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Vietnam, RoK enhance trade union cooperation

President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Nguyen Dinh Khang has suggested the Federation of Korea Trade Unions (FKTU) increase the sharing of experience with its Vietnamese counterpart.
Vietnam, RoK enhance trade union cooperation ảnh 1President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Nguyen Dinh Khang (left) and President of Federation of Korea Trade Unions Juyoung Kim (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour(VGCL) Nguyen Dinh Khang has suggested the Federation of Korea Trade Unions(FKTU) increase the sharing of experience with its Vietnamese counterpart.

The two agencies should support each other in building harmonious labourrelations, thus protecting the legal rights and interests of guest workers,especially Vietnamese labourers in the Republic of Korea (RoK), Khang said at areception for FKTU President Juyoung Kim in Hanoi on September 18.

He urged the two sides to continue implementing their cooperation agreementsigned in 2016, maintain the exchange of high-ranking delegations and deepencollaboration between trade unions of sectors and localities.

The official said since the VGCL and the FKTU established their relationship in1993, bilateral cooperation has yielded fruits.

They exchanged information and experience in protecting rights of labourers andensuring gender equality, and joined hands in promoting policies to createjobs, prevent unemployment, increase social insurance and welfare, improveminimum wages and ensure safety and sanitation in the workplace. 

For his part, Kim pledged efforts to protect legal rights and interests ofVietnamese workers in the RoK, and expressed his hope that the VGCL will sendmore delegations to the RoK to enhance cooperation between the two agencies./.
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