Germany’s Friedrich Ebert Stiftung(FES) on May 6 said the foundation is willing to continue its supportfor the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) in buildingworker-related laws and policies.
FES chairperson Anke Fuchs made the vow during a meeting the same day inHanoi with VGCL Chairman Dang Ngoc Tung.
She also said the FES would continue to develop its legal advisorysystem to provide support for the lead agency in defending labourers’rights and training on preparation and negotiation for collective labouragreements for VGCL’s experts.
Chairman Tung thanked the FES and the FES Office in Hanoi for theircooperation with the VFCL and its provincial chapters and theirassistance in building capacity for Vietnamese labour union workers.
Through training, the FES has helped improve knowledge and skills forlabour union officers from central to provincial levels, which isparticularly important as the local economy is shifting to amarket-based economy, which is consisted of many new, fast-growingsectors such as non-state and foreign-invested sectors, Tung added.
He also praised FES’s support in foundation of a system of legaladvisory centres and offices in Vietnam and provision of negotiatingskills training for local labour union officers.
The FES, he added, had fulfilled its function as a bridge to connect theunion movements in Vietnam with those in Germany and in theworld.
During the meeting, both sides discussed experiences in improving thelabour union’s capacity in the negotiation process, the roles of labourunion at all levels in protecting the legitimate rights of labourers andtraining experts of collective labour contracts.
The FES Chairperson is on a working visit to attend the 20 th foundinganniversary of the FES Office in Vietnam .
FES is a non-governmental organisation that works to promote politicalparticipation, social justice and democracy. It was named afterFriedrich Ebert, the first democratically elected president of Germanyand established in 1925, the year that he died./.
FES chairperson Anke Fuchs made the vow during a meeting the same day inHanoi with VGCL Chairman Dang Ngoc Tung.
She also said the FES would continue to develop its legal advisorysystem to provide support for the lead agency in defending labourers’rights and training on preparation and negotiation for collective labouragreements for VGCL’s experts.
Chairman Tung thanked the FES and the FES Office in Hanoi for theircooperation with the VFCL and its provincial chapters and theirassistance in building capacity for Vietnamese labour union workers.
Through training, the FES has helped improve knowledge and skills forlabour union officers from central to provincial levels, which isparticularly important as the local economy is shifting to amarket-based economy, which is consisted of many new, fast-growingsectors such as non-state and foreign-invested sectors, Tung added.
He also praised FES’s support in foundation of a system of legaladvisory centres and offices in Vietnam and provision of negotiatingskills training for local labour union officers.
The FES, he added, had fulfilled its function as a bridge to connect theunion movements in Vietnam with those in Germany and in theworld.
During the meeting, both sides discussed experiences in improving thelabour union’s capacity in the negotiation process, the roles of labourunion at all levels in protecting the legitimate rights of labourers andtraining experts of collective labour contracts.
The FES Chairperson is on a working visit to attend the 20 th foundinganniversary of the FES Office in Vietnam .
FES is a non-governmental organisation that works to promote politicalparticipation, social justice and democracy. It was named afterFriedrich Ebert, the first democratically elected president of Germanyand established in 1925, the year that he died./.
