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About the event

Viet Nam will soon enter uncharted territory with the implementation of the 2019 Labor Code. It has the potential to bring about important changes in labor-management relations and possibly a new era for independent trade unions at the enterprise level.

Progress has been the result of continuous efforts by reformists within the system supported by labor provisions of new free trade agreements and the engagement and support of international actors such as ILO and USDOL.

Will it lead to decent work for Vietnamese workers?
What other changes to the world of work will it bring?

Agenda

10:00 AM OPENING AND INTRODUCTION
Kevin Cassidy – Director, ILO Office for the United States

10:03 PM EXPERT PRESENTATIONS
Promoting Decent Work and Workers’ Rights’ 
Chang-Hee Lee – Director, ILO Country Office for Viet Nam

Improving the Administration of Industrial Relations
Kimberly Sayers-Fay - Project Manager, New Industrial Relations Framework Project

To Better Serve Vietnamese Workers, Businesses and Society 
Matt Levin – Director, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor

Implementing the New Labour Code 
Lewis Karesh – Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Labor, Office of the United States Trade Representative

10:50 AM Q&A FROM PARTICIPANTS

11:15 AM CLOSE OF PROGRAMME
Kevin Cassidy – Director, ILO Office for the United States