s experts said that as May is still the transition period, there is a dispute between hot and cold waves, so extreme weather may occur such as tornadoes, hail and strong wind in the thunderstorm.

People are warned of preventing probable fire in residential areas as well as wildfire and recommended to avoid outdoor activities from 11:00am to 4:00pm, drink enough water and take proper diet to enhance the immune system.

Traffic accidents still claim 21 lives and left nearly 40 people permanently disabled each day.

A World Bank (WB) official pointed out that the bank always attaches importance to cooperating with Vietnam’s government agencies to update new policy matrixes related to climate change and green growth.

The revenue of premiums of social insurance, health insurance and unemployment insurance totaled nearly VND12,29 billion (US$528,470).

The Vietnamese government assigned the MONRE to unify the state management of solid waste and chairpersons of the provincial People`s Committees to be responsible for dealing with waste in their localities.

For Hanoi, the regulation of working hours must be considered and evaluated in many aspects because the capital houses many state administrative bodies, with a big population of state servants.

Low-income earners have been the most hard-hit by the recent energy price hikes.

Le Bach Hong was deputy minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs between 2005 and 2008.

The dialogue is meant to reiterate the government and employers’ appreciation to technological engineers, along with efforts to improve the qualifications of human resources, especially skilled manpower, to meet development requirements.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People`s Committee Ngo Van Quy emphasized that ensuring a healthy working environment is one of the important requirements in production and business activities.

The need to harden punishments on drunk driving comes after many tragic road accidents recently.

Up to 9,798 people were hospitalized due to traffic accidents, 891 cases due to food poisoning and two emergency cases due to artillery ammunition explosion.

According to the draft of the revised Labor Code, the retirement age will be raised to 62 for males and 60 for females.

If a simpler, easier, and more economical way of traveling is offered, people will choose the option that not only helps to improve the economy but also the air quality, Shell noted.

In recent years, the Vietnam Social Security has paid special attention to IT application.

There was a decrease in the number of accidents with 17 cases less, down 5.2% year-on-year, but with five more deaths, up 3.8%, and 21 injuries fewer, a 9.2% decrease year-on-year.

The blazing hot temperatures of the Northwest and mountainous areas in the Central region may last until April 2