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Chairman of the European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) Bernd Lange and INTA Vice Chairman Jan Zahradil highly evaluated Vietnam’s readiness and meticulous preparations for the approval of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) during a working trip to Vietnam from October 28-31.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung affirmed Vietnam’s efforts to link trade development with ensuring social security while meeting a delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade in Hanoi on October 31.

Businesses and experts are still concerned over the impact on production of overtime hours that are not increased for seasonal jobs.

The National Assembly will spend the whole day on October 23 to discuss the draft revised Labour Code.

The 14th National Assembly discussed the draft amended securities law during a plenary sitting on October 22, the second working day of the 8th session.

The eighth session of the 14th National Assembly (NA) will open on October 21 and close on November 27, deputy head of the NA Office Nguyen Manh Hung told a press conference in Hanoi on October 18.

The revised Labour Code is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for approval this month. However, major changes to the law are still under discussion in an attempt to ensure gender equality and enhance the development of female workers.

It is necessary to carefully consider reducing labourers’ working hours from 48 to 44hours per week to ensure the interests of enterprises, said Phan Thi Thanh Xuan, Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association.

A conference took place in Hanoi on September 11 to collect social opinions on the revised Labour Code draft from the angle of gender equality.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has requested the drafters of the revised Labour Code maintain the proposal to cut working time from 48 hours per week to 44 hours per week.

The reduction of working hours from 48 hours per week to 44 hours will create difficulties for textile and garments enterprises, according to one leading expert.

The National Assembly Standing Committee opened its 36th session in Hanoi on August 12 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

Legislators adopted a resolution on approving the appointment of Judge of the Supreme People’s Court as suggested by the Chief Judge on the 18th working day of the 14th National Assembly’s seventh session on June 12.

The revised Labour Code will be the focus during the sitting of lawmakers on June 12 in the ongoing 7th session of the 14th National Assembly.

If the cap on overtime is raised, enterprises will cut back on new recruitment, which will create pressure on job opportunities, experts said.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep has shared foreign nations’ experiences in keeping elderly employees to work in schools factories, and even leadership positions.

Legislators looked into several proposals and reports on May 29 morning during the eighth working day of the 14th National Assembly (NA)’s ongoing seventh session.

Vietnam’s participation in the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention 98 on the application of principles of the right to organise and bargain collectively is in line with the Party and State’s guidelines in international integration of labour and society.

A seminar on ending violence and harassment in the workplace was held in Hanoi on May 28 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and CARE International in Vietnam.

Legislators will spend the entire afternoon of May 29 to discuss in groups about Vietnam’s joining the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention 98 on the application of principles of the right to organise and bargain collectively; and the draft revised Labour Code.