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Making history: The journey to modernize action against forced labour

By Thetis Mangahas, Deputy Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Rights at work

Domestic work, Work like any other

The well-publicised case of the abused Indonesian maid Erwiana Sulistyaningsih placed a spotlight on the plight of a vulnerable and often invisible population, migrant domestic workers. Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO's Regional Director for Asia and the...

Opinion

Domestic work, work like any other

Opinion by Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Regional Director for Asia-Pacific

Art work

'Til Everyone Can See

On 12 June, the International World Day against Child Labour, the ILO’s Red Card campaign kicks off with an original song, 'Til Everyone Can See, by Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and violinist Ann Marie Simpson, with featured artists Travis...

Red Card to Child Labour

Football star Le Cong Vinh holds up Red Card to child labour

National football team striker Le Cong Vinh holds up his Red Card and joins ILO cause against child labour on the World Day Against Child Labour (12 June).

Child labour

Campaign to combat child labour launches at the opening of 2014 Football World Cup

The ILO’s Red Card to Child Labour campaign sends out a message that children have a right to play, not work. Viet Nam’s national football team striker Le Cong Vinh will hold up the Red Card.

Pension

New pension formula gets green light but retirement age increase still under consideration

The National Assembly’s appraisal report on the draft Social Insurance Law agreed on the new pension formula that is closer to the international standards but wanted to raise retirement age only among the groups of high-skilled and management...

International Labour Conference

Takaaki Sakurada from Japan elected Vice President of 2014 International Labour Conference

Mr Takaaki Sakurada has been elected as a Vice-President of the 103rd session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), which opened on Wednesday 28 May in Geneva, Switzerland.

World of Work 2014

ILO: Investing in high quality jobs can make economic leaps

The ILO’s global report shows, for the first time, that quality jobs can drive sustained growth in emerging and developing countries. Viet Nam made an enormous leap over the past two decades but progress has slowed down recently.

Regional Director's remarks at the 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Labour Minsters

By Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific at the 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Labour Minsters, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on 22 May 2014

Economics of forced labour

Illegal profits from forced labour in Asia-Pacific estimated at about US$52 billion per year

New ILO report estimates that one third of global annual profits of US$150 billion from forced labour are generated in the Asia-Pacific region.

New report

Despite long maternity leave, Viet Nam is left behind in paternity protection

Viet Nam’s maternity leave is on a par with the developed world but the nation offers no paternity leave whereas nearly half of the countries globally encourage involvement of fathers around childbirth.

Social protection

Retirement age and pension formula – key components of social insurance reform: ILO

The revised Law on Social Insurance will be brought to discussion at the regular National Assembly meeting which starts on 20 May. Among the key changes suggested by the ILO are retirement age increase and a new pension formula. Carlos Galian,...

ASEAN integration

Skills and lack of awareness of AEC 2015 – a major concern for enterprises, ILO warns

An ILO research in 2013 also shows that labour productivity in Viet Nam was among the lowest levels in the Asia-Pacific region.

ASEAN labour market

Skills and lack of awareness of AEC 2015 a major concern for enterprises, ILO warns

Enterprises throughout the ASEAN region are extremely concerned about the lack of skilled workforce as the 2015 deadline for the start of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) approaches, according to a new report by the International Labour...

ILO Assistant Director-General and Asia-Pacific Regional Director makes first visit to Lao People's Democratic Republic

The International Labour Organization’s ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, has made his first official visit to Lao People's Democratic Republic.

ASEAN labour market

Employers to review ASEAN labour market challenges

The labour market challenges created by a more integrated ASEAN economy will be discussed at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 9 May 2014.

Labour migration

Seasonal work brings year-round benefits

A new harvest is ready, and Celestine Aisa Maino, a seasonal worker from Papua New Guinea, has just embarked on her latest overseas journey. Working on a large Australian fruit farm gives her more income, and an ILO project helps her to use it to...

May Day

Tuoi tre journalist wins first national labour press award

A special award on the Labour Code has also been given to a VTV 4 journalist.

Race for safety

Thousands of garment workers to learn proper use of personal protective equipment

With one in every ten fatal accidents at work now linked to missing personal protective equipment, Better Work Vietnam’s annual “Safety Fun Run” aims to educate garment workers on measures to guard against workplace hazards.