All news: Viet Nam

Trade union

Fair competition can protect workers in globalized world

Director of ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities, Maria Helena André, shares insights about her first visit to Viet Nam in March 2017. During her working trip, she had the opportunity to meet leaders of the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour...

Social protection

Better coverage is key to Viet Nam’s social insurance reform

If social insurance coverage increases, the State can focus on those who are not yet protected, to make sure that everybody gets support whenever needed.

Labour research

Labour researchers to discuss labour law impacts and apparel industry’s informalization

Regular labour research meetings are expected to raise researchers’ interests in labour issues and support young researchers.

Gender equality

More Vietnamese want women to stay at home than world’s average: ILO-Gallup report

New landmark report clearly shows that in Viet Nam and around the world, most women prefer to be working and the majority of men agree.

Equality for all = Success for all

International Womens Day 2017 marks the launch of our new gender equality campaign in the workplace “Equality for all = Success for all”.

Country Brief Summary: Gender equality in recruitment and promotion practices in Viet Nam

The ILO in Viet Nam in co-operation with Navigos Search conducted a review of 12,300 job advertisements in the country’s four largest job portals, backed up by two online surveys to discover whether gender-based discrimination exists in hiring...

Strengthening agricultural cooperatives in Viet Nam

My.Coop – Managing your agricultural cooperative” training took place in Hanoi, Viet Nam in February 2017 after the translation and adaptation of My.Coop to the Vietnamese context.

Youth employment

Vietnamese youth’s school-to-work transition is not a smooth path

The School-to-work transition survey of Vietnamese aged 15-29 implies mismatch, labour underutilization and low quality jobs.

International Migrants Day

Photo story: Courage

The untold stories behind migrant workers portrayed by photographer Nguyen Viet Thanh

Future of work

Skills enhancement is vital for Viet Nam’s decent work in technology era

A priority on improving skills of the workforce is important as Viet Nam deals with the changing nature of work in the era of technology when many low-skilled workers will be at risk of automation.

Child labour

Viet Nam’s child labour action plan launched

The Programme on the Prevention and Reduction of Child Labour for the 2016-20 period was officially launched in Hanoi in a two-day workshop starting on 1 December to step up the fight against child labour in Viet Nam.

Decent Work Country Programme

Employment promotion, social protection and labour market governance high on new ILO-Viet Nam cooperation agenda

The 2017-21 ILO-Viet Nam Decent Work Country Programme will be finalized by the end of this year.

Social dialogue

Improving social dialogue, productivity and working conditions is key to Viet Nam’s integration success

The agenda of social dialogue, productivity and working conditions is becoming more important than ever as Viet Nam is entering a new era of deeper global integration.

Business and intergration

New partnership agreed for more and better jobs in electronics sector

Multinational enterprises, the Vietnamese Government, employers’ and workers’ organizations have agreed to work in close partnership to create more and better jobs in the electronics sector – one of the country’s newest and biggest manufacturing...

Independent review of Better Work

ILO-IFC programme in the garment industry makes workers’ lives better and businesses stronger

An independent review of the Better Work programme, which covers one-fifth of the garment workforce in Viet Nam, shows significant gains in quality of life for workers in factories they advise, as well as enhanced productivity and profitability for...

HIV prevention

Viet Nam: Poor working conditions prevalent in sex work

A new ILO study shows that most sex workers entered the job voluntarily but had limited control of occupational safety and health implications.

Minimum wage

Viet Nam stands out in minimum wage compliance in Asia’s garment industries

However, Viet Nam's minimum wage is relatively low as a percentage of typical wages in the garment sector, when compared to other countries in the region, a new ILO report has shown.

Fight against HIV

Viet Nam’s journalists trained to communicate sex work

The workshop aims to bridge the gaps in the current media coverage of sex work including usage of language, knowledge and approaches.

Labour migration

New pre-departure curriculum makes workers less vulnerable when working abroad

The curriculum is now applied to nearly one fourth of all recruitment agencies in Viet Nam that recruit migrant workers to work in Taiwan (China).

Labour and trade

ILO: Labour provisions in trade agreements do not harm business

New ILO report looks at how the increasing number of provisions in trade agreements are impacting the world of work.