Employment promotion: Viet Nam

September 2009 

• Microfinance for Decent Work Action Research
  - How can microfinance institutions (MFIs) help improve working conditions? How can they contribute to job creation? And how can MFIs help reduce child labour? Should MFIs have an interest in addressing these and other decent work issues? These are some of the questions that the ILO intends to address through an experimental global action research programme (2008-2011) in partnership with microfinan ... (Project)

May 2009 

• ILO Issues revised global unemployment projections; Unemployment in Asia Pacific could top 100 million people
  28 May 2009 - The number of people unemployed in 2009 could increase by between 29.4 million and 58.8 million people globally, and between 9 and 26.3 million in Asia Pacific, compared to 2007. That’s according to new projections from the ILO, the United Nations agency that deals with work and workplace issues. (Press release)

February 2009 

• 18-20 February 2009
  Investment, growth and employment The case of Viet Nam - [pdf 1081 KB]
  13 February 2009 - A study on the policy coherence initiative on growth, investment and employment, the case of Viet Nam, prepared for the meeting in Manila, Philippines, 18-20 February 2009 (Conference paper)

January 2009 

• ILO global employment trends report 2009 - unemployment, working poor, vulnerable employment to increase dramatically due to global employment crisis
  29 January 2009 - The global economic crisis is expected to lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people joining the ranks of the unemployed, working poor and those in vulnerable employment, the International Labour Office (ILO) says in its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET). (Press release)

December 2008 

• Bangkok
  Report of the Independent Final Evaluation: ILO/Japan Asian Regional Programme on Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women - Cambodia and Vietnam Chapters - [pdf 475 KB]
  19 December 2008 - The Cambodia and Vietnam chapters of the ILO/Japan Asian Regional Programme on Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women aim to contribute to national efforts in alleviating poverty and enhancing the socio-economic status of women and promotion of gender equality and social justice in poverty alleviation and employment promotion policies and programmes. (Report)
• Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women in Vietnam - [pdf 931 KB]
  10 December 2008 - In 2002, the ILO/Japan Multi-Bilateral Programme, in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Viet Nam, launched the project “Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women (EEOW)” to contribute to poverty alleviation, social and economic empowerment of women and gender equality in the world of work. (Brochure)

March 2007 

• Bangkok
  Report of the independent final evaluation of EEOW Vietnam chapter - [pdf 678 KB]
  19 March 2007 - This report presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the final evaluation of the EEOW project in Vietnam. The project was approved in 2002 but many elements did not become operational until 2003, and new project sites were opened as recently as 2006. ... (Report)

December 2004 

• Bangkok
  Report of Mid-Term Evaluation for the Report of Mid-Term Review - ILO/Japan Asian Regional Programme on Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women (EEOW) - Vietnam - [pdf 427 KB]
  29 December 2004 - This report presents the findings of the evaluation team for the project ILO/Japan Asian Regional Programme on Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women (EEOW), Vietnam chapter. ... (Report)