What's new
June 2013
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Statement
ILO Viet Nam Director's Speech on the occasion of the launching of the project on “Strengthening the performance of the social insurance system in Viet Nam through improved legislation and legal framework for social insurance”
17 June 2013
Addressing at the launching ceremony, Mr Gyorgy Sziraczki, ILO Viet Nam Country Director, said "for every State and their people, social protection is not just a question of entitlement and responsibility, but a matter of rights. It is a social contract with people. Countries do not need to wait to become wealthy before they make a commitment to social protection. Rather, they should start improving social protection today, as a means to achieve broad-based, sustainable growth, and greater prosperity and human security.
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Press release
World Day Against Child Labour June 12, 2013: No to child labour in domestic work!
12 June 2013
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are calling for special attention to child domestic workers on the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June this year.
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Statement
ILO Viet Nam Director's Speech on the World Day Against Child Labour
11 June 2013
Addressing at the event, Mr Gyorgy Sziraczki, ILO Viet Nam Country Director, said "This year’s World Day Against Child Labour puts the spotlight on child domestic work. The ILO estimates that globally 15.5 million children are engaged in paid or unpaid domestic work in the home of a third party or employer. The vast majority of them are girls while more than half are found in hazardous child domestic work".
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Press release
Uneven job recovery poses challenges to most countries
03 June 2013
The latest edition of the ILO’s World of Work report shows encouraging, but still-fragile signs of improvement in emerging and developing economies, while many advanced economies continue to face high or even rising unemployment and increasing inequalities.
May 2013
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Press release
$4m project to turn Viet Nam’s hopes for better labour relations into reality
31 May 2013
A US$4 million project was launched today in Hanoi to develop industrial relations in Viet Nam, making the new Labour Code and Trade Union Law beneficial to both employers and workers.
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Statement
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"
31 May 2013
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.
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News
Upper-level coordination helps trade unions return to workers
17 May 2013
The active involvement of an upper-level trade union (công đoàn cấp trên cơ sở) in collective bargaining process over wage issues has helped prevent wild-cat strikes and paved the way for better industrial relations at enterprises in the southern industrial province of Binh Duong.
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Press release
Global youth unemployment rate to reach 13 per cent this year: ILO
08 May 2013
The world youth unemployment rate this year is close to its crisis peak and is not expected to decline before 2018, according to a new ILO report. Unemployment rate among young people in Viet Nam is also more than three times higher than the adult rate.
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Press release
Better Work Viet Nam Safety Fun Run 2013
05 May 2013
More than 3,600 garment workers have participated in Better Work Vietnam’s annual Safety Fun Run at Lucky Square, New City of Binh Duong Province on Sunday morning, 5 May.
April 2013
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Press release
ILO Viet Nam launches first Media Award for labour and employment journalists
29 April 2013
The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Viet Nam is inviting journalists to submit entries for its annual US$3,500 Media Award, which sheds light on labour and employment issues in the country.