Relations with the Chinese General Confederation of Labor are especially valued

The meeting took place under the chairmanship of Mr. Huynh Thanh Xuan - Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and Ms. Ma Lo - Vice President, Secretary of the ACFTU Secretariat.

Attending the meeting were Mr. Nguyen Duc Thinh - Member of the Presidium of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Head of the General Confederation's External Relations Department; representatives of the General Confederation's departments and members of the ACFTU High-level Delegation.

Attach importance to promoting friendly and cooperative relations

At the meeting, the two sides exchanged information on the workers' movement and trade union activities. Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Huynh Thanh Xuan said that currently, Vietnam Trade Unions at all levels are focusing on developing projects and action programs to implement the Resolution of the 13th Congress of the Vietnam Trade Union, term 2023-2028, focusing on 3 breakthroughs, including: Promoting dialogue and collective bargaining, focusing on wages, bonuses, working hours, rest hours, occupational safety and hygiene; Focusing on developing union members, establishing grassroots trade unions in non-state enterprises; Building a team of grassroots trade union chairmen to meet the requirements of the tasks, especially trade union chairmen in non-state enterprises.

Also at the meeting, the Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor affirmed that in its operational orientation, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor always attaches importance to promoting friendly relations and cooperation with trade unions of other countries, in which the relationship with ACFTU is especially valued in line with the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and China that has been developing very well.

At the meeting, Ms. Ma Lo informed about the objectives of the 3rd Executive Committee Meeting of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In particular, she emphasized the attention of the leaders of the Chinese Party and State to the activities of the Trade Union organization.

General Secretary Xi Jinping had a talk with ACFTU leaders and delivered a speech recognizing the role of the trade union and its tasks for the coming time.

On that basis, ACFTU carries out activities. In which, self-reform within ACFTU includes: Consolidating the foundation for developing grassroots trade unions, actively establishing grassroots trade unions in the informal sector; strengthening trade union management; accelerating the digitalization of trade union work; continuing to improve the qualifications of trade union officials at the central, local and industry trade union levels.

ACFTU also reformed the care for workers with 5 activities, including: Strengthening propaganda and education for workers, focusing on propaganda about emulation examples in production labor; actively mobilizing workers to work and contribute; mobilizing workers to participate in creative activities, implementing training projects, fostering skilled technical workers to contribute to building a team of high-quality workers; seriously implementing labor protection and expanding and increasing the number of union members; establishing harmonious labor relations; enhancing foreign exchanges. This visit and work in Vietnam aims to enhance foreign exchanges.

Regarding the relationship between the two trade unions, Ms. Ma Lo suggested implementing visits to strengthen each relationship; implementing exchanges at local trade unions and industry trade unions, especially trade unions in border provinces; continuing to maintain international cooperation on the basis of information exchange; continuing to implement research on workers with contents of mutual interest to both sides; implementing training programs for trade union officials.

At the meeting, the two sides also focused on exchanging and learning about dialogue, negotiation, signing of the Collective Labor Agreement, digital transformation, union member development, establishment of grassroots unions, workers in the informal sector, etc.

Organize practical activities

Regarding the direction of cooperation in the coming time, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor hopes that the ACFTU leadership will continue to pay attention and, together with the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, promote the relationship between the two sides through practical and effective activities.

The two sides maintain annual exchanges of high-level delegations, deepen cooperation between sectors and local labor federations of the two countries, enhance experience sharing; support each other in building harmonious labor relations, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of workers, improving working conditions and environment, aiming at the goal of decent employment for all workers; and research practical and effective cooperation activities.

Create favorable conditions for local Trade Unions, especially those in localities sharing borders, and corresponding Trade Unions of the two sides to establish and promote bilateral cooperation in the coming time.

Towards the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2025, a year of great significance in the Vietnam-China relationship and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese General Confederation of Labor, the trade union organizations of the two countries will strengthen education and propaganda work for union members and workers of the two countries about the traditional friendship between Vietnam and China as well as the trade union organizations of the two countries. Therefore, the VGCL proposes that the trade union organizations of the two countries will study and propose appropriate and meaningful activities to contribute to the overall success of the commemorative activities. It is also proposed that the two sides agree to support each other in multilateral mechanisms...