The 35th ASEAN Summit opened in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday morning with the attendance of leaders from 10 member States, the ASEAN Secretary-General, United Nations Secretary-General, the International Monetary Fund Managing Director among others.

On October 18th, 2019, at the Minitry’s head office, Deputy Minister Le Van Thanh had a cordial meeting with the Delegation of representatives from Kagoshima Prefecture (Japan) led by Mr. Mitazono Satoshi, Governor of the Prefecture. Attending the meeting were Leadership representatives from the Department of International Cooperation, Department of Overseas Labour...

On October 1st, 2019, at the Ministry’s Head office, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Ha had a meeting with the Delegation of Sponsors of ILO led by Mr. Henrik Vistisen, Senior Policy Consultant of Denmark’s International Development Agency. The meeting focuses on the mutual interested issues. Attending the meeting were Leadership representatives from Department of International Cooperation, Department of Social Insurance, Department of Legal Affairs, Department of Industrial Relation and Wages, the Ministry’s Inspectorate, Institution of Labour Science and Social Affairs.

In the framework of the official visit to General Federal Germany, on September 26th, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung and the Delegation of Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam had a meeting with Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Federal Republic of Germany. Mr. Rolf Schmachtenberd, Permanent State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs had a cordial meeting with the Delegation.

The third ministerial conference on labour cooperation among Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (CLMTV) kicked off in Siem Reap city of Cambodia on September 17. The Vietnamese Delegation led by Deputy Minister of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha attended this event.

On September 13th, 2019, at the Ministry’s Head office, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung had a cordial meeting with Mr. Daniel J. Kristenbrink, US. Ambassador to Vietnam. Attending the meeting were Leaders from Department of International Cooperation, Department of Legal Affairs, Department of Labour Relationship and Wage. At the meeting, the two sides shared a number of issues relating to content of draft of Labour Code (amended) towards ensuring the harmonious, stable development and approaching the common trend and international standards.

On September 06th, at the Ministry’s Head office, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Ha had a cordial meeting with Mr. Kung Phoak – Vice General Secretary of ASEAN, in responsible of ASEAN Socio – Cultural Community. Attending the meeting were Mrs. Sita Sumrit, representative of Secretary Board of ASEAN, and representatives of the Department of International Cooperation, Department of Gender Equality and Department of Child Affairs. At the meeting, the two sides have shared about a number of the cooperation activities between Vietnam – ASEAN for the past time and the priority activities which Vietnam intends to in 2020.

On August 29th, 2019, at the Head office of the Ministry, Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs organized a medal ceremony for the cause of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs for Mrs. Astrid Bant – Head Representative of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam. Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Ha attended and awarded the medal, some officials of Department of the Ministry and representatives of UNFPA organizations present at the ceremony.