Companies and factories across Hoa Binh have conducted various activities to care for trade union members and labourers in the locality during the Workers’ Month in May, encouraging them to work harder and contributing to bringing resolutions of the resolutions of trade union congresses at all levels into life.
The Industry and Trade sector’s trade
union visits and presents gifts to workers of the SMA Vina Viet-Han Garment
Import and Export JSC on the occasion of the Workers’ Month 2024.
Since late April, in Luong Son industrial park, many activities in response to
major national events and the Workers’ Month 2024 have been held, drawing a
large number of labourers.
The movement of "Good labour – Creative labour” has been implemented in all
businesses. Activities to care for workers have been carried out in diverse
forms, including a sports competition in Luong Son industrial park that was
held in mid-April and drew more than 400 trade union members and labourers.
Le Xuan Uoc, a worker of CoAsia CM VINA JSC, said that cultural, art and sports
activities have provided workers with chances to meet and exchange, thus
increasing their solidarity, encouraging them to make more contributions to the
growth of businesses.
The Workers’ Month 2024 themed "Fostering solidarity among workers – Realising
resolutions” has been carried out in line with the action month for food safety
and the celebration of the 138th May Day, 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu
Victory, and 134th birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.
The trade unions at all levels have advised Party Committees, administrations
at all levels and employers to organise activities for workers.
Accordingly, more than 50% of local trade unions are expected to organise at
least one activity each, while more than 30% of trade unions at public agencies
are hoped to hold activities in response to the Workers’ Day 2024.
In April and May, the trade union at all levels have coordinated together to
organised activities to popularise resolutions and activities for workers,
including sports competitions, art and health care activities, and support to
workers facing difficulties.
The union has implemented widespread activities to promote the movement of
studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, moral example and
lifestyle, along with a number of other activities such as dialogues and
seminars between labourers and the administration and employers, thus enhancing
the pioneering role of trade union members and labourers in innovation
activities, and promoting their ideas in advancing technologies and improving
labour productivity.
Nguyen Thi Thanh Van, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of
Labour affirmed that the Workers’ Month 2024 has been implemented with many
practical activities to care for the spiritual and material life of labourers.
In the coming time, new grassroots trade unions will be established, while more
resources will be mobilised to provide health care services and support for
needy labourers, thereby encouraging them and creating a positive atmosphere in
companies and agencies, thus contributing to promoting local socio-economic
development, Van said.
In late March, 29 labourers from Da Bac district were sent to work as seasonal farm workers in Buyeo county, Chungcheongnam province, the Republic of Korea (RoK). Upon arrival, they quickly settled into their jobs, enjoying good working conditions and benefits, with wages aligned with the terms of their signed contracts. The programme is now being expanded, with relevant departments and sectors actively seeking additional seasonal employment opportunities in various localities across the RoK.
Luong Son Industrial Park has invested in standardised wastewater and emissions treatment systems, enforced tight emission controls, reduced noise, dust, and solid waste, and expanded green spaces, contributing to protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development.
Hoa Binh police are collecting public feedback on amendments to the 2013 Constitution via the national identification app VNeID. This innovative approach marks a giant leap towards modernising grassroots democracy and enhancing transparency in public consultation.
A total public investment capital of 113 billion VND (over 4.3 million USD) was disbursed for a project to upgrade infrastructure and stabilise residents in the vicinity of the Da River reservoir between 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, giving a facelift to local rural areas and improving the quality of people's life.
Since the end of 2023-2024 academic year, Cu Yen Primary and Secondary School in Luong Son district has deployed e-study records for all of its 500 primary students, said the school principal Nguyen Thi Tuyen.
The Labour Federation of Hoa Binh city has actively worked to protect the rights and welfare of nearly 8,000 local workers and union members at 152 grassroots unions. Through regular dialogues, education campaigns, and welfare programmes, the federation has helped foster stable, progressive labour relations.
