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Social protection

Factory women workers empowered with knowledge on health-related social security benefits in Viet Nam

ILO project provides technical support for international conference on skills development

Better Work

New report shows improvements across Viet Nam’s garment factories

COVID-19

ILO: Viet Nam well positioned to overcome economic, labour market challenges

It’s time for the Government, workers and employers to unite as more than 30 million workers were adversely affected by COVID-19 by end of the second quarter.

Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Viet Nam (Phase 2)

Career Guidance App prototype presented in Viet Nam

The prototype of the Career Guidance App being produced under the G20TS Project component in Viet Nam, was presented to relevant stakeholders in a working meeting.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Livelihoods of more than 55 million domestic workers at risk due to COVID-19

On the ninth anniversary of the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention, new ILO estimates reveal the risks facing domestic workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Day Against Child Labour 2020

Viet Nam joins global campaign to confront intensified risk of child labour resulting from COVID-19

Labour migration

ILO commits to support Viet Nam’s effort to promote safe labour migration

The on-going revision of the Law on Contract-Based Vietnamese Overseas Workers can be an opportunity to ensure that Vietnamese migrant workers will be globally sought-after by responsible employers, and their rights will be protected in accordance...

Forced Labour

Vietnam renews commitment to combat forced labour

Convention No. 105 is the seventh ILO fundamental Convention ratified by Vietnam

International Labour Standards

ILO welcomes milestone to end forced labour in Viet Nam

The National Assembly has voted for the ratification of ILO Convention 105 on Abolition of Forced Labour and approval of the free trade agreement between the EU and Viet Nam.

Responsible Supply Chains in Asia

Viet Nam: Adding value through CSR training in wood sector

A training of enterprises seminar highlights the upside for business in improving labour management practices

International labour standards

Viet Nam’s lawmakers to pass free trade deal with EU

The National Assembly will also vote for the ratification of ILO’s fundamental Convention 105 on forced labour during the current sitting.

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

ILO: More than one in six young people out of work due to COVID-19

The ILO’s latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 exposes the devastating and disproportionate effect on young workers, and analyses measures being taken to create a safe return to work environment.

COVID-19: Supporting enterprises, jobs and incomes

ILO issues guidance for safe, healthy, return to work during COVID-19

Return to work policies should be informed by a human-centred approach that puts rights and international labour standards at the heart of economic, social and environmental strategies and ensures that policy guidance is embedded in national...

COVID-19

ILO Viet Nam’s programme supports SMEs to strengthen resilience against COVID-19

With many enterprises having lost orders and running low on cash, many manufacturing SMEs find it difficult to provide personal protection equipment and hand sanitizers to workers and to adjust workplaces to be able to operate under the new...

COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace

Contagion or starvation, the dilemma facing informal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lockdown measures will worsen poverty and vulnerabilities among the world’s two billion informal economy workers, says the International Labour Organization.

Op-Ed

New normal? Better normal!

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare in the cruellest way, the extraordinary precariousness and injustices of our world of work, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

Interviews: Covid-19 in the wood furniture manufacturing sector Viet Nam

We have been keeping in touch with SCORE Trained enterprises around the globe to see how Covid-19 is impacting their business & how they are taking care of workers. Used to looking for ways to overcome challenges, most companies are optimistic that...

COVID-19: Stimulating the economy and employment

ILO: As job losses escalate, nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods

The latest ILO data on the labour market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic reveals the devastating effect on workers in the informal economy and on hundreds of millions of enterprises worldwide.

The ILO ENHANCE Project

Tackling child labour in Viet Nam through vocational training and educational support

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is implementing the Project "Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Viet Nam" (ENHANCE) to assist national level efforts to prevent child labour through awareness-raising,...