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Entrepreneurship in Indonesia

Turning tragedy into opportunity

In one of the remotest parts of Indonesia, devastated by a tsunami, an ILO business training programme has helped one young woman develop talents she never knew she had, and open up new horizons for her community.

Viet Nam’s leading labour journalists trained in Labour Code

More than 30 labour and employment journalists from major media organizations in Viet Nam gathered in the central city of Da Nang on 18 July for a training workshop in the new Labour Code.

Regional trade unions cooperation needed to better protect migrant workers

The International Labour Organization (ILO) called on South-east Asian countries to build strong coordination and cooperation among their trade unions for the protection of international migrant workers, who are often vulnerable to unfair treatment,...

Fighting forced labour

Question and answers on Work In Freedom programme

The 5-year joint DFID/ILO programme aims to prevent over 100,000 girls and women from South Asia from falling victim to child and labour trafficking.

Cooperation against trafficking

Major new initiative to protect women and girls from modern-day slavery

ILO and DFID team up to combat the trafficking of women and girls in South Asia and the Middle East.

Cooperation against trafficking

New support to protect girls and women from ‘modern day slavery’

The ILO and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) partner to combat trafficking of women and girls with major new project in South Asia and the Middle East.

Public-private dialogue to promote Quang Nam tourism

The ILO project “Strengthening Inland Tourism in Quang Nam Province”, in coordination with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), has supported Quang Nam Tourism Association to develop an action plan with a focus on essential...

“Work in Freedom” Programme

DFID, ILO to launch new initiative to tackle trafficking of women and girls

102nd Session of the International Labour Conference

Asia and Pacific: Challenges and opportunities for Unions

At the 102nd Session of the International Labour Conference, Noriyuki Suzuki, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation for Asia and Pacific (ITUC-AP), replies to ACTRAV Info. In this interview, Mr. Suzuki gave his views on...

Community-based tourism brings additional income to Quang Nam ethnic groups

Two villages of Co Tu ethnic group in the western mountainous part of Quang Nam Province on 23 June inaugurated their community-based tourism services with the support of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Hoi An Tourism Information Centre opens, highlighting ILO-UNESCO partnership

A new tourism information centre in Viet Nam’s ancient town of Hoi An was open to tourists on 22 June as a result of the partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...

Project launched to address demographic challenges for national social insurance system

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today launched a project to improve social insurance system in the context of Viet Nam’s demographic changes, low insurance coverage and...

ILO Viet Nam Director's Speech on the occasion of the launching of the project on “Strengthening the performance of the social insurance...

Addressing at the launching ceremony, Mr Gyorgy Sziraczki, ILO Viet Nam Country Director, said "for every State and their people, social protection is not just a question of entitlement and responsibility, but a matter of rights. It is a social...

World Day Against Child Labour June 12, 2013: No to child labour in domestic work!

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are calling for special attention to child domestic workers on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June this year.

COOP Champions

Mohamed Farzan, training facilitator LED tools and trainer, My.COOP

COOP Champions features ILO colleagues from around the world working on cooperatives and other social and solidarity economy enterprises. It highlights their contributions, and shares highlights of their experiences, current work, and future...

Uneven job recovery poses challenges to most countries

The latest edition of the ILO’s World of Work report shows encouraging, but still-fragile signs of improvement in emerging and developing economies, while many advanced economies continue to face high or even rising unemployment and increasing...

$4m project to turn Viet Nam’s hopes for better labour relations into reality

A US$4 million project was launched today in Hanoi to develop industrial relations in Viet Nam, making the new Labour Code and Trade Union Law beneficial to both employers and workers.

Upper-level coordination helps trade unions return to workers

The active involvement of an upper-level trade union (công đoàn cấp trên cơ sở) in collective bargaining process over wage issues has helped prevent wild-cat strikes and paved the way for better industrial relations at enterprises in the southern...

ILO statement on the Wing Star shoe factory building collapse

The ILO is saddened by the deaths and injuries resulting from the building collapse at the Wing Star shoe factory on Thursday (May 16th) in Cambodia. The ILO would like to express its condolences to the families of those who lost their lives, and to...

Global youth unemployment rate to reach 13 per cent this year: ILO

The world youth unemployment rate this year is close to its crisis peak and is not expected to decline before 2018, according to a new ILO report. Unemployment rate among young people in Viet Nam is also more than three times higher than the adult...