With trade union funds, workers are fully cared for
During the recent Binh Ngo Lunar New Year 2026, nearly 3,500 workers of Nidec Vietnam Co., Ltd. (Ho Chi Minh City High-Tech Park), each received a gift worth about 520,000 VND donated by the grassroots trade union. Mr. Cu Phat Nghiep - Chairman of the Trade Union of PouYuen Vietnam Co., Ltd. - shared that the company has about nearly 45,000 employees. On average, the company contributes trade union funds of more than 6 billion VND per month, and more than 72 billion VND per year. Before the 8th, every month, the company contributes trade union funds to the account of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and is automatically deducted back to the account of the grassroots trade union according to regulations. "Thanks to the full contribution of trade union funds, the grassroots trade union has resources to organize activities to care for the material and spiritual life of union members and employees," Mr. Nghiep said.
In Dong Nai province, there are also many units with many workers but always perform well in paying trade union dues, such as Pou Sung Vietnam Co., Ltd., TKG Taekwang Vina Company, Chang Shin Vietnam Co., Ltd. These are all businesses with over 10,000 people to over 40,000 employees.
Mr. Dinh Sy Phuc, Chairman of the grassroots trade union of TKG Taekwang Vina Company - informed that the company has continuously paid trade union fees correctly and fully for many years and the grassroots trade union also participates in inspecting and supervising the payment of this trade union fee. The grassroots trade union has proactively developed regulations on coordination between the grassroots trade union and the company's board of directors, which includes a clause that the trade union supervises the payment of social insurance and trade union fees and is also specifically bound in the collective labor agreement, which clearly stipulates which month and which day the company will pay trade union fees.
The grassroots trade union must clearly grasp the details of the total salary fund contributed to social insurance, request the company to share information and compare from the provincial social insurance to ensure that the contribution of trade union funds is accurate and sufficient," Mr. Phuc said.
A trade union official in Ho Chi Minh City added that, in addition to grassroots trade unions, upper-level trade unions directly at the grassroots level (provincial and city trade unions, industry trade unions) and the VGCL also use trade union finances, mainly trade union funds to care for union members and workers. Among them, outstanding programs include: Giving gifts to union members and workers during "Workers' Month", Lunar New Year; organizing "Trade Union Flights"; "Trade Union Spring Trains" each year to take tens of thousands of workers home for Tet; "Trade Union Tet Market" program to care for union members and workers in difficult circumstances; "Trade Union Meals" program to help millions of union members and workers across the country have delicious and special meals...
Without funding, trade unions cannot proactively care for workers
Conversely, many businesses do not contribute, do not contribute enough trade union funds, so employees are not fully cared for.
Panko Vina Co., Ltd. (My Phuoc 1 Industrial Park, Ben Cat Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) is one of the enterprises that has been "resistant" in paying trade union dues for many consecutive years. Representatives of the grassroots trade union of Panko Vina Co., Ltd. confirmed that this enterprise has been slow to pay trade union dues for many consecutive years. The grassroots trade union has regularly proposed to the enterprise to pay trade union dues according to regulations. However, due to difficult production and business situations, the enterprise only contributes for a few months each year. Functional agencies have worked, but the situation has not improved.
Similarly, Vinh Thong Production - Trading - Service Co., Ltd. (Tan Binh Industrial Park, Ho Chi Minh City) has also been late in paying trade union funds from November 2021 to now. A trade union official of Vinh Thong Company shared that due to lack of trade union funds, the grassroots trade union cannot proactively take care of union members and workers, and every time they want to visit union members and workers, they must make a written request to the company to pay money.
