All publications: Lao People's Democratic Republic

Are you thinking of working abroad in the fishing or seafood processing sectors? This information will help you to travel abroad safely and...

This brochure aims to support migrant workers from Lao PDR looking to work abroad in the fishing and seafood processing sector. Information contains relevant contact details, advice on the migration process and key labour rights entitled for workers.

Migrant workers' rights

Trade union-led Migrant Worker Resource Centres in ASEAN and Jordan: Case studies for protecting and organizing migrant workers

This paper features good approaches and innovations by trade union MRCs in five Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Cambodia, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia and Thailand) as well as in Jordan. It...

Labour migration

Key facts on working and employment conditions in the agriculture sector in Thailand

Labour migration

Working and employment conditions in the agriculture sector in Thailand: A survey of migrants working on Thai sugarcane, rubber, oil palm...

Thailand's agriculture sector increasingly depends on migrant workers from Cambodia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Myanmar. This report, based on a survey of migrant workers and interviews with migrant workers and key informants, sheds...

Migrant workers

Reduced Vulnerability of Returnee Migrant Workers through Linkages to Employment Opportunities and Integration into Local Economic...

Migrant workers

Measuring labour migration in ASEAN: Analysis from the ILO’s International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database

This report presents the latest statistics on international labour migration in ASEAN.

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

Recovery and labour migration in the post-pandemic future

Thematic background paper for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

Selected extracts

Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific

The publication is a selection of country cases from, Extending Social Health Protection: Accelerating progress towards universal Health Protection in Asia and the Pacific. It documents country experiences and lessons learned on the extension of...

Social protection

Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific

This regional report documents and analyses country experiences and lessons on the extension of social health protection coverage in the Asia and the Pacific region. It provides a detailed account of progress made, challenges encountered and...

Trade union manual

Organizing women migrant workers: Handout compendium

This handout compendium is meant to be used with the training manual "Organizing women migrant workers: Manual for trade unionists in ASEAN".

Trade union manual

Organizing women migrant workers: Manual for trade unionists in ASEAN

This training manual was produced in collaboration between ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) and Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region, a joint programme of the International Labour...

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

Supporting migrant workers during the pandemic for a cohesive and responsive ASEAN Community

Thematic background paper for the 13th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour

TRIANGLE in ASEAN

Implementation of recommendations from the 3rd to 12th ASEAN Forums on Migrant Labour (AFML)

Progress review background paper for the 13th AFML

Policy brief

COVID-19 and the ASEAN labour market: Impact and policy response

This policy brief highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour markets in the ASEAN region and looks at possible recovery scenarios. The brief shows estimates and projections of working-hour and employment losses, increased unemployment...

Project brief

Project Fact Sheet: Enhancing and Implementing Occupational Safety and Health Standards in Lao People's Democratic Republic

The project “Enhancing and Implementing Occupational Safety and Health Standards in Lao PDR” is a continued partnership between the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Korea through the Ministry of Employment and Labor...

Labour migration

Experiences of ASEAN migrant workers during COVID-19: Rights at work, migration during the pandemic, and remigration plans (Second...

This study – conducted from mid-October to December 2020 – is a follow-up to the initial assessment undertaken in March and April 2020.

Green jobs in ASEAN

Regional study on green jobs policy readiness in ASEAN: Highlights

The ILO and ASEAN, with the leadership of Malaysia, worked together to conduct a study to assess policy readiness for promoting green jobs and a just transition across AMS. This document shares the highlights of the report, which includes country...

Green jobs in ASEAN

Regional study on green jobs policy readiness in ASEAN: Final report

The ILO and ASEAN, with the leadership of Malaysia, worked together to conduct a study to assess policy readiness for promoting green jobs and a just transition across AMS. In completing these assessments, the authors drew on responses to an...

Domestic work

Making decent work a reality for domestic workers: Progress and prospects in Asia and the Pacific, ten years after the adoption of the...

In 2011, the international community adopted the ILO’s Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), which recognized for the first time that domestic work is work and that domestic workers should enjoy the same labour protections as all other...

Factsheet: Supporting resilience of MSMEs in response to COVID-19