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Despite high labour force participation rate for women, gender pay gap on the rise

Gender pay gap has expanded in Viet Nam where the labour force participation rate of women stands high in the world.

The world we want: migrant workers need support

Future migrant workers expect more administrative and financial support to go abroad while returning migrant workers hope Viet Nam will soon become as developed as the countries where they used to work. The recommendations were among the major...

Global Employment Trends 2013: Global unemployment rising again but with significant differences across regions

Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, labour markets remain deeply depressed. Unemployment has started to rise again as the economic outlook worsens.

ILO staff awarded Commemorative Medal by Viet Nam’s trade union

ILO Programme Officer Nguyen Hoang Ha was awarded Commemorative Medal for “Cause of Building Trade Union Movement” by President of the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour, Dang Ngoc Tung, on 18 January.

More than 52 million domestic workers worldwide, no official records for Viet Nam

Millions of domestic workers around the world remain excluded from protection enjoyed by other workers, says a new ILO report. Viet Nam still has no official records on domestic workers even though this group is growing in the labour force.

Viet Nam needs practical guidance to protect domestic workers

Viet Nam has made a good start in the area of domestic workers by its coverage in the amended Labour Code but specific circumstances of this group require more detailed guidance to make the new law doable, the ILO has said.

Nearly 1 million out of work, stronger job creation needed

Nearly 1 million workers remain unemployed as the economy couldn’t create enough jobs for both new entrants to the labour force and the existing jobless, according to the Labour Force Survey Report 2012. Launched in Hanoi on 18 December by the...

Viet Nam’s wage growth increases despite continuing global slowdown

Viet Nam has experienced robust wage growth while a new ILO report shows a worse slowdown in global wages. The country, however, still needs to address many challenges, including the informal economy, low productivity and widening gender pay gap.

Enhance job opportunities for people with disabilities for everyone's benefits

Viet Nam has lost 3 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product as the result of the involuntary exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour market. On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December), the ILO is...

Young rural people need employment supports

Young rural people, who are often left behind in education and training, need supports to get access to quality jobs. A forum organized by the International Labour Organization in the northern province of Phu Tho on 26 November listens to the voice...

UNESCO, ILO and FAO to organize a joint workshop on sustainable tourism in Hoi An

Today, a two-day workshop on promoting sustainable tourism to increase local community benefit in Quang Nam province, opened in Hoi An Ancient Town. The event is co-organised by the Quang Nam Provincial People’s Committee and three UN Agencies,...

Teachers need more supports to make education beneficial to all

Urgent actions are needed to support teachers to help Viet Nam become a learning society and make the profession deserve the noble status.

Women should be better protected at workplaces

The amended Labour Code is expected as a major step forward in promoting gender equality, particularly protecting women from sexual harassment at workplaces, but it is not enough to make female workers happy.

Local development

Tourism benefits Viet Nam’s rural poor

Inland hilltribe villagers in Quang Nam province have increased their earnings by developing products such as traditional weavings, spices, tea gift baskets and home stay services for tourists, with the help of an ILO project and funding from the...

Asian-European labour ministers commit to fostering employment with focus on young people

Labour ministers from Asian and European countries agreed on the need for policies to foster employment and create decent jobs amid the global credit crunch, stated the Hanoi Declaration on Employment and Social Protection – a Key to Sustainable...

Priority should be given to addressing job prospects deterioration: ILO Asia-Pacific Director

Bilateral MoU signed to improve country’s labour statistics

Vietnam’s labour statistics will be improved in the next four years under a memorandum of understanding signed between the General Statistics Office (GSO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Hanoi today.

Asia-Pacific: quality and quantity of jobs dropping

Slowing growth in many Asian countries has accentuated labour market challenges in a region that has the world’s largest youth population, and where precarious work is widespread.

Viet Nam’s new labour laws to improve labour market and industrial relations

A conference entitled “Introduction of the Labour Code and Trade Union Law: Opportunities and Challenges” was organised in Ha Noi today by the National Assembly’s Social Committee, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam General...

$4.5m employment assistance projects announced at first National Decent Work Committee

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Vietnam today announced its new assistance projects worth US$4.56 million at the first meeting of the new Vietnam Decent Work Country Programme Steering Committee in Ha Noi.