Social Affairs
Vietnam finds out solutions to fulfill TPP commitments to employment
Vietnam should assess the impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on sectors and businesses while seeking specific measures to maximise opportunities afforded by the pact, Deputy head of the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee Bui Sy Loi said in the central city of Da Nang on June 21.
The National Assembly’s Committees on the Foreign Relations and Social Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) held a workshop "Completing labour, employment and social security laws to match the Constitution in 2013, international integration and the commitments in the TPP" in the central city of Da Nang on June 21.
The workshop focused on discussing on the country's international economic integration and new-generation free trade agreements (FTA), including the TPP agreement, and the completion of the legal system on labour, employment, trade union and social security in line with human rights regulated in the Constitution 2013.
At the event, domestic and international experts and managers presented the main contents of the labour unions in the TPP, impacts on the country's trade union organization and operation when joining the TPP, and experience from other 11 member nations signed the TPP agreement to take opportunities for renewal of labour standards and relations.
Addressing the workshop, Deputy Head of the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee Bui Sy Loi underlined the need for Vietnam to satisfy labour standards and relations stated in the 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of the International Labour Organisation to which Vietnam is also a member.
He noted that joining the deal will help Vietnam speed up the perfection of the market economy mechanism, the restructuring of the economy and work force as well as the transformation of growth model.
In addition, Vietnam should assess the agreement’s impacts on sectors and businesses while seeking specific measures to maximise opportunities afforded by the pact, Loi added.
Vice Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Mai Duc Chinh suggested adjusting and supplementing a number of contents of the Labour Code in order to meet TPP requirements.
He said apart from integration and development opportunities, the agreement will pose great challenges to trade union organisations, especially in fulfilling employment commitments.
Economic ministers from Vietnam and other 11 member nations signed the TPP agreement in Auckland, New Zealand, on February 4, 2016. The countries are on the process of ratifying and implementing the pact.
At the workshop.
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At the event, domestic and international experts and managers presented the main contents of the labour unions in the TPP, impacts on the country's trade union organization and operation when joining the TPP, and experience from other 11 member nations signed the TPP agreement to take opportunities for renewal of labour standards and relations.
Addressing the workshop, Deputy Head of the National Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee Bui Sy Loi underlined the need for Vietnam to satisfy labour standards and relations stated in the 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of the International Labour Organisation to which Vietnam is also a member.
He noted that joining the deal will help Vietnam speed up the perfection of the market economy mechanism, the restructuring of the economy and work force as well as the transformation of growth model.
In addition, Vietnam should assess the agreement’s impacts on sectors and businesses while seeking specific measures to maximise opportunities afforded by the pact, Loi added.
He said apart from integration and development opportunities, the agreement will pose great challenges to trade union organisations, especially in fulfilling employment commitments.
Economic ministers from Vietnam and other 11 member nations signed the TPP agreement in Auckland, New Zealand, on February 4, 2016. The countries are on the process of ratifying and implementing the pact.
