Vietnam trade unions at all levels will reform towards a worker-centred approach with more focus on capacity building for trade union members and officials and providing support to scale up successful business models in the next five years, said a trade union leader.
President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Bui Van
Cuong. (Photo: VNA)
The Vietnam General
Confederation of Labour (VGCL) will work to enhance its capacity to protect
rights of labourers and their social welfare interests and take a more active
role in formulating policies for workers and balancing the employee-employer
relationship from 2018 – 2023, VGCL President Bui Van Cuong told Vietnam News
Agency on the threshold of the 12th VGCL Congress, which will open on September
24.
Talking about the VGCL’s performance over the last five years, Cuong said its
biggest success was to hold annual dialogues between the Prime Minister and
workers since 2016. To date, three dialogues have been held, during which
workers had their opinions and proposals heard by the government leader, thus
contributing to increasing trust and ties between the Party, State and the
working class, he noted.
The VGCL has carried out various programmes to benefit its members. It has
cooperated with nearly 1,160 groups, corporations and businesses to provide
goods and services for workers at softer prices.
It has also given free bus rides to disadvantaged workers across the country to
help them reunite with their families during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday
in a programme named "Tet Sum Vay” (Reunited Tet). The programme, worth over
8.5 trillion VND (364,600 USD), has benefited more than 8 million workers so
far, according to Cuong.
From 2013 – 2018, the VGCL has spent over 500 billion VND building or repairing
houses for more than 20,000 impoverished employees, he added.
As many as 950 Vietnamese delegates and seven international delegations will
attend the 12th VGCL Congress, which is scheduled to take place in Hanoi from
September 24-26.
The congress will look to accelerate organisational reform and trade union
activities, focus on protecting and taking care of trade union members and
labourers, as well as enhancing popularity to build a strong working class that
can contribute to building and protecting the country.
The congress will discuss and adopt various reports of the VGCL, including
reviews of the last five years in implementing the 11th Congress’s resolution
and missions for the 2018-2023 tenure, and the amendment of the Charter of the
Vietnam Trade Union, among others.
Participants will work to pass the resolution of the 12th Congress, with
missions, solutions, and breakthroughs in the 2018-2023 tenure, and elect an
executive board of the 12th VGCL with 175 members.
"The VGCL accompanying the Government to improve the national competitiveness
and sustainably develop the country” forum will be held on September 26,
creating opportunities for participants to express their wishes and affirm
their determination in joining hands with the Government to boost
socio-economic development.
Source: VNA
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