Meeting held to promote enforcement of 2019 Labour Code
A meeting was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 15 and 16 to discuss the implementation of new content in the 2019 Labour Code and documents guiding its enforcement.
Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - A meeting was held inHo Chi Minh City on April 15 and 16 to discuss the implementation of new content in the2019 Labour Code and documents guiding its enforcement.
Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs Le Van Thanh said the 2019 Labour Code, which took effect on January 1this year, is comprised of 17 chapters with 220 articles.
It features a number of major, important, andhistoric amendments and supplements that meet new requirements in themanagement of the labour market. The changes are also meant to realiseVietnam’s commitments to the international community, thus ensuring thatdomestic regulations match international labour standards and harmonise theinterests of employees, employers, and the country, he noted.
Thanh pointed out the need to disseminate andprovide training in the Labour Code and guidance documents so as to improverelevant parties’ awareness and remove obstacles to its enforcement.
At the event (Photo: VNA)
Director of the International LabourOrganisation (ILO) in Vietnam Chang-Hee Lee said the 2019 Labour Code has metrequirements in the current labour market as well as those set up byinternational organisations, adding that the implementation of the new contentand guidance documents is critical to helping localities and relevant agencieswith enforcement, thereby creating a more harmonious environment in labourrelations.
He said that over the last 20 years, more and morebusinesses from other countries have engaged in the local labour market and appointedVietnamese employees to important positions.
This outcome, he said, is due to Vietnam’spolitical stability and large workforce, with the industriousness of its workersbeing critical to national economic development.
Highly valuing Vietnam’s labour market, whichhas been continually developing in recent years, he said that what theGovernment, ministries, and sectors need to do now is to create the bestpossible conditions for the legitimate interests of workers to be ensured and forthem to make active contributions towards a better future./.
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Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Van Thanh speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
At the event (Photo: VNA) 
