More than 686,000 union members were admitted, reaching 91.47% of the year's target
After 9 months, the Vietnam Trade Union admitted more than 686,000 union members, reaching 91.47% of the target for 2026, but there are still thousands of businesses without grassroots trade unions.
On October 5, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour organized a quarterly meeting for the third quarter and evaluated the results of the first 9 months of 2026 on union member development, establishment of grassroots trade unions and participation in Party building.
Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Xuan Hung and Mr. Tong Van Bang - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Labor Relations Department of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, chaired the conference.
The conference was organized in a direct form at the Hall on the 1st floor, Headquarters of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, No. 10 Chu Van An, Ba Dinh Ward, Hanoi City and online bridge points at the headquarters of provincial and city labor federations, central industry trade unions, economic group trade unions, and general corporation trade unions directly under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour.
Mr. Tong Van Bang, Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Labor Relations Department of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, said that over 9 months, the work of developing union members and establishing grassroots trade unions has had positive changes, and the method of organization and implementation has gradually innovated in the direction of clearly defining sources, areas, businesses, subjects and responsibilities.
By September 30, the entire system had admitted 686,035 union members, reaching 91.47% of the 2026 target after adjustment, with 750,000 union members actually increasing; in the third quarter alone, 387,084 union members were developed. However, there are still 14,811 enterprises with 20 or more employees and 249 FDI enterprises with 100 or more employees that do not have grassroots trade unions...
Also in 9 months, trade union levels introduced 43,728 outstanding union members to the Party for consideration and training, reaching 72.88% of the target; including 14,127 trade union officials and 15,647 direct workers. 14,111 outstanding trade union members were admitted to the Party...
Speaking at the conference, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Nguyen Xuan Hung said that the last months of 2026 are a time of decisive significance for completing the target of developing increased union members and establishing grassroots trade unions, grassroots trade unions, and fostering and introducing outstanding trade union members to the Party in 2026. Based on the 2026 target that has been adjusted from 1,000,000 to 750,000 increased union members and the targets that have been assigned to each unit, trade union levels need to focus highly on resources, clearly identify the number of shortages, areas with remaining resources, causes of failure and specific solutions for each target group, each area, and each unit to strive to complete the targets.
The Vice President of the VGCL proposed that trade union levels focus on accelerating the development of union members and establishing grassroots trade unions, but must strongly shift from "assigning targets" to "assigning addresses, assigning businesses, and assigning responsibilities".
Focus on non-state enterprises, FDI enterprises, industrial parks, industrial clusters and enterprises with a large labor force.
Focus on developing increased union members and retaining union members. Strictly manage fluctuations, clearly analyze the causes of increases and decreases in each area and enterprise; take the effectiveness of maintaining union members as an important criterion for evaluating results.
Improve the quality of grassroots trade unions after establishment. New grassroots trade unions must quickly operate substantively, have officials, have regulations, have dialogue, negotiation, care and represent workers.
Better implement the work of creating sources for Party development right from the grassroots level; pay attention to direct production workers and sources at non-state-owned enterprises. At the same time, strengthen coordination with Party committees, authorities and functional agencies in reviewing enterprises, employees and creating sources for Party development...
As of September 30, the entire Vietnam Trade Union system has 10,591,462 union members; 67,999 grassroots trade unions, grassroots trade unions; of which the informal sector has 1,022 grassroots trade unions, with 64,523 trade union members.
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