Decade of action for road safety

During the first year of serving as a non-permanent member of the UNSC for the 2020-2021 tenure, Vietnam made a number of hallmarks such as pushing forward the UNSC’s adoption of the Presidential Declaration on the compliance with the UN Charter, organising the ASEAN-UN dialogue, and especially proposing and promoting the UN General Assembly’s Resolution on designating December 27 as International Day of Epidemic Preparedness for the first time. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 20

Earlier, the Vietnam Airlines Group, which include Vietnam Airlines, budget carrier Jetstar Pacific and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), said it will supply over 414,000 extra seats from January 27 to February 26, 2021 to serve increasing travel demand. This will bring the total seats on flights operated by the Vietnam Airlines Group during the traditional holiday to 2.4 million, equivalent to nearly 12,000 flights. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 20

According to Elisa Fernandez Saenz, country representative of the United Nations Women Vietnam, female migrant workers will be more vulnerable to violence, abuse, and exploitation. In general terms, the pandemic has affected the employment and income of more than 32 million workers. Along with that, the average income of informal workers is often much lower than that of formal ones with no social insurance or unemployment benefits, and also have difficulties in accessing social security. … [Read more...] about The migrant women who never quit