Street life

Xuyen only moved to HCMC two months ago. His main work involves leveling crushed stones, watering and pouring concrete. He often chooses to work the night shift because the salary is higher than the day shift, at about VND500,000 ($21.64) per night. … [Read more...] about Workers brave the night to speed up work on HCMC flood-prone street

The 200 photos and documents are annotated in Vietnamese and English, with four themes: 1 - ancient documents reflecting human rights ideology in the feudal dynasties of Vietnam. 2 - documents on achievements in securing and promoting human rights in Vietnam since 1945. 3 - Vietnam guarantees human rights in the COVID-19 pandemic. 4 - Quang Nam - innovation and development. … [Read more...] about Human Rights achievements: Impressive communications from direct to online mode

The HDI was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone. The HDI can also be used to question national policy choices, asking how two countries with the same level of GNI per capita can end up with different human development outcomes. These contrasts can stimulate debate about government policy priorities. … [Read more...] about Vietnam listed among countries with high Human Development Index for the first time

In particular, since the issuance of Resolution No. 28-NQ/TW, the number of voluntary social insurance participants has increased rapidly. Specifically, in 2018, the country had more than 277,000 participants, an increase of more than 52,900 people, corresponding to an increase of 23.6% compared to 2017. In 2019, this number increased to nearly 574,000 people, an increase of 296,700 people, corresponding to an increase of 107.1% compared to 2018, making up 1.17% of the labor force in working age. In particular, the number of new voluntary social insurance participants in 2019 was equal to the total number of people participating in voluntary social insurance over the total number of the 11 previous years. … [Read more...] about Efforts of the whole socio-political system to “Leaving no one behind”

Building a child protection network in the cyberspace will connect agencies, organizations and businesses together, forming a harmonious process to prevent, detect, intervene and handle acts of child abuse in the Internet environment. Through this network, children will easily speak up, access support services, be safely protected when being harmed or at risk of being harmed in the cyber space, similar to the support, intervention process to help children at risk or be harm in real life. … [Read more...] about Ministry of Information and Communications strives to contribute to protecting children’s rights in cyberspace