The 12-article document, coded CoC-VN, has beenpublished as a manual and covers all steps required by law from businessstandards, advertisements, personal screening, vocational training,immigration arrangements and protection of guest workers abroad.
The code includes the signing of labour contracts, guestworker repatriation and reintegration, labour disputes and mechanismsfor dispute solution, building partnerships and colleague relationsbetween businesses.
The document makes it clearthat dismissed guest workers will not pay the cost of their return ifthey are found not guilty. Exporters are also asked not to lure labourby advertising incomes, bonuses and other benefits higher than thelabour contracts they have signed with foreign employers.
Chairman of the Vietnam Labour Exporters’ Association NguyenLuong Trao said the manual aims to prevent forced labour and humantrafficking, especially relating to vulnerable populations such asfemales. He added it would help exporters abide by not only the nationallaw but also international conventions./.