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Asia-Pacific Labour Market Insights

COVID-19 containment measures heighten wage inequality in Thailand and Viet Nam

Containment measures during 2020 to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to heightened inequality, as evidenced by emerging trends in key wage indicators in Thailand and Viet Nam.

Ship to Shore Rights

Decent work for fishing and seafood migrant workers in Asia Pacific

European Union and United Nations continue efforts to support safe labour migration and decent work in the fishing and seafood processing sectors in South East Asia

COVID-19

Viet Nam’s jobs on post COVID-19 recovery but still below pre-pandemic levels

New national labour force data produced with ILO technical support shows 32.1 million people aged 15 and above suffered from negative impacts by COVID-19.

Implementing new Labour Code will expedite Viet Nam’s path to high income country

Numerous improvements in the new Labour Code can bring benefits for workers and employers but only when all are aware of their new rights and actively use them.

International Migrants Day

ILO commits to supporting Viet Nam to enforce new law on Vietnamese migrant workers

The ILO commends Viet Nam on the passage of the revised Law on Contract-Based Overseas Workers, which improves protection for Vietnamese migrant workers.

2nd National Child Labour Survey

Viet Nam’s child labour rate lower than region’s average by 2 percentage points

Latest survey undertaken in 2018 finds more than 1.7 million children participating in economic activities across Viet Nam, among whom more than 1 million are engaged in child labour.

Joint UN Programme To Support Collaboration and Effective Labour Migration Governance Launched on Eve of International Migrants Day

The programme will work closely with the 12 member states of the Colombo Process to facilitate international co-operation on labour migration issues across South, South East and East Asia.

SCORE Training

Stay safe and resilient: ILO SCORE Programme expands its OSH and Business Continuity training under the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the world of work. Production disruptions have caused demand for many goods and services to plummet and forced enterprises around the world to suspend or scale down operations, with enormous impacts for workers.

COVID-19

Miss Viet Nam calls for joint efforts to promote decent work for youth

The COVID-19 economic crisis has hit young people hard, particularly women and those in the informal sector.

Our impact, Their voices

ILO SCORE Training improves productivity and workspace that benefits all

As the COVID-19 pandemic was raging around the world, the plans of many exporters had to change This case study shows how one company participated in SCORE Training and worked to implement improvements that resulted in significant productivity gains...

Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific

Women hit hard by COVID-19 impact on garment sector

A new brief highlights COVID-19 impacts on women and men workers in the garment sector and recommendations for a gender-responsive recovery.

Responsible Supply Chains in Asia

How advocacy is moving the needle on labour standards in Vietnamese fisheries and aquaculture

A joint ILO/EU/OECD programme is seeing the fruits of its outreach activities in a crucial Vietnamese industry

Gender equality

Vietnamese women are increasingly well prepared for decision-making roles in businesses

A new ILO report highlights the business case of gender diversity but notes that enterprises need to reach a critical mass of women in top positions in order to reap its benefits.

Enterprise development

Viet Nam’s SME consultants standardized using SCORE Training

Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific

Asia-Pacific garment industry suffers as COVID-19 impact ripples through supply chain

Collapsing consumer demand, government lockdown measures and disruptions to raw material imports have taken their toll on the Asia Pacific garment industry, says a new ILO report.

ILO Career Guidance Package and Mobile Phone App “ILO-Huong nghiep” aims to improve young people’s access to career guidance services

Social protection

ILO: Developing countries should invest US$1.2 trillion to guarantee basic social protection

Closing the coverage gap, worsened by COVID-19, will require additional sources of financing says a new ILO study.

Labour migration

ILO launches sixth Global Media Competition on Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment

This year, the participants are encouraged to highlight the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers and their families.

Multi-donor programme

ILO/Germany programme to protect garment workers affected by COVID-19

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is giving €14.5 million to an International Labour Organization (ILO) multi-donor programme to help garment sector workers in seven countries who have been affected by...

Labour migration reporting workshop for journalists now open for application