(HBO) – Statistics showed that the province now has 25 grassroots trade unions in non-State business sector. Over the past years, they have well performed their role in protecting and caring for legitimate rights and interests of workers. Many of them helped balance the interests of employers and employees, thus contributing to improving the efficiency of production and trade in enterprises.
Workers at Thanh Son
One-Member Co. Ltd in Hoa Binh city have stable lives and jobs.
A number of firms paid attention to caring for workers’ lives, protecting their
legitimate rights and interests, and improving their income. Many grassroots
trade unions actively inspected and monitored the implementation of policies
for workers, actively offered suggestions to authorities to meet their
legitimate aspirations, and dealt with important issues regarding employment,
income, and payment of social, health and unemployment insurance premiums. Amid
the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, they renewed operating methods to
overcome difficulties together with enterprises, adopted advanced technologies
to cut costs and improve products’ competitiveness, thus bringing profit and
maintaining stable income for trade union members and workers.
The Midori Apparel Vietnam Hoa Binh Co. Ltd based in Luong Son industrial park
is a wholly foreign-invested firm with over 1,200 workers. After going into
operation, it established a grassroots trade union to ensure legitimate rights
and interests of workers. As a result, workers’ income have improved, reaching
7 million VND on average per person each month. All workers were equipped with
protective suits and undertook training courses on labour safety and hygiene.
Due attention was paid to other policies such as salary, year-end and
productivity bonuses.
Reality showed that grassroots trade unions in enterprises are gradually
adapting with changing requirements of labour relationship. Many firms are
aware that trade unions offer chances for them to prosper, making important
contributions to their development plans.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
