The award is a companionship with businesses to care for workers

The "Exemplary Enterprise for Employees" Award has become one of the titles that many businesses strive to achieve. Could the Vice Chairman please tell us the meaning of the Award?

- Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Thai Thu Xuong: The "Exemplary Enterprise for Workers" Award is chaired by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, in coordination with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Federation, to honor businesses that have made efforts to improve the working environment, take good care of the lives of workers, and build harmonious, stable, and progressive labor relations.

The program recognized and honored 606 turns of businesses that achieved good results in caring for workers, building harmonious and stable labor relations, towards sustainable development. 23 most outstanding businesses were awarded the "Exemplary Enterprise for Workers" Award; 20 businesses were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Prime Minister. Reality shows that to date, businesses that have been honored are still doing a good job of caring for workers. The title is not only an honor but also becomes a responsibility for each honored business to continue to do a good job of caring for workers in all fields, and at the same time build harmonious, stable, and progressive labor relations with the grassroots trade union. There, businesses link production and business with improving the lives of workers; encourage dialogue and collective bargaining mechanisms; trade union organizations coordinate with businesses to implement welfare, housing, health care, vocational training, and skills improvement, towards improving labor productivity and the sustainable development of businesses and the country.

This award clearly shows that the sustainable development of enterprises has the important contribution of employees. Employees are a part of the enterprise, an important factor in creating products for society. Consumers choose enterprise products, in addition to quality and suitability for needs, there is also satisfaction with the enterprise's policies towards employees.

The "Exemplary Enterprise for Employees Award" has become a prestigious award, recognizing businesses with good welfare policies, taking good care of employees, and affirming commitment to sustainable development, social responsibility and obligations to the community. Through this, a new emulation movement has been built and formed in the business community - emulation to care for employees.

Could you please tell us the selection process and the new points of the selection for the 2026 Award?

- Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Thai Thu Xuong: The subjects for consideration and awarding prizes are businesses of all economic sectors, focusing on businesses in the private economic sector, foreign-invested enterprises, and enterprises with state capital under 50%.

The selection adheres to the principles of publicity, democracy, targeting the right people, and ensuring standards. Enterprises awarded the Award must truly be worthy of being typical and outstanding examples to be disseminated and replicated nationwide. The selection is carried out through the results of the annual "Exemplary Enterprises for Employees" ranking and the evaluation and scoring of the Selection Council.

Enterprises need to meet the standards according to the regulations of the Organizing Committee such as the group of standards on compliance with laws and enterprise obligations; group of standards on ensuring employment, income and welfare of employees; group of standards on working conditions and environment; group of standards on labor relations and implementation of democracy at the grassroots level; group of standards on trade union activities and emulation movements. In which, enterprises must fully and seriously implement the provisions of law on labor, safety, occupational health, social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance; there must be no collective strikes, work stoppages, no fatal labor accidents. Ensure stable employment; fully implement salary, bonus, working hours, and rest hours according to regulations. Grassroots trade unions operate effectively, promote the role of representing, caring for, and protecting the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of employees. Organize emulation movements to apply science and technology, innovate and create, encourage workers to promote initiatives and technical improvements, contributing to promoting improving labor productivity and the quality and efficiency of enterprises...

Enterprises considered for awarding the Award must fully meet the following conditions: Be ranked as "Exemplary Enterprise for Employees" for 03 consecutive years in the Award selection cycle. Have results in implementing policies and welfare for employees at a higher level than the provisions of law and the general level of the industry, field or locality. Have typical models and solutions in welfare work, have the ability to be replicated; have a positive impact, and are recognized in the industry, field or locality. Priority is given to non-state sector enterprises.

This year there are new points in the scoring method. One of them is to increase by 1 point for the salary content to emphasize the policy of fair and competitive salary payment, paying high salaries instead of allocating them to allowances. For the content of allowances and bonuses, reduce by 6 points because support funds are allocated to welfare groups, expressing the view of not encouraging businesses to pay allowances instead of salaries (reducing social insurance contribution costs for employees). Increase by 2 points for social insurance content because the situation of late/debt payment of social insurance directly affects the rights of employees.

As mentioned above, the title "Exemplary Enterprise for Workers" is both an honor but also a requirement for businesses to constantly take good care of workers. Madam, please tell us, what are the rights and responsibilities of businesses participating in ranking and selecting the Award?

- Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Thai Thu Xuong: Enterprises participating in the ranking and selection of the Award will receive Certificates, Emblms, Certificates of Merit and bonuses according to the regulations of the Organizing Committee and participate in activities within the framework of the Program. Enterprises are promoted and mediated on Lao Dong Newspaper (print, electronic), social networks and mass media. Along with that, enterprises participating in the ranking and selection of the Award must be responsible for the accuracy and truthfulness of their participation documents, and must commit to fully fulfilling their tax obligations, social insurance, health insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance and other obligations to employees, and social responsibility to the locality.

Thank you Vice President of Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, Chairman of the Ranking Council of the 2026 Award.

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