(VOVworld) – Representatives from Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) met in Hanoi on Monday. VGCL’s President Dang Ngoc Tung briefed participants on the confederation’s activities over the past years, including designing labor and trade union policies, working as a government’s think-tank in terms of building mechanisms that protect legitimate rights and interests of workers and ensure sustainable development. He said he hoped that the visit would further strengthen solidarity and cooperation between the two countries’ labor movements and trade unions. ACTU’s President Ged Kearney also updated the host about Australia’s developments and the ACTU’s activities and wished that both sides would intensify their growing ties in the future. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Australia foster trade union cooperation
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Trade union leader visits Australia
A high ranking delegation from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) led by its president Dang Ngoc Tung is paying an official visit to Australia from July 30 to August 5. Tung held talks with President of the Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) Ged Kearney in Melbourne on July 30. The leaders briefed each other on their activities and discussed measures to further promote the traditional friendship and cooperation between their trade unions, thus contributing to the Vietnam-Australia comprehensive partnership. … [Read more...] about Trade union leader visits Australia
Vietnamese, Australian trade unions bolster cooperation
Signatories were Dang Ngoc Tung, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, and Ged Kearney, President of the Australian Council for Trade Unions. The two sides agreed that protecting labourers’ rights, improving their living and working conditions, reducing unemployment and eliminating poverty are urgent issues that need addressing. They will boost cooperation in implementing the Labour Code and the Trade Union Law to ensure and promote labourers’ right and interests in line with international standards as well as guaranteeing salary and good working conditions for labourers through collective negotiations at grassroots and sector levels. They will also cooperate in carrying out educational and vocational training and social welfare programmes for the benefit of labourers and their families. VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Australian trade unions bolster cooperation
Australian group honoured for union activities
The Australian organisation People for Health, Education and Development Abroad (APHEDA) on May 13 was honoured with a certificate of merit by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour for its contributions to the development of trade unions in Vietnam. On the same day, APHEDA's Mekong river region chapter Director Phillip Hazeton was also awarded a "For the cause of trade union development" insignia for his active contributions to APHEDA's development programmes in Vietnam , especially trade union projects. … [Read more...] about Australian group honoured for union activities
Australian envoy finds VN culture unique
Australian envoy finds VN culture unique (24-01-2009) Australia will celebrate its national day next Monday. Viet Nam News spoke with the Australian Ambassador to Viet Nam, Allaster Cox, on the occasion. What is the significance of Australia Day? Australia Day, January 26, is a day for all Australians, including those Australians who may be living, working or travelling overseas to reflect on what it means to be Australian. The date itself commemorates the anniversary of the landing by Governor Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove in 1788, and the start of British settlement of the eastern half of the continent claimed by Captain James Cook in 1770. The date was first declared a state public holiday in the early 1800s by Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of Australia's first colony, New South Wales. Special activities and ceremonies are held across the country to mark Australia Day. In most cities, special citizenship ceremonies are held for migrants wishing to become Australians. "Australian of … [Read more...] about Australian envoy finds VN culture unique