What is discrimination based on union membership

Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 2, Article 10 of the 2024 Trade Union Law (amended), effective from July 1, 2025, stipulates discrimination against employees and trade union officials for reasons of establishing, joining or participating in trade union activities, including the following acts:

a) Request to join, not join or leave the Vietnam Trade Union in order to be recruited, sign or renew a labor contract or work contract;

b) Dismissal, discipline, unilateral termination of labor contracts, work contracts; not continuing to sign or renew labor contracts, work contracts; transferring employees to other jobs;

c) Discrimination in terms of wages, bonuses, benefits, working hours, and other rights and obligations in labor;

d) Discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, religion, belief and other discrimination in labor;

d) False information aimed at discrediting the reputation and honor of union officials;

e) Promise or provide material or non-material benefits so that employees or union officials do not participate in union activities, stop working as union officials or act against the Union;

g) Dominating, obstructing, or causing difficulties related to work in order to weaken trade union activities;

h) Other acts as prescribed by law.

Thus, discrimination against employees on the basis of union membership is regulated as above.