Vietnam general confederation of labour

Ingrid Christensen , Director of ILO Country Office for Vietnam (Source: ILO) Hanoi (VNA) - With a policy putting humans at the centre and leaving no one behind, when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Vietnam, the Government has continuously made drastic instructions to support labourers with relief packages of largest-ever coverage, besides pandemic control measures. In an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the new year, Ingrid Christensen, Director of ILO Country Office for Vietnam, remarked that the Vietnamese Government has made significant efforts to mitigate the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic within its national resources and context. “In parallel with the prevention and control of COVID-19, we are aware that in consultation with the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour ( VGCL ), Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), and the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA), the Government has extended various relief … [Read more...] about ILO hails Vietnam’s efforts to mitigate negative impacts of COVID-19 pandemic

Trade union members and workers who lost their jobs or had their working time reduced from October 2022 will receive financial support up to 3 million VND. ( Photo: laodong.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has passed a resolution on support to its members and workers who lost their jobs or had their working time reduced from October 2022 because their enterprises suffered from a reduction in order. Accordingly, trade union members will be given support from 1 million VND (42 USD) if they lost their jobs or halted working for at least 14 straight days between October 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023. Members who lost their jobs or halted working for at least 30 straight days will get a support of 2 million VND. Those who have their labour contracts terminated between October 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, but fail to get unemployment insurance benefits will receive a support of 3 million VND each. Workers who are not trade union members will … [Read more...] about Financial support for laid-off workers: Labour confederation

Nestlé Vietnam has teamed up with the Dong Nai Labour Confederation to provide 1,000 gifts to union members and workers in difficult circumstances in the province. The company also coordinated with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Dong Nai to offer 500 Lunar New Year gifts to disadvantaged people. In addition, Nestlé Vietnam also participated in programmes to provide Lunar New Year gifts to poor and disadvantaged women and children in four border provinces, as well as workers in industrial zones in Hung Yen province. Other recipients were female workers in Ho Chi Minh City who cannot return to their hometown during the festive break; disadvantaged students who travel from Ho Chi Minh City to their hometowns for the holiday; and poor households, near-poor households, and orphans struggling since the pandemic emerged in 2020. Since December, Nestlé Vietnam has donated about 54,000 units of nutritional products to more than 8,500 people in provinces and cities across the … [Read more...] about Nestlé Vietnam supports 8,000 disadvantaged people for Lunar New Year

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (centre) gives Tet gifts for workers in the northern province of Nam Dinh on January 15. (Photo: VNA) Nam Dinh, (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh extended Lunar New Year (Tet) wishes to authorities and people in the northern province of Nam Dinh while attending a programme to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year for workers on January 15. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets people in Nam Van commune, Nam Dinh city. (Photo: VNA) The PM and leaders of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Nam Dinh provincial authorities presented Tet gifts to 200 workers and poor households in the province. The Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and the Vietnam National Petroleum Group also presented gifts to local people. VNA … [Read more...] about Prime Minister extends Tet wishes to Nam Dinh authorities, people

Ho Tuong Vy - Lawyer, Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association As a general rule, an employer is entitled to terminate a labour contract unilaterally with an employee in specific circumstances. A legal basis was, inter alia, incorporated into the Labour Code which came into effect in 2021, permitting an employer to unilaterally terminate the labour contract if an employee arbitrarily leaves or gives up his/her job without justifiable reason for a period of at least five consecutive working days. The justifiable reason in question, pursuant to Article 125.4 of the Labour Code, includes a natural disaster, fire, illness of the employee or his/her relatives as certified by a competent medical establishment, or other circumstances prescribed in the internal labour rules. Diving into the appeal verdict, we figure out the views of the court in terms of lawful evidence provided by an employee if the labour contract is unilaterally terminated under Article 36.1.e of the Labour Code. Briefly … [Read more...] about Adhering to the law in termination of labour contracts in Vietnam

Around 3,000 workers in difficult economic circumstances in the central city of Danang have been provided with free buses home for the Tet Lunar New Year. The Danang Labour Confederation has arranged 67 buses for workers on routes from the northern region to the northern-central province of Thanh Hoa, the southern central province of Binh Dinh and the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. Many children also returned home to celebrate Tet with their parents. Ho Thi Le, a worker from Yuri ABC Company, said that her husband is from Binh Dinh. They got married in 2019. Since then, they have enjoyed the fourth free Tet bus trip to Binh Dinh on Tet. All of the workers felt very happy to be granted free transportation. This year, many localities nationwide have offered similar free buses for workers to get home for Tet. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour with VietJet and HD Saigon earlier gave two free flights for disadvantaged workers … [Read more...] about Free buses offered for Danang workers to return home on Tet

Venus Teoh (left), SABECO’s deputy general director for marketing, received the Inspirational Brand award Shares in SABECO have been a winner in recent times. On the local stock market, SABECO (code SAB) shares in the first week of 2023 saw three consecutive rises, reaching a high of VND183,500 ($7.90). The brewer attained bright financial prospects for 2022 thanks to the recovery of socioeconomic activities. Although it targeted $1.5 billion in net revenues and $200 million in after-tax profit for the year, a respective increase of 32 and 17 per cent on-year, SABECO accomplished 96.6 per cent of its profit goal in the first nine months alone. SABECO was one of the few firms in the Vietnamese stock exchange system to retain annual dividends last year due to its potential in the consumer sector, annual cash flows, and sizable cash reserves. In particular, the business paid a dividend of 35 per cent in both 2019 and 2020, and a similar payment was attained for 2021. Last year, … [Read more...] about SABECO thriving on 2022 results