Strengthening cooperation between Vietnam Trade Union and Belarus
From August 12 to 16, the high-level delegation of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor led by Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Xuan Hung visited and worked in Belarus.
The trip was made at the invitation of the Federation of Labor of Belarus (FTUB).
On August 12, the delegation held a meeting with Chairman Yuri Senko and the FTUB board of directors. President Yuri Senko shared the activities of FTUB in the past time, the difficulties and solutions of the Belarus Trade Union in the current period.
The FTUB President highly appreciated the traditional relationship with the Vietnam Trade Union and suggested that the two sides review and update the content of the Memorandum of Understanding signed and implemented since 2015.
In his speech, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Xuan Hung sent congratulations from President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Dinh Khang to Mr. Yuri Senko for being elected as President of FTUB from March 2024, and at the same time, sent his thanks to Mr. Yuri Senko and the FTUB leadership for always paying attention, supporting, and sending a letter of solidarity to the activities of the Vietnam Trade Union in the recent past, such as a congratulatory letter when General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed the ceiling and a congratulatory letter to the 13th Congress of the Vietnam Trade Union and the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Trade Union.
Vice President Nguyen Xuan Hung also shared the orientations and priority tasks of the 13th Congress of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor. The Congress also determined to continue promoting cooperative relations with international partners, especially with traditional partners such as the Belarus Trade Union. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor agreed to continue to maintain and promote cooperation and exchanges between trade unions at both levels; jointly study and share experiences in trade union activities, improve the capacity of trade union cadres at all levels; support and assist each other in multilateral mechanisms; coordinate to review and evaluate the implementation of the contents of the 2015 Memorandum of Understanding, exchanging to adjust to suit reality.
Concluding the meeting, the FTUB President expressed that in addition to cooperation between the two trade union organizations, he hoped that investment and trade cooperation between the two countries would have new developments and would study to visit and work with the General Confederation in the coming time.
During the working program, the delegation visited and worked with many units and grassroots trade unions under the Civil Servants' Trade Union, Industrial Trade Union, Agricultural Trade Union, Health Trade Union, Construction Trade Union, and Telecommunications Trade Union of Belarus. The delegation also visited and worked at a number of FTUB affiliated units such as MITSO International University, Orbita complex, Krinitsa and Naroch resorts and health rehabilitation areas. At the working sessions, the delegation spent a lot of time exchanging and learning about information and experiences of the Belarus Trade Union at all levels on the mechanism of operation, the work of developing policies and laws related to labor, the work of negotiating and signing Collective Labor Agreements, the work of managing and operating units providing services to union members and society...
