All news: Asia + Pacific

New initiative to support policy-makers in finding workable solutions to the youth employment crisis

A new initiative to help policy-makers find solutions to the challenge of youth employment was launched by the ILO in Bangkok. This initiative will focus on sharing knowledge about youth employment policies in 13 countries in Asia and the Pacific.

Labour standards

Indian Unions set up joint platform for the ratification and application of C87 and C98

A solidarity campaign continues for the ratification and application of ILO Conventions 87 on Freedom of Association and 98 on Collective Bargaining established by 11 national trade union confederations in India.

The ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, visited Thimpu, Bhutan from 25 to...

The main purpose of the visit was to meet members of the Government and attend a meeting of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC).

Gender Equality

Window of opportunity for Viet Nam to improve gender equality at work

Viet Nam has a lot of opportunity to address gender equality at workplaces, which helps industrial relations, but more efforts are needed in this area.

New report

New ILO report finds global number of child labourers falls - Asia Pacific sees the greatest decline but still has the largest numbers

A new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) has found that the global number of child labourers has declined by one third since 2000, with the largest absolute decline in the Asia-Pacific region.

New report

ILO to release new child labour estimates

A report containing the latest global and regional estimates of child labour will be launched in Bangkok on Monday 23 September 2013 by the ILO. The report, "Marking progress against child labour: Global estimates and trends 2000-2012", provides the...

Labour market

Asia-Pacific on the road to middle-class employment

A recent ILO study shows that despite robust economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, millions of people are still living under or just above the poverty line.

Pacific Island Countries benefit from ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC,2006)

A new “bill of rights” – the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention – comes into force, ensuring protection for the world’s 1.5 million seafarers and fair competition for shipowners.

Social security

Report projects future financial woes of social security fund

A report released today by the International Labour Organization (ILO) suggests that the Viet Nam Social Security Fund (VSS) could start having deficits by 2021 and experience depletion by 2034 if no reforms are made.

Global shipping industry sets sail under new standard

A new “bill of rights” – the ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention – comes into force, ensuring protection for the world’s 1.5 million seafarers and fair competition for shipowners. Viet Nam is the 37th country to ratify the Convention.

Policy dialogue on the mobility of health professionals

The EU-funded ILO - Decent Work across Borders Project organized a policy dialogue and discussed conclusions of commissioned papers on effectiveness of bilateral labour arrangements, working conditions of Filipino and Indian-born nurses in the UK,...

Job quality undermines youth potentials and national growth

The quality of jobs available for young people aged between 15 and 29 is ringing an alarm in the youth labour market in Viet Nam, the first national school-to-work transition survey has shown on the occasion of the International Youth Day (12...

National workshop: “Social Security Laws: Standards, Policy and Legislation”, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, from 27 to 29 August 2013

The ILO DWT for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific will organize a series of technical training workshops on areas related to social security, including minimum standards and legislation, financing of schemes, social health insurance,...

National wage council launched, giving employers and workers a voice in minimum wage setting

The establishment of Viet Nam’s National Wage Council marks a transformation from a solely Government-led minimum wage fixing mechanism into a new tripartite body which recognizes the importance of workers and employers’ participation.

ILO Viet Nam Director's Speech on the occasion of the launching ceremony of National Wage Council in Viet Nam

By Mr Gyorgy Sziraczki, Director, ILO Country Office for Viet Nam, at the Launching Ceremony of National Wage Council In Viet Nam, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 6 August 2013

Bonded labour

Fighting bonded labour in Nepal

Though it is banned by the government and has all but disappeared from certain locations, bonded labour persists in some parts of the country.

ILO Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific concludes four day mission to Bangladesh

Children deserve to play: from sugarcane fields to volleyball and football pitches

Fun in the sun was what 167 former child labourers from ILO Interntational Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) areas in Bukidnon had on 11-12 July as part of the province’s celebration of the World Day against Child Labour.

ILO industrial relations specialist awarded medal by Vietnamese Government

International Labour Organization (ILO) industrial relations specialist Yoon Youngmo was awarded a medal for the cause of labour, invalids and social affairs by the Vietnamese Government in Hanoi on 25 July.

Trade Union Law now available in English

The bilingual publication of the 2012 Law on Trade Unions was launched on 23 July in Hanoi by the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL). The translation of the law into English, as well as the amendment process of the law, was supported by...