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Vietnam makes strides in applying int’l labour standards

Vietnam has made remarkable strides in the application of international labour standards, a means to ensure sustainable corporate growth and rights of workers, experts said at a Ho Chi Minh City workshop on August 14.
Vietnam has made remarkable strides in the application of internationallabour standards, a means to ensure sustainable corporate growth andrights of workers, experts said at a Ho Chi Minh City workshop on August14.

Adopted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in1998, the set of standards groups the freedom of association andcollective bargaining, the abolition of all forms of coercive, forcedand child labour, and discrimination at work.

Deputy DirectorGeneral of the Department of Legal Affairs under the Ministry of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) Mai Duc Thien acknowledged thatsome standard labour practices are made into the law, but several othersremain under consideration, citing the freedom of establishingassociations as an example.

It is due to the fact that Vietnamhas yet to have a full legal framework and infrastructure to make it areality, Director of the MoLISA’s International Cooperation DepartmentLe Thi Kim Dung explained.

To meet international standards, Vietnamese firms should come up with better workforce training schemes, she suggested.

NguyenTrong Nghia, a representative from the Vietnam United Sweetheartsgarment company in the southern province of Dong Nai, said his companyholds regular dialogues with workers, making it easier for them to dotheir good jobs.

Vietnam has so far ratified 21 out of 189 ILO conventions, and five out of eight ILO fundamental conventions.-VNA
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