Welcome to the ILO Country Office for Viet Nam. The ILO and its tripartite constituents – the government together with representatives of employers and workers organizations – play its role within the UN and multilateral system supporting Viet Nam’s socio-economic development. In partnership with our constituents, the ILO provides technical assistance on a range of key labour market development issues. We focus on creating more and better jobs through enterprise development, ensuring basic social services for all, and building triparatism by promoting industrial relations and social dialogue.
ILO is a specialized agency of the United Nations
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ILO Country Office for Viet Nam48-50 Nguyen Thai Hoc StreetHanoi, Viet NamTel:+84 4 3734 0907Fax:+84 4 3734 0904Website:http://www.ilo.org/hanoiEmail:HANOI@ilo.org
Calendar of Events
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What's New
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ILO Viet Nam launches first Media Award for labour and employment journalists
29 April 2013The 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.
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ILO calls for urgent global action to fight occupational diseases
26 April 2013On the occasion of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work (28 April), 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.
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Fighting a slow and invisible killer
23 April 2013Rock quarries are among the most dangerous workplaces in Viet Nam. The International Labour Organization (ILO) is helping enhance self-inspection and training on occupational safety and health (OSH) to try to make work in the quarries healthier and safer.
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Good teachers vital to ensure right to education
24 April 2013Good teachers play a big role in getting every child into school and meeting the deadline for the Education for All goals in 1,000 days. The message was highlighted yesterday at the launch of the 2013 Global Action Week on Education, held at the Temple of the Great Teacher Chu Van An in the northern province of Hai Duong.
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New employment pattern offers opportunities but can be a two-edged sword
22 April 2013Viet Nam’s labour market will see some significant changes when the amended Labour Code takes effect in May, recognizing the practice of labour dispatch, where workers are employed by one company and ”dispatched” to work in another company, as a new pattern of employment. Chief Technical Advisor on Industrial Relations of ILO Viet Nam, Yoon Youngmo, analyzes the issue.
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ILO Quang Nam newsletter, April 2013
18 April 2013The ILO project “Strengthening Inland Tourism Project in Quang Nam' has issued its newsletter for April 2013. The publication reviews its major activities in the month and introduces upcoming events.
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ILO Viet Nam Newsletter, March 2013
29 March 2013The third quarterly newsletter of the ILO Country Office for Viet Nam covers a range of news from widening gender pay gap, the inclusion of business training package in the national secondary education curricula, a new community-based tourism village in Quang Nam Province to the voice of migrant workers during the post-2015 development consultations. In this issue, the ILO also talks to representatives of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on the occasion of the National Week on Occupational Safety and Health and Fire Prevention in March.
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It’s time to improve work safety
15 March 2013Viet Nam is lagging behind many other countries, including most of its neighbours, in occupational safety and health, said Vice Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Bui Hong Linh. According to the ministry, 606 workers died in work-related accidents last year in Viet Nam, almost 10 per cent increase against 2011.
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My Son community-based tourism village opens to tourists
14 March 2013A new community-based tourism village near the World Cultural Heritage My Son Sanctuary in the central province of Quang Nam officially opens its service to tourists today. This is part of the project Strengthening of Inland Tourism in Quang Nam between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Quang Nam Province, which is contributing to the promotion of pro-poor tourism in Viet Nam.
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ILO launches global photo contest "WORK4YOUTH"
13 March 2013The ILO Youth Employment Programme is organizing a photo contest to shed light on youth employment issues, the challenges young people face in the workplace as well as their power to overcome them. Zoom in for the top prize!
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Better Work Vietnam newsletter, Jan-Apr 2013
7 March 2013This newsletter of Better Work Vietnam highlights the project's major activities, including worker-employer dialogue mechanism, minimum wage rise and fire safety in the apparel industry in the south.
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Despite high labour force participation rate for women, gender pay gap on the rise
7 March 2013Gender pay gap has expanded in Viet Nam where the labour force participation rate of women stands high in the world.
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Dialogue and compromise essential to settle labour disputes in ASEAN countries
28 February 2013Consensus will be required between workers and employers to address the sensitive issues of employment contracts and reduce labour disputes throughout Southeast Asia, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said. The recommendation was the highlight of a two-day regional workshop on industrial relations organized on 27-28 February in Hanoi by the ILO, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the ASEAN Secretariat and funded by ILO/Japan Multi-bilateral Programme.
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The world I want: migrant workers need support
7 February 2013Future migrant workers expect more financial support to go abroad while returning migrant workers hope Viet Nam will soon become as developed as the countries where they used to work.
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Global Employment Trends 2013:
22 January 2013
Global unemployment rising again but with significant differences across regionsFive 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.
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ILO staff awarded Commemorative Medal by Viet Nam’s trade union
18 January 2013ILO Programme Officer Nguyen Hoang Ha was awarded Commemorative Medal for “Cause of Building Trade Union Movement” by President of the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour, Dang Ngoc Tung, on 18 January.
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More than 52 million domestic workers worldwide, no official records for Viet Nam
9 January 2013Millions 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.
