May 27, 2021 | 19:36 (GMT+7)
Vietnam acting to ensure workers’ rights: Foreign ministry spokesperson
Vietnam makes every effort to ensure workers’ rights as developing human resources is one of its strategic breakthroughs in socio-economic development, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang told the ministry’s press conference on May 27.
Based on this spirit, Vietnam has joined and effectively implemented many international cooperation agreements and programs on labor and human resources development, Hang stressed when commenting on the signing of a new memorandum of understanding between Vietnam and the International Labor Organization (ILO), which includes the country’s accession to more ILO conventions.
Vietnam has so far joined 25 ILO conventions, including seven of the eight basic conventions, including those related to collective bargaining, preventing and fighting discrimination, child labor, and forced labor. The country has also made efforts to implement these conventions, including the internalization of their provisions in the national legal framework, especially the 2019 Labor Code.
To promote the application and implementation of international labor standards in Vietnam and to intensify close cooperation, especially in studying Vietnam’s accession to 15 more ILO conventions, Vietnam and the ILO signed an MoU on May 20 on cooperation in accelerating the implementation of international labor standards in Vietnam over the next 10 years, Hang said.
Source: VNA