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Original name: Luât Công doàn
Name: Trade Unions Law (No. 12/2012/QH13).
Country: Viet Nam
Subject(s): Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations
Type of legislation: Law, Act
Adopted on: 2012-06-20
Entry into force:
Published on: Official Gazette, the English Translation of Công Báo, 2012-08, Issue Nos. 04-05, pp. 25-36
ISN: VNM-2012-L-91648
Link: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=91648&p_lang=en
Bibliography: Official Gazette, the English Translation of Công Báo, 2012-08, Issue Nos. 04-05, pp. 25-36
Legislation on-line Legislation on-line Electronic Government Portal, Cong Thông Tin Diên Tu, http://congbao.chinhphu.vn, Viet Nam PDF of Law in Vietnamese PDF of Law in Vietnamese (consulted on 2012-12-03)
Legislation on-line Legislation on-line Economica, Viet Nam PDF of Law in English PDF of Law in English (consulted on 2017-03-16)
Abstract/Citation: CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Trade union
Article 2. Scope of regulation
Article 3. Subjects of application
Article 4. Interpretation of terms
Article 5. Rights to establish, join and operate trade unions
Article 6. Principles of organizing and operating trade unions
Article 7. Organizational system of trade unions
Article 8. International cooperation on trade unions
Article 9. Prohibited acts

CHAPTER I - RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRADE UNIONS AND THEIR MEMBERS
SECTION 1: Rights and Responsibilities of Trade Unions
Article 10. Representation and protection of the rights and legitimate interests of employees
Article 11. Participation in State management and socio-economic management
Article 12. Submission of draft laws and ordinances and policy-making and legislative proposals
Article 13. Participation in sessions, meetings and congresses
Article 14. Participation in inspection, examination and supervision of activities of agencies, organizations and enterprise
Article 15. Advocacy, mobilization and education for employees
Article 16. Development of trade union members and grassroots-level trade unions
Article 17. Rights and responsibilities of immediate higher-level trade unions toward employees in non-unionized agencies, organizations and enterprises
SECTION 2: Rights and Responsibilities of Trade Union Members
Article 18.Rights of a trade union member
Article 19. Responsibilities of a trade union member

CHAPTER III - RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE, AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTERPRISES TOWARD TRADE UNIONS
Article 20. Relation between trade unions and the State, agencies, organizations and enterprises
Article 21. Responsibilities of the State toward trade unions
Article 22. Responsibilities of agencies, organizations and enterprises toward trade unions

CHAPTER IV - ASSURANCES FOR TRADE UNION ACTIVITIES
Article 23. Assurance of organization and personnel
Article 24. Assurance of conditions for trade union activities
Article 25. Assurance for trade union representatives
Article 26. Finance of trade unions
Article 27. Management and use of finance of trade unions
Article 28. Assets of trade unions
Article 29. Examination and supervision of finance of trade unions

CHAPTER V - SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES, HANDLING OF VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW ON TRADE UNIONS
Article 30. Settlement of disputes over trade union rights
Article 31. Handling of violations of the Law on Trade Unions

CHAPTER VI - IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
Article 32. Effect
Article 33. Implementation detailing and guidance
Repealed text(s):
Implementing text(s):

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