A solid support for workers
Ms. Le Thi Thu Thao, a worker at 29/3 Textile Joint Stock Company, from Quang Ngai, has lived in Da Nang for more than 10 years with her husband and 3 young children. Due to low and unstable income, the family could only buy a small piece of land and build a temporary hut.
By May 2025, the "Union Shelter" program of the Da Nang Labor Federation supported 50 million VND, along with a loan, which helped her build a new, spacious house. Ms. Thao was moved: "The union has made my dream of having a house come true, I can only thank you, from now on I no longer worry about settling down". Not only receiving housing support, for many years, Ms. Thao has also regularly received support gifts from trade union organizations at all levels, from epidemics, natural disasters, and annual holidays. In Da Nang, there are currently many "Ms. Thao". Because since the beginning of 2025 until now, the Da Nang City Labor Federation has awarded 93 "Union Shelters" with a budget of more than 3 billion VND. And in the 2018 - 2025 period alone, the Da Nang City Labor Federation and all levels of the Trade Union have built and repaired nearly 600 "Union Shelters", with a total value of more than 17 billion VND. Speaking to Lao Dong Newspaper reporter, Mr. Pham Hoai Phuong - Chairman of the Vietnam Construction Trade Union - said that the Vietnam Construction Trade Union has paid attention to directing affiliated trade unions to strengthen inspection and supervision of the implementation of policies for workers.
According to Mr. Phuong, the inspection and supervision content focuses on core issues, directly related to the rights of workers such as the implementation of labor contracts, Collective Labor Agreements; salary, bonus, allowance and shift meal policies; social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance regimes; working conditions, occupational safety and hygiene; organizing periodic dialogues and implementing grassroots democracy regulations...
"Through inspection and supervision, many recommendations have been received and promptly resolved by agencies and enterprises; the situation of late payment and social insurance payment debts has decreased in many units with positive changes; some units have adjusted working hours, rest hours, and working environment to be adjusted in a positive direction," said the Chairman of the Vietnam Construction Trade Union.
Continuing to innovate forms of care for workers
Trade unions at all levels focus resources and organize many activities to care for members and employees. In particular, activities to take care of Tet for union members and employees continue to have innovations. On the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2025, 11,350 million union members, employees and their relatives have benefited from caring activities organized by the Union (an increase of 9.25% compared to 2024), with a total budget of more than VND 7,800 billion (an increase of 9% compared to 2024).
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor advised and coordinated with the Vietnam Fatherland Front to organize and serve 195 delegations of leaders of the Party, State, Vietnam Fatherland Front, leaders of central departments, ministries and branches to visit, wish a happy New Year, and give gifts to union members, workers and laborers. There are nearly 21,000 "Tet Sum Vay - Xuan An Dang" programs organized, attracting nearly 6.1 million members and employees to participate, more than 2.3 million members and employees are given gifts at programs with a total amount of nearly 1,500 billion VND.
The program "Union Tet Market 2025" is organized in combination with both direct and online forms. The number of train, car, plane tickets supported, and trips to and from union members and employees in 2025 increased by about 12% compared to 2024. Social activities, welfare care, support for units and employees in difficult circumstances, having work accidents, occupational diseases, and having outstanding achievements in production labor are regularly cared for and maintained. Of which, the Union has supported members and employees to build and repair more than 1,500 "Union Shelters" with a total support amount of more than 82 billion VND.
Especially due to the impact of natural disasters and floods in the Northern and Central provinces in the last months of the year, trade unions at all levels have mobilized union members and workers nationwide to donate through the Vietnam Fatherland Front; organized working groups to visit and directly support union members and workers affected and damaged by storms and floods. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor organized 8 working groups led by the Standing Committee of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, directly visiting and giving support to union members and workers affected by storms and floods in 14 provinces and cities with a total amount of 13 billion VND. According to the synthesis of trade unions at all levels, in 2025, 5,132 grassroots trade unions organized "Union Meals" across the country on the occasion of the anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Trade Union, the celebration of important holidays of the country, contributing to creating solidarity, cohesion, open air and sharing between workers and employers.
