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Workshop to discuss a Strategic Plan for labour inspection in Viet Nam

The Viet Nam Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs organized a workshop to discuss a draft Strategic Plan for labour inspection in the country. The meeting was attended by senior MOLISA officials along with representatives from the Prime...

Viet Nam’s pension scheme reform needed: ILO Report

Social insurance

Viet Nam’s pension scheme reform needed: ILO report

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Hanoi on August 2 launched an important report, indicating the need for a comprehensive reform in Viet Nam’s pension scheme as Viet Nam Social Security will soon need to start selling assets to pay...

Viet Nam: Serving markets and workers

Textiles are Viet Nam’s second largest export and provide about two million jobs for local workers. The sector has usually been associated with high productivity and competitiveness, but also with poor working conditions. Is it possible to reconcile...

ILO signs US$1,140,000 partnership with Korean Government

The ILO and the Government of the Republic of Korea have signed an agreement that will provide US$1,140,000, as well as technical expertise, to support the development of decent work in more than 15 Asian countries.

Viet Nam ratifies the ILO Convention No.122 on Employment Policy- a significant step forward.

ILSSA-OECD-ILO-Hans Siedel Foundation event

The ILO co-organised a workshop on Social Cohesion together with the Institute of Labour, Science and Social Affairs (ILSSA), the OECD, and the Hans Siedel Foundation in 30 May 2012. The event was chaired by Viceminister of the Ministry of Labour...

Launching Ceremony of the project on “Occupational Safety and Health in hazardous industries in Viet Nam” and National Workshop on...

The ILO Country Office for Viet Nam and Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) are launching the project on “Occupational Safety and Health in hazardous work in Vietnam – RAS/12/50M/JPN” and organizing a National Workshop on...

DWCP 2012-2016 Signing Ceremony

The Government of Viet Nam, the workers’ and employers’ organizations and the ILO signed the new Decent Work Country Program 2012-2016 on 24 May 2012.

Workshop on Poverty Reduction and Decent Work through Tourism: Dcent work needed to sustain tourism development

The two-day workshop on Poverty Reduction and Decent Work through Tourism, organised by the ILO in the central resort city of Hoi An which gave a focus on pro-poor tourism and provided an opportunity for policymakers, stakeholders, employers and...

Seminar on Promoting Occupational Safety and Health in a Green Economy

To respond to the World day for Safety and Health at Work, ILO Country office for Viet Nam collaborated with MOLISA organize a Meeting and other information activities on 26 April 2012. The Day this year focuses on the topic “Promoting Occupational...

Occupational safety and health

Garment workers run for safety in 2012

Over 3,600 garment workers will run this Sunday 22th April at 6:30am at Binh Duong New City, Binh Duong Province. This is 3rd year, Better Work organize this event as part of a safety campaign to mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work.

National photo competition and exhibition to observe the World Day Against Child Labour 2012

Time Bound Project has an initiative to organize a national photo competition and exhibition to observe the World Day against Child Labour 2012 in collaboration with the Bureau of Child Protection and Care under MOLISA, and financial contribution...

ILO launches a video contest on Decent Work for Youth

Tripartite Youth Employement Forum

The forum established a platform for interaction among young people, policy-makers and the social partners to discuss the current situation and identify best practices, put forward recommendations to promote decent work for young people in Vietnam.

Viet Nam to host ASEAN seminar on unemployment protection and employability

Strategies to protect workers against unemployment, help them find better work will be reviewed at an ILO-ASEAN Seminar in Ho Chi Minh City, from 20 to 22 March 2012.

Viet Nam Labour Inspection Needs Assessment

A team from LAB/ADMIN completed a week-long needs assessment of the labour inspection system in Viet Nam.

Former Director of ILO Country Office for Viet Nam Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard awarded Friendship Medal

Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard, former director of International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Office for Viet Nam, was awarded a Friendship Medal by Mme Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Vice Chairperson of Viet Nam’s National Assembly on 9 December 2011 in Hanoi.

Vietnamese apparel factories producing a good bargain for all

Story of Dang Thu Hoan, a Vietnamese worker who helps produce around US$13 billion in textile export revenues for Viet Nam.

Skills training holds rural families, communities together

Story of Tran Thi Thanh, a 43-year-old grandmother in My Loc, who acquired her first-ever passport and will use it to find work in Taiwan as a domestic worker.