Feature articles
2020
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Viet Nam can well address labour market challenges
15 April 2020
ILO Viet Nam Director Chang-Hee Lee answers some questions on COVID-19's impacts to Viet Nam’s labour market and the roles of social protection and suggests policy resonses.
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© Hospital CLÍNIC 2023
Five ways to protect health workers during the COVID-19 crisis
01 April 2020
Health workers and systems are playing a crucial role in the global fight against COVID-19 and special measures are needed to support and protect them.
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© Matt Ming 2023
COVID-19 cruelly highlights inequalities and threatens to deepen them
30 March 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating already existing inequalities – from catching the virus, to staying alive, to coping with its dramatic economic consequences. Policy responses must ensure that support reaches the workers and enterprises who need it most.
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© Michael Coghlan 2023
Keys for effective teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic
26 March 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that more people than ever before are teleworking – using information and communications technologies to do their work away from the office. ILO Working Time expert, Jon Messenger, explains how to get the best out of teleworking.
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Vocational training transforms teenager from street vendor to apprentice in rural Viet Nam
23 March 2020
With ILO support, a 14-year-old boy receives life-changing vocational training, enabling him to find a route out of child labour and envision a brighter future for himself and his family.
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© P.Q. Hung / UN Women Viet Nam 2023
Viet Nam’s new Labour Code moves from protecting to empowering women
07 March 2020
Vietnamese women have long played an important role in the economy. Now the new Labour Code aims to ensure they receive a fair reward for their contribution, by tackling gender equality and workplace discrimination.
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Students in Hanoi speak out against child labour through artistic expression
26 February 2020
Students in Hanoi raise awareness on child labour through drama performances as part of the programme, Supporting Children’s Rights through Education, Arts and the Media (SCREAM), which is being implemented across the country with support from ILO.
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Viet Nam’s openness to trade changes national job distribution, types and quality
11 February 2020
An interview with ILO Viet Nam Labour Economist, Valentina Barcucci
2019
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Labour shortage, automation and workers’ organizations – Challenges or opportunities?
27 December 2019
Dr Chang-Hee Lee, ILO Viet Nam Director, explains how these new factors have an impact on workplace management.
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© Frans Persoon 2023
Convention No 1: A landmark for Workers’ Rights
13 November 2019
100 years ago the first International Labour Conference adopted the first International Labour Standard – on working time. As the ILO celebrates this landmark moment, ILO Working Time specialist, Jon Messenger, looks back at the history of the Convention and its impact.
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ILO Centenary Declaration: change in the world of work is upon us
29 September 2019
An interview with ILO Senior Advisor on Standards Policy, Tim De Meyer
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Labour Code revision brings Viet Nam better in line with international labour standards
29 September 2019
An interview with ILO Senior Advisor on Standards Policy, Tim De Meyer
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Family benefits to help working parents cope with financial constraints
30 August 2019
Viet Nam's social insurance reform looks into various options to develop a multi-tiered structure which offers support to working parents of newborns in compulsory and voluntary system.
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Migration in Southeast Asia should be an opportunity for workers, communities and economies – not traffickers
31 July 2019
Op-ed by Ms Tomoko Nishimoto, the ILO’s Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific; Mohammad Narciri, the Regional Director of UN Women for Asia and the Pacific, based in Bangkok, Thailand; and Mr Jeremy Douglas, the Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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© Better Work 2023
Closing the retirement gender gap in Viet Nam
06 June 2019
Women in Viet Nam spend fewer years working, have lower pensions, yet live longer. To counter the problems brought by this retirement gender gap, the ILO is helping Viet Nam bring its labour laws closer to international labour standards.
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Beyond online movement, eliminating sexual harassment requires tough actions and laws
24 May 2019
By Andrea Prince, Labour Lawyer, ILO Viet Nam
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Higher-skilled labour force necessary for Viet Nam’s further economic development
01 May 2019
On the occasion of Labour Day, ILO Viet Nam Labour Economist, Valentina Barcucci, shares her thoughts on how Viet Nam’s labour market has changed and needs to be modernized.
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Making safety and health at work a priority for the benefits of all
01 May 2019
The wide reaching benefits of SCORE Training Safety & Health at Work explained in a successful case study in Viet Nam..
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Give International Women’s Day its true meaning in Viet Nam
08 March 2019
By Andrea Prince, Senior Labour Lawyer, International Labour Organization in Viet Nam
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How immediate upper level unions work in other countries and some observation in Viet Nam
14 February 2019
By Dr Chang Hee Lee, senior industrial relations specialist and ILO Viet Nam Director