On January 9, the Vietnam Trade Union of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference to review the year 2024. Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Huynh Thanh Xuan attended the conference.
In 2024, despite many difficulties, with efforts, the Vietnam Agricultural and Rural Development Trade Union at all levels focused on directing and organizing the implementation of trade union activities in the entire industry to be strengthened, flexible, and creative to meet practical situations.
Trade union activities have many new points, effectively implementing the 2024 working theme with many effective activities for jobs, income, and life of union members and workers. Some assigned targets achieved high results, many new contents were implemented, and the quality of grassroots activities changed.
The industry trade unions and trade unions at all levels have focused resources to effectively perform the function of representing and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of union members and workers, along with activities to care for union members in many practical forms; labor safety and hygiene, fire prevention, and improvement of working conditions and environment for workers have been of interest to all trade unions at all levels and continue to be maintained regularly...
In particular, in 2024, the affiliated trade unions at all levels introduced 270 outstanding trade union members for the Party to consider and train; of which 235 union members were honored to be admitted into the Party's ranks...
In 2025, the Vietnam Agricultural and Rural Development Trade Union sets the task of performing well the function of representing and protecting the legitimate and legal rights and interests of union members and workers, especially the issue of unpaid wages and social insurance of union members and workers; implementing solutions to "Improve the effectiveness of dialogue and collective bargaining, period 2024-2028" according to the Program of the Executive Committee of the General Confederation of Labor;
Proactively implement solutions to facilitate grassroots trade unions to conduct negotiations and collective bargaining, focusing on wages, bonuses, working hours, rest hours, and occupational safety and hygiene;
Organize inspections and supervision of the implementation of laws on dialogue, collective bargaining, signing and implementation of collective labor agreements, implementing grassroots democracy and emulation and reward work at units and enterprises. Focus resources on taking care of the welfare of union members and workers in the new situation; coordinate with Party committees and authorities to pay attention to stabilizing jobs and ensuring income for workers...
Speaking at the Conference, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Huynh Thanh Xuan highly appreciated the activities and results of the activities of the Vietnam Agricultural and Rural Development Trade Union.
In which, the Resolution of the 13th Trade Union Congress has been widely deployed and promptly concretized; the legitimate rights and interests of union members and workers have been well taken care of and protected; and the development of union members has been well done...
In particular, the Industry Union does a good job of disseminating new policies.
Regarding the 2025 activities of the Vietnam Agricultural and Rural Development Trade Union, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Huynh Thanh Xuan suggested focusing on widely disseminating the Trade Union Law; directing the implementation and strictly implementing the Vietnam Trade Union Charter; launching and widely implementing emulation movements of the unit, the industry, and the Trade Union; especially actively participating in the implementation of streamlining and merger according to the policy...
Regarding the implementation of streamlining and merging, Vice Chairman Huynh Thanh Xuan emphasized the need to continue to do a good job of ideological work, thoroughly instilling in cadres and union members the spirit of only doing, not retreating; actively participating with Party committees; proactively coordinating with local Labor Federations...
Besides, research and advise the industry to ensure the best interests of cadres, union members and workers in the process of restructuring the apparatus...
On this occasion, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor awarded the Emulation Flag to 4 collectives with outstanding achievements in the emulation movement for good workers and building a strong Trade Union organization. The Vietnam Agricultural and Rural Development Trade Union awarded the Emulation Flag to 9 collectives.