VietNamNet Bridge – When Bui Thi Mai of Nam Dinh Province was unable to find a job that allowed her to make use of her two-year medical diploma, she settled for a job as a factory worker at a local industrial park.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs will propose a new roadmap for calculating pensions for female workers to the National Assembly (NA).

 VietNamNet Bridge – Proposed legislation to eliminate some favourable conditions for female workers has met with resistance by both workers and employer.  

Vice President ĐặngThị NgọcThịnh affirmed women’s important role in national development in a speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the 26th Global Summit of Women in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen spoke to the Lao dong (Labour) newspaper about the difficulties facing female workers on Saturday, Oct 24.

Huynh Cao Hai, deputy head of the Dong Nai Province's Health Department, said he planned to encourage all factories in the province to offer reproductive healthcare services for female workers, especially those with a large number of female workers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – To earn a living, many women have to do men’s hard work.

 VietNamNet Bridge – For many rural women, leaving their villages to work in industrial parks seems to be the only and best choice for their lives, but their life often does not become better.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed raising the retirement age for workers, especially highly skilled employees and those in management, by 5 years (the current retirement age is 55 for women and 60 for men).

Many companies in HCM City’s industrial parks and export processing zones have organized activities to help improve male workers’ knowledge on reproductive health, marriage and to improve their cultural and spiritual life.

VietNamNet Bridge - Happy days of cohabitation end very quickly, leaving the consequences on female workers.