ILO Viet Nam Director's Speech on the national industrial relations conference: “towards better industrial relations under the revised labour code and trade union Law"
Addressing at the Conference, Mr Gyorgy Sziraczki, ILO Viet Nam Country Director, said "Building sound industrial relations is ultimately about implementation, enforcement and sustainability, based on joint efforts. As the old Vietnamese saying goes "One tree cannot make a hill; three trees together can make a high mountain". The participation of central and local level tripartite partners -- Government, workers’ and employers’ organizations -- is key to success.
Mr. Huan, Vice Minister of MoLISA
Mr. Chinh, Vice President of VGCL
Mr. Tuc, Vice President of VCCI
Mr. Bien, Vice Chairperson of VCA
Distinguished participants, honorable guests, dear colleagues
Let me first welcome you all, as others have done, whether you be representative of the Government, Employers, Workers, observers or guests to this National Industrial Relations Conference.
In doing so, and on behalf of the ILO, I would like to thank MoLISA, the Viet Nam Industrial Relations Project and its partner organizations for the excellent arrangements that have been made for this event.
Today, we are here for the launching of a new Industrial Relations Project. This is the fourth industrial relations project that the ILO has been supporting in Vietnam. The first started in 2002, the second in 2006, and the third in 2009.
During the past eleven years, Viet Nam has made a remarkable journey in moving towards sound industrial relations that support democratic principles, rights at work and the transformation of the country into a vibrant, diversified and competitive economy that is well integrated in global production networks.
Your achievements are tangible. They include the new Labour Code and the Trade Union Law, which came into force this year. On behalf of the ILO, I would like to congratulate MoLISA, VGCL, VCCI and VCA for all their efforts towards building better industrial relations.
The previous phase of the industrial project supported the revision of these two important laws. The new project that we are launching today will assist our tripartite constituents -- Government, Workers and Employers -- to enforce them.
The focus of the project is to
• Facilitate the drafting and adoption of decrees, ordinances and other instruments, and guidelines for the new Labour Law and Trade Union Law;
• Promote training and raising awareness of the new laws and their regulations and guidelines;
• Improve trade union capacity to effectively and democratically represent workers, particularly at the enterprise level and in coordination with national union organizations;
• Facilitate the development of a new minimum wage fixing system; and
• Promote the use of collective bargaining.
The ILO is proud to be part of this work. I would like to thank the US Department of Labour for its financial support to the new project between the Government of Viet Nam and the ILO.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Implementing the laws is a bigger challenge than drafting them. Successful implementation and enforcement are expected to lead to changes in incentives, behaviors and outcomes in labour relations.
Building sound industrial relations is fundamentally about ensuring that the requisite institutional capacity is in place. This in turn requires time, consensus, resources and hard work, particularly if it involves significant changes to existing organizations or the creation of new institutions.
Mr Vice Minister, Messrs Vice Presidents and Mr Vice Chairperson -- your presence today shows your strong commitment to partnership to support the development of sound industrial relations in Viet Nam.
Thank you for joining us here in our common efforts to establishing more inclusive and fairer labour markets which uphold international labour standards and rights at work with social dialogue at the core.
Building sound industrial relations is ultimately about implementation, enforcement and sustainability, based on joint efforts. As the old Vietnamese saying goes "One tree cannot make a hill; three trees together can make a high mountain",
The participation of central and local level tripartite partners -- Government, workers’ and employers’ organizations -- is key to success.
The ILO is ready to support its tripartite constituents in their effort and work.
I wish all of you a successful conference.
Thank you.
Mr. Chinh, Vice President of VGCL
Mr. Tuc, Vice President of VCCI
Mr. Bien, Vice Chairperson of VCA
Distinguished participants, honorable guests, dear colleagues
Let me first welcome you all, as others have done, whether you be representative of the Government, Employers, Workers, observers or guests to this National Industrial Relations Conference.
In doing so, and on behalf of the ILO, I would like to thank MoLISA, the Viet Nam Industrial Relations Project and its partner organizations for the excellent arrangements that have been made for this event.
Today, we are here for the launching of a new Industrial Relations Project. This is the fourth industrial relations project that the ILO has been supporting in Vietnam. The first started in 2002, the second in 2006, and the third in 2009.
During the past eleven years, Viet Nam has made a remarkable journey in moving towards sound industrial relations that support democratic principles, rights at work and the transformation of the country into a vibrant, diversified and competitive economy that is well integrated in global production networks.
Your achievements are tangible. They include the new Labour Code and the Trade Union Law, which came into force this year. On behalf of the ILO, I would like to congratulate MoLISA, VGCL, VCCI and VCA for all their efforts towards building better industrial relations.
The previous phase of the industrial project supported the revision of these two important laws. The new project that we are launching today will assist our tripartite constituents -- Government, Workers and Employers -- to enforce them.
The focus of the project is to
• Facilitate the drafting and adoption of decrees, ordinances and other instruments, and guidelines for the new Labour Law and Trade Union Law;
• Promote training and raising awareness of the new laws and their regulations and guidelines;
• Improve trade union capacity to effectively and democratically represent workers, particularly at the enterprise level and in coordination with national union organizations;
• Facilitate the development of a new minimum wage fixing system; and
• Promote the use of collective bargaining.
The ILO is proud to be part of this work. I would like to thank the US Department of Labour for its financial support to the new project between the Government of Viet Nam and the ILO.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Implementing the laws is a bigger challenge than drafting them. Successful implementation and enforcement are expected to lead to changes in incentives, behaviors and outcomes in labour relations.
Building sound industrial relations is fundamentally about ensuring that the requisite institutional capacity is in place. This in turn requires time, consensus, resources and hard work, particularly if it involves significant changes to existing organizations or the creation of new institutions.
Mr Vice Minister, Messrs Vice Presidents and Mr Vice Chairperson -- your presence today shows your strong commitment to partnership to support the development of sound industrial relations in Viet Nam.
Thank you for joining us here in our common efforts to establishing more inclusive and fairer labour markets which uphold international labour standards and rights at work with social dialogue at the core.
Building sound industrial relations is ultimately about implementation, enforcement and sustainability, based on joint efforts. As the old Vietnamese saying goes "One tree cannot make a hill; three trees together can make a high mountain",
The participation of central and local level tripartite partners -- Government, workers’ and employers’ organizations -- is key to success.
The ILO is ready to support its tripartite constituents in their effort and work.
I wish all of you a successful conference.
Thank you.