Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang - Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Head of the draft Law - and Vice Presidents of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Ngo Duy Hieu and Phan Van Anh chaired.
Attending the conference were: Ms. Cu Thi Hau - former member of the Party Central Committee, former President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Mr. Dang Ngoc Tung - former member of the Party Central Committee, former President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; former Permanent Vice Presidents of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; former Vice Presidents of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor...
Also attending were representatives of the National Assembly's Social Committee - the unit examining the draft Trade Union Law (amended).
Speaking at the conference, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Dinh Khang said that the Trade Union Law (amended) is identified as a difficult law, ensuring that trade unions can perform well their role as socio-political organizations and well perform their role as organizations representing and protecting workers. In the recent past, assigned by the National Assembly, the General Confederation has actively coordinated with relevant agencies to prepare the draft Trade Union Law (amended) to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and comments at the 7th session (May-June 2024).
Based on the opinions of the National Assembly deputies, the General Confederation has coordinated with competent agencies to absorb, revise and complete the draft Law, and report to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly for comments. Up to now, it has been basically completed and prepared to submit to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the 8th Session, expected to be reported at the hall on October 24, and approved on November 26. The process of preparing the draft Law was assessed by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly as serious, careful and of high quality. The results achieved so far are the great efforts of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.
Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang affirmed: The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor determined that this amendment to the Trade Union Law must ensure that the Vietnam Trade Union - a large organization of the working class and laborers - grows stronger, operates effectively, and attracts a large number of laborers to participate.
“Amending the Trade Union Law needs to inherit the contents that have proven reasonable, stable and effective in the implementation process. The amendment must be consistent with the political system, consistent with the requirements of developing a socialist-oriented market economy and international integration under the comprehensive and absolute leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam,” Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang emphasized.
Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang added that the revision of the Trade Union Law in the current context has also had many changes compared to the time of promulgation of the Trade Union Law 2012, along with the requirement to comply with basic international labor standards that Vietnam has and will participate in new generation free trade agreements; the situation of union workers has also had important changes.
"The leaders of the General Confederation respectfully hope that comrades will contribute their opinions on the basis of ensuring principles in the process of amending the trade union law," said Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang.
