All news: Viet Nam

Partnership

Development partners witness impact of flexible resources on Viet Nam’s progress

A delegation of development partners tours the country from 1-3 October.

Employment creation

Small businesses and self-employed provide most jobs worldwide, new ILO report says

A ground-breaking study reveals that seven in 10 workers are self-employed or in small businesses, a finding that has significant implications for employment and enterprise support policies world-wide.

Migration

Bolstering the efforts to ensure decent working conditions for women migrants in Thai construction sector

ILO organized a roundtable meeting on ‘Safety, protection and rights of women construction workers in Thailand” to identify possible intervention to ensure equal and fair pay, better living conditions, safety and protection of women migrant...

What Asian countries should not miss while preparing the future of work

OpEd by ILO economists Sara Elder, Christian Viegelahn and Tejeshwi Nath Bhattarai, authors of 'Preparing for the future of work: National policy responses in ASEAN +6', a study of how ASEAN+6 countries are preparing their labour markets for...

Labour laws

Labour Code revision brings Viet Nam better in line with international labour standards

An interview with ILO Senior Advisor on Standards Policy, Tim De Meyer

Our impact, Their voices

Family benefits to help working parents cope with financial constraints

Viet Nam's social insurance reform looks into various options to develop a multi-tiered structure which offers support to working parents of newborns in compulsory and voluntary system.

ILO100 in Viet Nam

Viet Nam’s high-level officials value ILO’s support

ILO Deputy Director General, Deborah Greenfield, met with Viet Nam’s senior politicians during her visit to the country on 26-27 August 2019.

ILO100 in Viet Nam

ILO, Viet Nam celebrate their century-long path of fighting for social justice

Their intertwined journeys started at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

Op-ed

Migration in Southeast Asia should be an opportunity for workers, communities and economies – not traffickers

Op-ed by Ms Tomoko Nishimoto, the ILO’s Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific; Mohammad Narciri, the Regional Director of UN Women for Asia and the Pacific, based in Bangkok, Thailand; and Mr Jeremy Douglas, the...

Workers’ movement

ILO Viet Nam Director attends Viet Nam Trade Union’s 90 year celebration

The Northern Red Union, which is now the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour, was first established on 28 July 1929.

Collective Bargaining

Vietnam ratifies the Collective Bargaining Convention

Vietnam becomes the 167th ILO Member State to ratify Convention No. 98

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

Viet Nam to launch Sector Skill Council (SSC) in Agriculture

The purpose of the workshop was to kick-off the establishment of a National Sector Skills Council in the agriculture sector.

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

Viet Nam hosts the 4th National Project Steering Committee meeting

Vietnam’s Directorate of Vocational Education and Training (DVET) organized the 4th National Project Steering Committee (NPCS) meeting of the ILO Project “Applying the G20 Training Strategy: A partnership of the ILO and the Russian Federation”...

ILO-Viet Nam cooperation

Viet Nam Decent Work Country Programme yields results at midway

The ILO has offered support through policy advice, capacity building and technical cooperation to open opportunities for women and men to gain access to better jobs and participate in the decisions that affect their lives.

Better Work

High-level Swiss delegation visits garment factory in Dong Nai

Since 2010, the Saitex factory has been part of Better Work Viet Nam, a flagship programme of the ILO and the International Finance Corporation to improve working conditions and boost competitiveness of the garment industry. The State Secretariat...

6th Regulating for Decent Work conference

Vietnamese researcher wins Decent Work prize

The 2019 Regulating for Decent Work prize has been won by a Vietnamese researcher for a study of the conditions of female migrant workers in Myanmar’s garment factories. The prize was presented during the 6th Regulating for Decent Work conference,...

International labour standards

ILO congratulates Viet Nam, EU on signing free trade deal

The agreement promotes the respect for fundamental labour rights under the ILO’s 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

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

Draft Assessment tools for Front Office and Housekeeping occupations continue to receive positive feedback from top businesses in the...

The workshops provided a renewed opportunity for DVET to introduce competency-based training and assessment development approaches to other top businesses and training institutions in the country.

International Labour Conference

Viet Nam pledges to fulfil ILO membership obligations

Viet Nam fully supports ILO Centenary Declaration which the Conference is expected to adopt.

Domestic Workers' Day

An aging Asia increases the demand for domestic workers. But what about their rights?

Mr. Nilim Baruah, International Labour Organization’s Regional Migration Specialist for Asia and the Pacific, reviews progress on migrant domestic workers’ rights in Asia.