The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labour, War Invalids and SocialAffairs on Jan. 25 held a seminar on Vietnam’s labour law with theparticipation of over 100 Republic of Korea (RoK) invested enterprises.
The seminar aimed to raise awareness of labour law and help RoK enterprises avoid employment disputes.
In Ho Chi Minh City, there are 3,425 foreign-invested businesses with439,672 employees. RoK businesses account for 20 percent, with 688businesses.
However, among 36 strikes inforeign-invested businesses last year, 21 cases happened in the RoKbusinesses. According to the statistics, only 18 percent of RoKbusinesses signed collective labour contracts with employees and 39percent of businesses set up their own labour regulations.
At the event, Nguyen Van Xe, deputy director of the municipaldepartment proposed the enterprises establish trade unions to protectemployees’ interests and facilitate contacts between employers andworkers./.