Publications
2022
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Employment, wages and productivity in the Asian garment sector: Taking stock of recent trends
24 June 2022
The report takes stock of employment, wages and productivity in the Asian garment sector by exploring data and policy insights to highlight trends, patterns and ways forward for a better future of work. By utilising updated data insights, the report outlines persisting decent work deficits as the garment sector evolves, and the prioritised support needed to overcome such challenges.
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Skills development and lifelong learning in Viet Nam: Challenges for trade unions
06 June 2022
This brief examines skills development and lifelong learning in Viet Nam. The approach takes a macroeconomic perspective on the main challenges and the outcomes in terms of labour market performance.
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Labor migration in Asia: COVID-19 impacts, challenges, and policy responses
31 May 2022
This publication analyzes the region’s labour migration outlook, corresponding economic and policy developments, and changes caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It overviews labour migration to and from different Asian economies and details policy approaches in major origin and destination economies of labour migrants.
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Labour practices in Viet Nam’s wooden furniture industry: Challenges and good practices
31 May 2022
Original research for the Responsible Supply Chains in Asia Programme.
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UN collaboration on social protection: Reaching consensus on how to accelerate social protection systems-building
05 May 2022
The objective of this publication is to work towards a consensus among UN agencies on how best to support countries to achieve progress towards universal social protection in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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A just energy transition in Southeast Asia: The impact of coal phase-out on jobs
01 May 2022
Coal is the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, and its rapid phasing out is essential to limit global warming to 1.5°C. However, the status of coal power plants as of 2021 shows that the world is far from reaching this objective unless drastic steps are taken immediately. The ILO's Report on "A just transition in Southeast Asia: The impact of coal phase-out on jobs" lays out the need to mitigate the negative socio-economic effects of coal phase out and the necessity for just transition policies to be fostered by using evidence at local levels.
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Enhancing social dialogue towards a culture of safety and health: What have we learned from the COVID-19 crisis?
14 April 2022
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World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Regional companion report for Latin America and the Caribbean
11 April 2022
This regional companion report is intended to complement the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2020–22.
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Viet Nam social security legal reform: An integrated framework
23 March 2022
This report reflects on key dimensions of social security law reform in Viet Nam from the perspective of an integrated framework, which are conceptual and normative framework challenges, reflections on an integrated social security system, the importance of universal and multi-tiered approaches of relevance to Viet Nam, extending coverage, reflecting on key coverage gaps; improving the scope and adequacy of the benefit regime; implementing social security legal and institutional reform and system integration, and recommendations.
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Measuring labour migration in ASEAN: Analysis from the ILO’s International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database
10 March 2022
This report presents the latest statistics on international labour migration in ASEAN.
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Safety and health in the coffee supply chain in Viet Nam: Project snapshots from October 2021 to January 2022
28 February 2022
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Labour and Social Trends in Viet Nam 2021, Outlook to 2030
11 February 2022
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Promising practices, experiences and lessons learned in eliminating gender inequality in the garment sector in Asia
04 February 2022
The report highlights policies, programmes and initiatives that have been successful in closing critical gender gaps in the garment industry.
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ENHANCE Project Newsletter, edition 10, January 2022
28 January 2022
The tenth edition of the newsletter for the USDOL funded ILO Project, Enhancing National capacity to prevent and reduce child labour in Viet Nam (ENHANCE), details some of the Project’s key activities over the last 7 months.
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World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2022
17 January 2022
This ILO flagship report details the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the world of work.
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Expanding social insurance coverage in Viet Nam: The case for the introduction of a multi-tiered child benefit
11 January 2022
This publication is expected to contribute to the revision of the Social Insurance Law and promote gender equality in social protection in Viet Nam.
2021
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Recovery and labour migration in the post-pandemic future
17 December 2021
Thematic background paper for the 14th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour
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Industrial Relations Report 2019
09 December 2021
The National IR Report 2019 – a product of collaboration between the ILO and MOLISA ILSSA, is developed in the hope of producing a working paper for labour researchers, labour practitioners and policy makers in industrial relations. Content in the report should be considered in line with the legal framework of the time, especially in recognition of the Labour Code 2012 and considering changes in the Labour Code 2019.
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Extending social health protection: Accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in Asia and the Pacific
07 December 2021
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 remaining coverage gaps, and explores their root causes.
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COVID-19 and employment in the tourism sector in the Asia–Pacific region
18 November 2021
A brief from the ILO highlights COVID-19 impacts on tourism employment in Asia and the Pacific that have left the sector reeling from job losses, deterioration in work quality and shifts towards increased informality.