To date, Hanoi Industrial Parks and Export Processing Trade Union currently has 372 grassroots trade unions with 145,710 union members.
Classifying businesses to have different approaches to mobilization
On June 8, speaking with Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang - Chairman of the Trade Union of Industrial Parks and Export Processing Zones - said that from the current situation and requirements for building a trade union organization in the new situation, the Hanoi Trade Union of Industrial Parks and Export Processing Zones has strengthened propaganda and mobilization work to develop union members, establish grassroots trade unions and improve the effectiveness of trade union activities.
According to Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, in the process of approaching businesses, Hanoi Industrial Parks and Export Processing Zones Trade Union officials will collect information and classify different businesses to have different approaches for mobilization.
For enterprises that employers coordinate and create conditions, Hanoi Industrial Parks and Export Processing Zones Trade Union sends a written appointment meeting document to work, directly discuss with employers about the provisions of Vietnamese law and requires the enterprise to coordinate and arrange time for the industrial park trade unions to meet directly with employees to propagate the Trade Union Law, the Charter of Vietnam Trade Union and the provisions of labor law, the Law on Social Insurance, Health Insurance... practical benefits are protected when participating in the Trade Union organization and mobilizing employees to register to join the Vietnam Trade Union organization.
For enterprises where employers have not coordinated, creating conditions for the establishment of trade unions and employees are afraid of not wanting to join trade unions... Hanoi Industrial Parks and Export Processing Zones Trade Union will contact employees through many different channels such as through issues where employees are in trouble at enterprises that need support from the union via phone, Zalo, Fanpage to chat and learn more about the aspirations of employees, grasp information about the implementation of policies of the enterprise where the employee is working, and at the same time answer questions from employees during the working process at the enterprise.
Taking advantage of the times when businesses encounter difficulties or labor disputes to participate in supporting and guiding businesses and employees to promptly resolve problems arising in labor relations, thereby gradually creating trust from employees and business owners...
Focus on protecting the legitimate interests of employees
Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang shared his experience: The most effective solution in developing union members and establishing grassroots unions is still to focus on protecting the legitimate interests of employees. Thereby, to create trust from employees in the union organization, promptly support employees when they need to protect their rights and interests such as being illegally terminated by a company or having the company not properly implemented labor laws, when there are labor disputes, collective work stoppages, and the union promptly takes action to negotiate mediation.
The Trade Union also needs to actively pay attention to visiting and giving gifts to workers in difficult circumstances on the occasion of Workers' Month, Vietnam Trade Union Day, Lunar New Year; timely support for workers with serious illnesses, work-related accidents; organize workers' booths to serve essential goods to ensure quality and preferential prices for union members and workers...
All of the above activities aim to make employees see practical benefits when participating in the Trade Union organization; the Trade Union is always a reliable support, a place where employees can trust and trust. As a result, in 2024, the Hanoi Industrial Parks and Export Processing Trade Union has mobilized the establishment of 25 new grassroots trade unions, with 19,000 union members. In the first 5 months of 2025 alone, 7 new grassroots trade unions have been mobilized, developing over 2,000 union members, bringing the total number of grassroots trade unions to 372 grassroots trade unions with 145,710 union members" - Chairman of Hanoi Industrial Parks and Export Processing Zones Trade Union said.
Hanoi has 12 IPs, of which 10 IPs have been put into stable operation with 728 secondary projects, including 307 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with a registered capital of over 7.2 billion USD; 421 domestic investment projects with a registered capital of nearly 45,000 billion VND.
