Delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federal Republic of Germany Parliament visits the VGCL

At the working session, Standing Vice President of the VGCL Ngo Duy Hieu informed about the results of the 14th Vietnam Trade Union Congress; the impact of the process of arranging and streamlining the apparatus on trade union organizations and activities; solutions to improve the quality and quantity of collective labor agreements; experience in gathering, representing and protecting informal workers and foundational workers.

Standing Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour emphasized improving the quality of union members, which can meet new requirements; focusing on improving the capacity to advise on building trade union policies and laws; focusing on the task of dialogue, negotiation, signing collective labor agreements; policies for female workers, including building happy families; creating sustainable and long-term welfare for workers; improving self-protection capacity for workers through propaganda, improving legal knowledge...

One of the contents that Dr. Rolf Mutzenich is interested in and discussed is the process of implementing free trade agreements; the operation of European businesses in Vietnam; informal labor force...

Through the exchange, Dr. Rolf Mutzenich highly appreciated the role of the Vietnam Trade Union, and said that the contents at the working session were very useful.

On this occasion, the Standing Vice President of the VGCL expressed her desire to continue to receive cooperation from the FES Institute in improving the capacity of trade union officials, especially in dialogue and negotiation.

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