Press releases

June 2013

1. Project launched to address demographic challenges for national social insurance system

   17 June 2013

   The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today launched a project to improve social insurance system in the context of Viet Nam’s demographic changes, low insurance coverage and limited law enforcement.

2. World Day Against Child Labour June 12, 2013: No to child labour in domestic work!

   12 June 2013

   The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are calling for special attention to child domestic workers on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June this year.

3. Uneven job recovery poses challenges to most countries

   03 June 2013

   The latest edition of the ILO’s World of Work report shows encouraging, but still-fragile signs of improvement in emerging and developing economies, while many advanced economies continue to face high or even rising unemployment and increasing inequalities.

May 2013

1. $4m project to turn Viet Nam’s hopes for better labour relations into reality

   31 May 2013

   A US$4 million project was launched today in Hanoi to develop industrial relations in Viet Nam, making the new Labour Code and Trade Union Law beneficial to both employers and workers.

2. Global youth unemployment rate to reach 13 per cent this year: ILO

   08 May 2013

   The world youth unemployment rate this year is close to its crisis peak and is not expected to decline before 2018, according to a new ILO report. Unemployment rate among young people in Viet Nam is also more than three times higher than the adult rate.

3. Better Work Viet Nam Safety Fun Run 2013

   05 May 2013

   More than 3,600 garment workers have participated in Better Work Vietnam’s annual Safety Fun Run at Lucky Square, New City of Binh Duong Province on Sunday morning, 5 May.

April 2013

1. ILO Viet Nam launches first Media Award for labour and employment journalists

   29 April 2013

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Viet Nam is inviting journalists to submit entries for its annual US$3,500 Media Award, which sheds light on labour and employment issues in the country.

2. Meeting today's and tomorrow's skills needs

   26 April 2013

   The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), organized a national conference entitled “Meeting Today’s and Tomorrow’s Skills Needs” in HCM City on 25 April.

3. ILO calls for urgent global action to fight occupational diseases

   26 April 2013

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for an “urgent and vigorous” global campaign to tackle the growing number of work-related diseases, which claim an estimated 2 million lives per year.

March 2013

1. Despite high labour force participation rate for women, gender pay gap on the rise

   07 March 2013

   Gender pay gap has expanded in Viet Nam where the labour force participation rate of women stands high in the world.

January 2013

1. Global Employment Trends 2013: Global unemployment rising again but with significant differences across regions

   22 January 2013

   Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, labour markets remain deeply depressed. Unemployment has started to rise again as the economic outlook worsens.

2. More than 52 million domestic workers worldwide, no official records for Viet Nam

   09 January 2013

   Millions of domestic workers around the world remain excluded from protection enjoyed by other workers, says a new ILO report. Viet Nam still has no official records on domestic workers even though this group is growing in the labour force.

December 2012

1. Nearly 1 million out of work, stronger job creation needed

   18 December 2012

   Nearly 1 million workers remain unemployed as the economy couldn’t create enough jobs for both new entrants to the labour force and the existing jobless, according to the Labour Force Survey Report 2012. Launched in Hanoi on 18 December by the General Statistics Office (GSO) with the ILO support, the report shows the employed population increased by 1.1 million over the last three quarters but at the same time, Viet Nam’s labour force expanded at the same rate.

2. Viet Nam’s wage growth increases despite continuing global slowdown

   07 December 2012

   Viet Nam has experienced robust wage growth while a new ILO report shows a worse slowdown in global wages. The country, however, still needs to address many challenges, including the informal economy, low productivity and widening gender pay gap.

November 2012

1. UNESCO, ILO and FAO to organize a joint workshop on sustainable tourism in Hoi An

   22 November 2012

   Today, a two-day workshop on promoting sustainable tourism to increase local community benefit in Quang Nam province, opened in Hoi An Ancient Town. The event is co-organised by the Quang Nam Provincial People’s Committee and three UN Agencies, UNESCO, ILO and FAO.

2. Teachers need more supports to make education beneficial to all

   15 November 2012

   Urgent actions are needed to support teachers to help Viet Nam become a learning society and make the profession deserve the noble status it already has in the country’s long tradition and culture. The message was delivered from the dialogue “Role and Status of Teachers in Building an Inclusive, Creative and Sustainable Learning Society” organised in Hanoi today to celebrate the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day on 20 November. The event was jointly organized and attended by the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Viet Nam Learning Promotion Association, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

October 2012

1. Bilateral MoU signed to improve country’s labour statistics

   24 October 2012

   Vietnam’s labour statistics will be improved in the next four years under a memorandum of understanding signed between the General Statistics Office (GSO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Hanoi today.

2. Asia-Pacific: quality and quantity of jobs dropping

   22 October 2012

   Slowing growth in many Asian countries has accentuated labour market challenges in a region that has the world’s largest youth population, and where precarious work is widespread.

September 2012

1. Vietnam’s new labour laws to improve labour market and industrial relations

   24 September 2012

   A conference entitled “Introduction of the Labour Code and Trade Union Law: Opportunities and Challenges” was organised in Ha Noi today by the National Assembly’s Social Committee, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Vietnam to give social partners and the public an insight into the important changes brought about by the amended laws.

2. $4.5m employment assistance projects announced at first National Decent Work Committee

   24 September 2012

   The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Vietnam today announced its new assistance projects worth US$4.56 million at the first meeting of the new Vietnam Decent Work Country Programme Steering Committee in Ha Noi.