On September 21st, in Hanoi, as the role of the chairmanship of ASEAN Social Work Consortium (ASWC) in the period 2020-2021, the Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs held the 10th ASEAN Social Work Consortium Online Conference (ASWC) with the theme: “Social workers at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery” and commemoration of the 10th anniversary of ASWC.
On September 8th, the Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs in cooperation with the United Nations Child’s Fund (UNICEF), World Health Organization held a virtual Conference to evaluate and implement some solutions on child care, protection and education in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Attending the Conference were representatives from ministries, sectors, international organizations, and Leaders from the DOLISA and relating Departments of 20 provinces, cities that have been the hotspot of COVID-19.
On August 31, Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Hoi - Head of the Special Working Group of the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs in the South provinces visited some residential areas in Phu Nhuan District and District 11 (HCM City) to inspect the COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control as well as social security care for the people of these localities.
On August 12, the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Australian Embassy in Viet Nam held a virtual conference on the Final Review of the National Strategy on Gender Equality 2011-2020 and Implementation of the National Strategy on Gender Equality 2021-2030. Attending the Conference were Deputy Minister of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha; Mrs. Robyn Mudie, Australia's Ambassador to Vietnam; Mrs. Elisa Fernandez Saenz, Head Representative of UN Women in Vietnam; the ambassadors, representatives from relating ministries, sectors, central agencies, localities, and international organizations.
On the occasion of the 74th anniversary of Invalids and Martyrs' Day (July 27) and the 60th anniversary of the AO/dioxin disarter in Vietnam, on July 21, the President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a meeting with the Vietnam Martyrs' Family Support Association and the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange. The Vietnamese State has issued many policies to support families that have rendered contributions to the revolution, and Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in the meeting.