On November 23, in Ho Chi Minh City, Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) held the opening ceremony of the National startup day for students 2020 and kick off the competition " Vocational education student's start up idea - Startup Kite”. Attending the ceremony were Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam; Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat; Deputy Minister of MOLISA Le Tan Dung; President of Ho Chi Minh city's People Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong, Leaders of Directorate of Vocational Education, representatives from the departments, sectors, localities, businesses and more than 2,000 vocational students.
To enhance the cooperation in direction, implementation the measures of child protection and child abusement combat, on November 24, in Hanoi, a cooperation agreement on child protection was signed between the Department of Child Affairs under the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs and Vietnam Post. Attending the event were Deputy Minister of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Nguyen Thi Ha; Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Pham Anh Tuan; representatives from Goverment Office, Department of Child Affairs, MOLISA and Vietnam Post.
Party General Secretary and State President delivered welcome remarks at the opening ceremony of the 37th ASEAN Summit on November 12. The following is the full text of the remarks.
In the framework of the activities of ASEAN in 2020, on November, 10th, Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs in cooperation with the ASEAN’s Secretariat and ILO in Vietnam held the 13th Virtual ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) under the theme "Supporting migrant workers during the Pandemic for a Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN Community". Attending the forum were triparties’s representatives, representatives from relating ministries, sectors in Vietnam, academies, international organizations, experts in the field of migrant labour in Vietnam. Deputy Minister of MOLISA Nguyen Ba Hoan chaired the Forum.
On November, 9, in Hanoi, the ASEAN Women CEO Summit was held with the theme “Making changes for a stronger and more responsive women entrepreneur community”. Attending the Summit were Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Deputy Minister Le Tan Dung; Chairman of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nguyen Tien Loc. Online representatives were Mr. Dato Lim Jock Hoi, ASEAN General Secretary; Mrs. Victoria KwaKwa - Vice President of World Bank. Attending were representatives from the ministries, sectors, ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Women Committee, Embassies, International organization and Association of women entrepreneurs.