The 105th ILC, which took place from June 1-13 in Geneva, Switzerland, focused discussions on key labour issues, including the decline of working activities in global supply chains, employment at sea and basic rights of employees.
Vietnamese delegation including representatives of the Government agencies, employers and workers attended the conference.
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan stressed sustainable employment in global supply chains, which was an issue mentioned at the event.
Vietnam supports the End to Poverty Initiative and the 2030 Agenda of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the millennium initiatives to mark the 100th founding anniversary of the ILO, the Deputy Minister affirmed.
Deputy Minister Huan said that Vietnam praises the conference for taking time to discuss sustainable jobs in the global supply chain. Beside advantages, Vietnam, a developing country, has faced challenges when joining global supply chains, he said, naming human resources quality, labour productivity, and competitiveness of enterprises and labourers as some problems.
President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Bui Van Cuong also made a speech at the event, in which he emphasised the General Confederation attaches importance to the negotiation and signing of collective labour agreements, considering this as a crucial tool to protect interests of its member and labourers and prevent discrimination at work.
He said in the recent years, Vietnam’s trade union organisations actively participated in building labour-related laws and policies, and protecting rights and interests of members and leaders of trade union establishments.
In the framework of the conference, Vietnamese representatives attended a meeting of labour ministers from the Asia Pacific Group of the ILO (ASPAG).
They also had bilateral meetings with ILO officials and delegations from Switzerland, Indonesia, the US and Canada to look for specific measures implementing bilateral agreements signed between Vietnam and these countries.
Particularly, President of the Vietnam Co-operative Alliance (VCA) Vo Kim Cu met with representatives of the ILO. At the meeting, ILO representatives committed to supporting the VCA in seeking outlets for agricultural products in demanding markets such Japan, Australia, Germany and Switzerland, in accordance with an MoU signed between the ILO and the VCA in Hanoi on May 27.
Vietnamese delegation including representatives of the Government agencies, employers and workers attended the conference.
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan stressed sustainable employment in global supply chains, which was an issue mentioned at the event.
Vietnam supports the End to Poverty Initiative and the 2030 Agenda of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the millennium initiatives to mark the 100th founding anniversary of the ILO, the Deputy Minister affirmed.
Deputy Minister Huan said that Vietnam praises the conference for taking time to discuss sustainable jobs in the global supply chain. Beside advantages, Vietnam, a developing country, has faced challenges when joining global supply chains, he said, naming human resources quality, labour productivity, and competitiveness of enterprises and labourers as some problems.
President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Bui Van Cuong also made a speech at the event, in which he emphasised the General Confederation attaches importance to the negotiation and signing of collective labour agreements, considering this as a crucial tool to protect interests of its member and labourers and prevent discrimination at work.
President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Bui Van Cuong (far right), co-chairs a conference on female labour of World Trade Unions Congress in Geneva.
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In the framework of the conference, Vietnamese representatives attended a meeting of labour ministers from the Asia Pacific Group of the ILO (ASPAG).
They also had bilateral meetings with ILO officials and delegations from Switzerland, Indonesia, the US and Canada to look for specific measures implementing bilateral agreements signed between Vietnam and these countries.
Particularly, President of the Vietnam Co-operative Alliance (VCA) Vo Kim Cu met with representatives of the ILO. At the meeting, ILO representatives committed to supporting the VCA in seeking outlets for agricultural products in demanding markets such Japan, Australia, Germany and Switzerland, in accordance with an MoU signed between the ILO and the VCA in Hanoi on May 27.
