Opinion

Trade unions create solid trust when negotiating more benefits for workers

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The proposal of the Trade Union of 19.5 One Member Limited Liability Company has helped more than 1,100 workers to increase their salary as a basis for paying social insurance by an additional 7% from June 1, 2026.

We cannot let UAVs become a threat in the sky

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Two times UAVs were detected near Tan Son Nhat airport on the evening of August 11, causing operational disruptions, directly affecting 73 flights.

Understanding

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He once took a ride on a technology car in the late afternoon. Throughout the journey, the phone attached to the driver's handlebars kept vibrating, it was his wife calling. Uncle just quickly glanced at me and texted a short line: "Running a ride, speaking at night". When he stopped in front of a long red light, Uncle turned back to look at me, forced a smile: "She is home alone and sad, calling is all talking nonsense". He doesn't know that nonsense with him might be important to his wife. And the excitement of wanting to talk now whether waiting until evening is still intact.

Workers are always at the center of Lao Dong Newspaper

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97 years is a journey long enough for many things to change. Now, not only has the life of workers changed, the operating methods of the Trade Union have changed, but the way readers receive information is also very different from the time the first issue of Lao Dong Newspaper was published.

Reducing working hours must go hand in hand with increasing productivity

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The proposal to build a roadmap to reduce normal working hours for private sector workers from 48 hours to 40-44 hours/week has received much agreement.

Place rental housing in strategic pillar positions

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At a working session with the Government Party Committee and relevant ministries and sectors on the implementation of Directive No. 34-CT/TW of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership over social housing development in the new situation on May 19, 2026, General Secretary and President To Lam emphasized: "Houses are for living, not for business or accumulating assets".

Paradox

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Once, he was sitting in a small coffee shop and saw an old man quietly peeling each tangerine. He meticulously divided it into very even segments, and then carefully put them in a box.

Transforming diplomacy into a substantive development resource

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General Secretary and President To Lam requested Heads of Representative Agencies to find ways to transform diplomacy into a substantive development resource.

Improving Ho Chi Minh City's competitiveness in the coming decades

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The policy of studying relocating ports out of the central area is of strategic significance, related to urban planning, economic space organization and competitiveness of Ho Chi Minh City in the coming decades.

The lack of precedent further requires a controlled testing mechanism

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General Secretary and President To Lam emphasized that the new unprecedented task needs to be tested with control; not because it is difficult not to do it.

Increasing supervision for good implementation is the success of policies

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Deputy Prime Minister Le Tien Chau proposed to the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee a number of solutions to improve the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluating policy implementation.

Socialization to support administrative procedure resolution to better serve people

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Ho Chi Minh City proposes that businesses support the resolution of administrative procedures, from receiving and digitizing dossiers to returning results.

Arousing the spirit of creation from propaganda work

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When the country enters a new stage of development with major goals of growth, digital transformation, innovation and international integration, propaganda work also faces a new requirement.

Grow up

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There was a time when the morning started with birds singing, with the smell of sticky rice at the alley entrance or messages inviting each other to go for coffee. But now, many people have not had time to fully open their eyes and unconsciously take out their phones. Not to see if the weather is beautiful or bad today, but to see how many emails have not been answered, how many work messages have not been read, how many meetings are waiting and how many deadlines are counting down.

Regulation 207-QD/TW on handling acts of avoidance, shirking, and fear of responsibility

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The Central Executive Committee adds the act of avoidance, shirking, and fear of responsibility to the things that party members are not allowed to do.

Resolutely eliminate the ideology of "pleasing officials, suffering the people

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At the National Conference to study, study, thoroughly grasp and implement the Resolution of the 3rd Conference of the 14th Central Executive Committee of the Party, General Secretary and President To Lam emphasized: "Regarding the 2-level local government system, the Central Government does not raise the issue of rearranging and adjusting the administrative boundaries of communes, because basically the entire system is operating stably and effectively. Provinces and cities that find it truly necessary to adjust, based on the Party's guidelines, the State's laws, planning, management practices and the legitimate aspirations of the people, should propose to competent authorities to decide. The proposed plan to adjust administrative boundaries must be scientific, cautious, feasible, create consensus, must serve the socio-economic development goals of the locality and serve the people better. Resolutely eliminate the ideology of "convenient cadres, suffering the people".

Standardizing job positions associated with salaries to create motivation for officials

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In 2026, the Ministry of Home Affairs will focus on guiding the standardization of job positions and the structure of the contingent of commune-level cadres and civil servants.

To become a strong maritime nation, there must be leading maritime enterprises

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The Resolution on building and developing Vietnam into a strong maritime nation identifies strong development of marine enterprises, especially large-scale corporations.

Let go to protect yourself

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On the weekend morning, the neighbor stood in front of a pot of laurels that had dried almost completely in the garden, his hand stroking the tree trunk, as if stroking a memory, then sighed and said to him: "I've been trying to take care of it for almost a year. Just thought for a moment more that there would be a miracle, but then I accepted to let go". Then he made a pot of strong tea to invite him and the two sat silently. He suddenly thought that perhaps in life, the most difficult thing is not to start, but to accept that there are things that have come the time to be let go.

Don't let our children just see bears on books

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Son La Police discovered a case of illegal trading of four Asiatic black bears and one bear gallbladder in the area.