Publications

The ILO Country Office for Viet Nam publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, and videos relevant to Viet Nam. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested or purchased in hard copy from the ILO Library in Hanoi.

2024

  1. TRIANGLE in ASEAN Quarterly Briefing Notes

    06 February 2024

    TRIANGLE in ASEAN works with labour ministries, workers' and employers' organizations, recruitment agency associations, civil society organizations in six countries in ASEAN; Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Below Quarterly Briefing Notes give an update on our work during the previous quarter.

  2. Leaflet – Understand workers’ rights aboard fishing vessels

    02 February 2024

    This leaflet provides information on workers' rights, occupational safety and health at work for fishermen and fishing vessel owners.

  3. Leaflet – Stay safe and healthy while working on a fishing vessel.

    02 February 2024

    This leaflet (in Vietnamese) provides information on workers' rights, occupational safety and health at work for fishermen and fishing vessel owners.

2023

  1. Drivers and constraints for occupational safety and health improvements in the Viet Nam coffee: Assessment report

    14 December 2023

    The study provides an analysis of the country’s coffee supply chain, including drivers and constraints for OSH improvements across its different segments.

  2. Handbook on the employment of minors

    20 October 2023

    A question - and - answer handbook on the employment of minor workers was developed within the framework of the ILO Project: Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Viet Nam (ENHANCE) with the Legal Department of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

  3. Decent Work Supply Chain Survey - Pilot on the electronics supply chain in Viet Nam

    13 October 2023

    The survey aims to produce high-quality, replicable data on supply chains to identify decent work deficits as well as provide critical information to create more and better opportunities for employment and growth.

  4. Talking to service providers about domestic work

    26 September 2023

    This guide, developed in conjunction with the ASEAN Trade Union Council, equips advocates and champions to answer the questions often heard when talking to service providers about improving their services for domestic workers. It also gives the facts to back up these arguments.

  5. Talking to policy makers / politicians about domestic work

    26 September 2023

    This guide, developed in conjunction with the ASEAN Trade Union Council, equips advocates and champions to answer the questions often heard when talking to parliamentarians and policy makers about improving protection for domestic workers. It also gives the facts to back up these arguments.

  6. Talking to trade unions/ affiliates/ members about domestic work

    26 September 2023

    This guide, developed in conjunction with the ASEAN Trade Union Council, equips advocates and champions to answer the questions often heard when talking to trade unions and trade union members about organizing more domestic workers and working alongside domestic workers’ unions. It also gives the facts to back up these arguments.

  7. A Theory of Change for transitioning from the informal economy to the formal economy in Viet Nam

    22 September 2023

    This Theory of Change sets out a framework which can enable Viet Nam to accelerate progress towards its vision of a just and harmonious society and an inclusive, sustainable economy.

  8. Q2/2023 Update on the implementation of EU-funded projects in Viet Nam

    18 September 2023

    This update covers the period of April to June 2023.

  9. 100 years of social protection: The road to universal social protection systems and floors

    15 September 2023

    Volume 2: 52 country cases

  10. The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour: A review of the implementation of Recommendations (3rd to 14th Forums)

    06 September 2023

    This report is the sixth in a series of progress review background papers, biennially prepared by the ILO’s TRIANGLE in ASEAN programme, that track the progress of ASEAN stakeholders in implementing recommendations adopted at previous AFMLs.

  11. Viet Nam's machinery and equipment industry - A systemic sector assessment

    05 September 2023

  12. Social insurance lump-sum withdrawals in Viet Nam: Trends, challenges and recommendations

    31 August 2023

    This joint technical brief conducted by the ILO and World Bank looks into the trends, challenges and recommendations on social insurance lump-sum withdrawals in Viet Nam.

  13. Multi-tier pensions in Viet Nam: Features and options

    31 August 2023

    This paper sets out key options and considerations for combining contributory and non-contributory pensions into a coherent multi-tier system in Viet Nam.

  14. Economic Expansion through Social Investment in Viet Nam (Policy Brief)

    23 August 2023

    The focus of the policy brief is on the pivotal role of social policies in generating economic growth and development in an inclusive, sustainable and shock responsive manner.

  15. Economic expansion through social investment in Viet Nam

    23 August 2023

    The focus of the report is on the pivotal role of social policies in generating economic growth and development in an inclusive, sustainable and shock responsive manner.

  16. Viet Nam’s wood and furniture industry - A systemic sector assessment

    23 August 2023

  17. Impacts of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries on the environment and working conditions in Viet Nam: Capacity-building of trade unions for a Just Transition

    31 July 2023

    This policy brief has been developed through research done as part of a project aimed at building the capacity of trade unions concerning the ILO Guidelines for a Just Transition and encouraging them to launch campaigns aimed at securing a safe, secure and sustainable environment, society and workplace for all.