On July 2nd, 2020, at the Headquarters of the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Deputy Minister Le Tan Dung had a meeting with Mr. Agostinho Fenandes – Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Angola to Vietnam on promoting cooperation in the fields of labour and social security between the two countries.
The virtual 23rd meeting of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council issued a Joint Ministerial Statement on June 23rd, 2020.
The 28th meeting of the Senior Officials’ Committee for the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOCA) was held via video conference under the chair of the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) on June 22.
An online conference took place between Vietnam’s Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and Switzerland’s Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) on June 23rd, 2020, discussing ways to enhance the sides’ post-COVID-19 labour cooperation. In Hanoi, attending the conference were Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Ha, Leadership representatives from the units under MOLISA and ILO Vietnam. In Switzerland, attending this online conference were Mr. Boris Zürcher - the Swiss State Secretary, Head of Labour Directorate under the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research and Leadership of relating agencies.
New project targeting the elimination of violence against women and children in Vietnam was launched on June 17, in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is sponsored by the Australian Government, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF, and UN Women, and is being carried out by the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnam Women’s Union, and the Centre for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and Adolescents (CSAGA).