All news: Viet Nam

Opening remarks at the Inauguration of the MOLISA, VGCL, VCCI, VCA and ILO “Decent Work and Tripartism” Ceramic Road for HANOI 1000 YEARS,...

By Ms Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Launch of the report “Labour and social trends in Viet Nam 2009/10"

This report was launched on 23 June 2010 at Ha Noi, Viet Nam.

Garment workers run for safety in factories

2,500 garment workers run on Sunday 25 April at 7.00 at Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park, Binh Duong Province in a safety campaign to mark the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2010.

Conference convenes to push for industrial relations reform

The Conference provides an opportunity to review the draft revisions of the two laws against the industrial relations problems that have arisen in the last few years—such as, wildcat strikes, and the shortcomings of trade unions in effectively...

Viet Nam commits to strengthening legal frameworks for employer-worker negotiations

Viet Nam has announced it is taking steps to strengthen its legal framework by creating a better environment for workers and employers to settle differences as they arise.

Keynote speech at the National Conference on Future of Industrial Relations and the Revision of Labour Code and Trade Union Law

By Mr Kari Tapiola, Executive Director, ILO Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, Hanoi on 1 April 2010

New ILO project to eliminate child labour and its worst forms in Viet Nam

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), ILO and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) today launched a 2.5-million-Euro Project of Support to the Design and Implementation of National Programmes...

The first Viet Nam Employment Trends Report

The report highlights labour market gains in recent years and the extent to which decent employment objectives have been achieved in Viet Nam.

Helping women and men with disabilities fulfil their potential

By Emanuela Pozzan, ILO Subregional Cordinator on Disability, ILO Subregional Office for East Asia. December 3 marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The theme this year focuses on the empowerment of persons with disabilities and...

ILO Issues revised global unemployment projections; Unemployment in Asia Pacific could top 100 million people

The number of people unemployed in 2009 could increase by between 29.4 million and 58.8 million people globally, and between 9 and 26.3 million in Asia Pacific, compared to 2007. That’s according to new projections from the ILO, the United Nations...

EU and ILO to support human resources development in Viet Nam

The European Union (EU), the International Labour Organization and MOLISA, (Bureau for Employment and General Department for Vocational Training) are launching an 11.7 million Euro (US$18.3 million) project to support the development of human...

Health and life at work: a basic human right

ILO Office in Viet Nam and its tripartite constituents celebrated the World Day for Safety and Health at Work and its 90-year anniversary by organizing a seminar on World Day for Safety and Health at Work and Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)...

Community based training for economic empowerment

The EU-MoLISA-ILO Labour Market project funded by the European Commission launches a Community-Based Training for Economic Empowerment (CB-TREE) pilot programme. The programme promotes market oriented economic opportunities and decent employment of...

New programme to improve workplace safety in four provinces

A new programme to improve working conditions and occupational safety and health (OSH) was launched in four provinces in Viet Nam, in Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa, Thua Thien - Hue and Dong Nai.

ILO global employment trends report 2009 - unemployment, working poor, vulnerable employment to increase dramatically due to global...

The global economic crisis is expected to lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people joining the ranks of the unemployed, working poor and those in vulnerable employment, the International Labour Office (ILO) says in its annual Global...

Successful ways of preventing avian & human influenza in Thailand to be discussed - Project to be extended to Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia,...

Successful techniques for preventing the spread of avian and human influenza among Thailand’s poultry workers, farmers and small and medium-sized enterprises will be discussed at a workshop in Bangkok on Tuesday 20 January 2009.

Avian and pandemic human influenza and the workplace

By Suttida Chaikitsakol, National Project Coordinator, Subregional Ofice for East Asia. The continuing outbreaks of cases of avian influenza have prompted worldwide concerns of possible pandemic human influenza. As the number of cases of infection...

Moving from poverty to prosperity – women show the smart way

ILO global gender campaign. The Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women (EEOW), run by the International Labour Organization (ILO) with funding from the Government of Japan has been operating in Cambodia and Viet Nam since 2002 and...

International Labour Organization to Present a Series of ‘Proven Practices’ for the Prevention of Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong...

Government representatives, employers/ workers organizations & NGOs from five countries to participate in Bangkok presentations – 9th October 2008.

Executive summary:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific