News items

October 2019

  1. SafeYouth@Work tripartite results and sustainability workshop

    16 October 2019

    The workshop was held from 14 to 16 October 2019 at ITC-ILO, Turin, Italy

  2. Development partners witness impact of flexible resources on Viet Nam’s progress

    14 October 2019

    A delegation of development partners tours the country from 1-3 October.

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    Small businesses and self-employed provide most jobs worldwide, new ILO report says

    10 October 2019

    A ground-breaking study reveals that seven in 10 workers are self-employed or in small businesses, a finding that has significant implications for employment and enterprise support policies world-wide.

  4. Bolstering the efforts to ensure decent working conditions for women migrants in Thai construction sector

    09 October 2019

    ILO organized a roundtable meeting on ‘Safety, protection and rights of women construction workers in Thailand” to identify possible intervention to ensure equal and fair pay, better living conditions, safety and protection of women migrant construction workers.

September 2019

  1. “100 days without accidents” campaign to kick off in 100 factories

    11 September 2019

    The campaign celebrates the Centenary Year of the ILO by highlighting the links between work safety and productivity in the woodwork and supporting industries in Viet Nam.

August 2019

  1. Viet Nam’s high-level officials value ILO’s support

    29 August 2019

    ILO Deputy Director General, Deborah Greenfield, met with Viet Nam’s senior politicians during her visit to the country on 26-27 August 2019.

  2. ILO, Viet Nam celebrate their century-long path of fighting for social justice

    27 August 2019

    Their intertwined journeys started at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

July 2019

  1. Trade union needs comprehensive reform to implement FTAs, ILO Conventions: PM

    30 July 2019

    Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc highlights ILO Centenary Declaration when addressing the celebration of 90 years of Viet Nam’s Trade Union in Hanoi on 28 July. ILO Viet Nam Director Chang-Hee Lee was among the prominent guests at the high-level event.

  2. ILO Viet Nam Director attends Viet Nam Trade Union’s 90 year celebration

    28 July 2019

    The Northern Red Union, which is now the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour, was first established on 28 July 1929.

  3. Vietnam ratifies the Collective Bargaining Convention

    26 July 2019

    Vietnam becomes the 167th ILO Member State to ratify Convention No. 98

  4. National press awards on preventing child labour call for submissions until 31 August

    25 July 2019

    The final results will be announced in the third quarter of 2019.

  5. Viet Nam Decent Work Country Programme yields results at midway

    18 July 2019

    The ILO has offered support through policy advice, capacity building and technical cooperation to open opportunities for women and men to gain access to better jobs and participate in the decisions that affect their lives.

  6. High-level Swiss delegation visits garment factory in Dong Nai

    12 July 2019

    Since 2010, the Saitex factory has been part of Better Work Viet Nam, a flagship programme of the ILO and the International Finance Corporation to improve working conditions and boost competitiveness of the garment industry. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) of Switzerland is one of its main donors.

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    Increase in heat stress predicted to bring productivity loss equivalent to 80 million jobs

    01 July 2019

    Global warming is expected to result in an increase in work-related heat stress, damaging productivity and causing job and economic losses. The poorest countries will be worst affected.

June 2019

  1. ILO congratulates Viet Nam, EU on signing free trade deal

    30 June 2019

    The agreement promotes the respect for fundamental labour rights under the ILO’s 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

  2. International Labour Conference ends with adoption of key Convention and Declaration

    22 June 2019

    The International Labour Conference adopts landmark instruments on violence and harassment and a Declaration on the future of work. The Conference concluded its two-week session, which marked the Centenary of the ILO.

  3. Viet Nam pledges to fulfil ILO membership obligations

    20 June 2019

    Viet Nam fully supports ILO Centenary Declaration which the Conference is expected to adopt.

  4. Retirement age, overtime top lawmakers’ discussion on revised Labour Code

    19 June 2019

    The draft revised Labour Code was brought to the National Assembly for discussion and is expected to get the green light from lawmakers in the next sitting in October 2019.

  5. ILO welcomes Viet Nam's vote to ratify ILO fundamental convention on collective bargaining

    14 June 2019

    All of the deputies present at the National Assembly session on 14 June voted yes to the ratification of ILO Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining.

  6. ILO, German development agency join hands to promote vocational training, green growth in Viet Nam

    05 June 2019

    ILO Viet Nam and the Germany Agency for International Co-operation have agreed to join forces to provide more effective support to the Vietnamese Government in the areas of mutual interests.