News and events
2021
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ILO in action
Decent work for migrant workers in South East Asia's fishing industry
06 September 2021
Standing outside a fishing port near Bangkok, Thailand, Chief technical Advisor, Mi Zhou explains how the ILO’s Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia project, funded by the European Union, promotes regular and safe labour migration and decent work for migrant workers in the fishing and seafood processing sectors in the region.
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Increasing opportunities for decent and productive employment in Lao People's Democratic Republic's rural areas
08 March 2021
The cooperation of donor, ILO, and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare support and promote rural employment opportunities for people in the Xiengluang area of Dakcheung through Coffee Value chain development and rice paddy cultivation on the new irrigation scheme.
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Increasing opportunities for decent and productive employment in Lao PDR's rural areas
08 March 2021
This video shows the impact of promoting decent works and employment opportunities to the beneficiaries and partners in Sepon and Atsaphone District, Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR. The video mainly consists of value chain development from potentials local products and promoting wage employment based on skill demands.
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Our impact, their voices
Irrigation system in rural Lao areas
01 March 2021
Capacity building for employment-intensive smallholder irrigation development in Daktleup Village, Dakcheung District, Sekong Province. The ILO supported developing a new community-based irrigation scheme in the rural area. The irrigation system can support rice and cash crops production in both wet and dry seasons.
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Coffee: Brewing up better livelihoods in Lao People's Democratic Republic
01 March 2021
Training on specialty coffee processing helps farmers in eight villages increase their income by five-fold income during the last three harvesting seasons. Specialty coffee processing became a prime income source for them which steadily increased year by year.
2017
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Youth employment
Changing lives through better employment services in Cambodia and Lao PDR
22 December 2017
Thanks to an ILO/China South South cooperation project, people like Phatt Veng and Vatsana Latthaphon can benefit from the improved employment services in their countries. Their lives have changed for the better.