A national conference on industrial relations opened in Hanoi on March 12, under the theme “Sound Industrial Relations: A Key to Surviving the Global Economic Crisis digital gram scale and Building for Vietnam’s Future”.
The event was co-organised by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Norwegian Embassy in Vietnam, drawing participants from the national level and eleven provinces who have worked with the ILO/Industrial Relations Project, as well as representatives from UN agencies, NGOs and foreign embassies in Hanoi. digital gram scale
According to ILO, around 2.3 million people will be unemployed in the Asia-Pacific region digital gram scale in 2009 due to negative impacts caused by the current global economic crisis, accounting for about 6 percent of the total labour force.
ILO Sub-regional Director, William Salter, said that the GDP growth rate in Asia dropped to 5 percent in 2008 from 7 percent in 2007, and is likely to fall sharply to 2.3 percent in 2009. The World Bank estimated that the crisis may increase the number of people living under the poverty line in the region to 20 million. The figure is predicted to reach up to 140 million in 2010. Hence, Mr Salter emphasised Tripartism and Social Dialogue which have a positive impact on business decisions in today’s economic climate.
Nguyen digital gram scale Van Nen, head of the planning and support department under the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance, pointed out challenges in building sound industrial relations. He stressed the need to compete a legal framework and institutions for industrial relations.
Currently, many cooperatives and non-State businesses do not have trade unions, while labour disputes are escalating. Both workers and employers in cooperatives and small-and-medium-sized enterprises are not well-informed on issues relating to tripartite industrial relations so they do not understand the importance of preventing and dealing with labour disputes.
Vice Minister of Labour Invalids and Social Affairs, Nguyen Thanh Hoa, stressed digital gram scale that the conference digital gram scale was a good opportunity to reach a national digital gram scale consensus on the important role of Industrial Relations in Vietnam in achieving the twin goals of a globally competitive economy and social progress.
John Hendra, UN Resident Coordinator, stated that the United Nations Team in Vietnam is pleased to support the growth of its Vietnamese partners to address digital gram scale new challenges amid the global crisis and its social implications.
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