All news: Viet Nam

Country survey

One in ten Vietnamese youngsters aged 5-17 in child labour

The first national data show that 1.75 million Vietnamese children are child workers. The rate of child labour in Viet Nam is lower than the world's average and very close to the regional figure.

Work safety

Viet Nam ratifies ILO Convention, showing strong commitment to work safety

The Convention on Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health, known as Convention 187, is expected to help the country with its work safety laws and international trade negotiations.

Better Work

Better Work programme in garment sector to move north and expand to footwear industry

The ILO and its partners have agreed to expand a major programme aiming to improve the export industries’ performance and competitiveness in the next five years.

New report

Weak economic recovery does not extend to jobs

Viet Nam’s unemployment slightly increased with growing rate of vulnerable jobs in 2013 as the weak global economy recovery has failed to lead to an improvement in global labour markets, the ILO said, launching a new report on 21 January.

Workers' activities

Initiatives to put trade unions to the new height

Pilot programmes to strengthen the role and capacity of upper-level trade unions in the country’s select industrial hubs will be launched in the northern port city of Hai Phong on 14 January.

Safe migration

Lack of awareness puts migrant workers at risks

A public event organized in the mountainous area of Quang Ngai Province offered future migrant workers a chance to learn about safe migration.

Viet Nam garment industry

Better talk leads to better work

As Viet Nam prepares for a major expansion of international trade a new system for worker-employer relations in garment factories is helping to pave the way for improved working conditions and competitiveness.

Rural youth employment

Good careers come from young people’s own interest and aptitude: ILO

Skills mismatch on Viet Nam’s youth labour markets has become a persistent trend whereas over-education and over-skilling coexist with under-education and under-skilling. More than 400 young people and 100 parents from the rural suburbs of Hanoi...

Gender at work

Private sector active in fighting sexual harassment at workplaces

A number of enterprises have taken the lead in preventing and combating sexual harassment at the workplace since this sensitive issue for the first time was prohibited in the amended Labour Code 2012 which started effect on 1 May 2013.

Analysis

How will ASEAN regional integration affect labour migration in Viet Nam?

By Sally Barber and Max Tunon, International Labour Organization, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

International Migrants Day - 18 December 2013

Promote and protect the rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants

Joint statement by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Navi Pillay.

International Migrants Day (18 December)

Rural residents to learn about safe migration

Public events will be organized in target rural areas to enhance self-protection skills and understanding about safe migration and support services available to prevent migrant workers from falling victim to labour exploitation and human trafficking.

Analysis

Middle-class jobs put Viet Nam on the road to economic recovery

By Phu Huynh, Labour Economist, International Labour Organization, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Social dialogue

Better talk leads to better work

As Viet Nam prepares for a major expansion of international trade – with the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Free Trade Agreement negotiations – a new system for worker-employer relations in garment factories is helping to pave the way to improved...

Int'l Day for Persons with Disability

Corporate Social Responsibility – “Promote Disability Inclusion, Expand Businesses”

Promoting job opportunities for People with Disabilities is not only the key for people with disability to participate in the community but also contribute to businesses to expand.

Migration

Viet Nam tightens control over contracts for labour migration

With ILO support, the Vietnamese Government regulates contracts and deposits for overseas work to protect workers and minimize risks for recruitment agencies.

Non-discrimination

Training future lawyers to ensure justice for people with disabilities

Good lawyers with knowledge, right attitudes and perspectives about persons with disabilities can help break barriers and open doors for them to the workplaces and the whole society .

Projects

New projects to touch tourism, unemployment and sex work

The ILO in Viet Nam gets resources from One UN Fund

Vocational training

VN gains Philippine experience in vocational education reform

As Viet Nam is amending the Law on Vocational Education and Training, the ILO in Viet Nam organized a study tour for senior officials to see the Philippine models.

Small and medium enterprises

Helping SMEs reach global production chain through workplace cooperation

Although small and medium-sized enterprises in Viet Nam have situated themselves at the heart of the economy, they are facing tough challenges to access the international market. A Switzerland and Norway-funded project is helping these less...