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Government likely to permit worker unions to appease EU critics

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Vietnam Government likely to permit worker unions to appease EU critics [Deutsche Welle] 12-03-2024

Vietnam Vietnam Labor Federation Proposes Cut to Weekly Working Hours [Vietnam Briefing] 16-01-2024

Vietnam Labor federation proposes fewer working hours, businesses say ‘no’ [Vietnam Net] 09-01-2024

Vietnam Trade union to continue spending $6 million to support laid-off workers [VNN] 15-08-2023

Vietnam Concerns for Vietnamese journalist after abduction [IFJ] 21-04-2023

Vietnam Journalist imprisoned in closed-door court hearing [IFJ] 14-04-2023

Vietnam Farewell to Jobs: Mass Layoffs and Precarity of Vietnamese Workers [Asian Labour Review] 14-02-2023

Vietnam “Mercedes in Two Years?” Grab Workers’ Mounting Discontent and Wildcat Strikes [Asian Labour Review] 07-02-2023

Vietnam The women workers of Vietnam’s silk farming industry [Equal Times] 28-08-2022

Vietnam New law restricts journalists from recording court proceedings [IFJ] 25-08-2022


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Vietnam steps up labour union cooperation with Brazil, Peru, Uruguay 2024-03-12 [Vietnam Plus]

Government likely to permit worker unions to appease EU critics 2024-03-12 [Deutsche Welle]

Le Vietnam à la deuxième conférence du Conseil présidentiel de la Fédération syndicale mondiale au Brésil 2024-03-11 [Vietnam+]

L'Association des agriculteurs du Vietnam partage ses expériences avec le Laos 2024-03-06 [Le Courrier du Vietnam]

VND4.2 trillion for Tet care from trade union fund 2024-02-04 [SGGP]

Vietnam Labor Federation Proposes Cut to Weekly Working Hours 2024-01-16 [Vietnam Briefing]

Trade union Tet market goes online 2024-01-15 [Vietnam Plus]

Labor federation proposes fewer working hours, businesses say ‘no’ 2024-01-09 [Vietnam Net]

Nearly 10,000 join walk to raise funds for underprivileged laborers 2024-01-07 [SGGP]

Cash-on-delivery fraud is a nightmare for gig workers in Vietnam 2024-01-03 [Rest of World]

Why Samsung factory workers in Vietnam are becoming beauticians 2023-12-04 [Rest of World]

Tourism workers in Hoi An voice hope over social insurance policies 2023-08-20 [VNN]

Trade union to continue spending $6 million to support laid-off workers 2023-08-15 [VNN]

Vietnam Cuban trade union delegation continues work agenda in Vietnam 2023-07-26 [ACN]

Provincial Labor Union pays gift visit to workers with difficult circumstances 2023-05-13 [Bao Binh Duong]

Concerns for Vietnamese journalist after abduction 2023-04-21 [IFJ]

Journalist imprisoned in closed-door court hearing 2023-04-14 [IFJ]

Farewell to Jobs: Mass Layoffs and Precarity of Vietnamese Workers 2023-02-14 [Asian Labour Review]

“Mercedes in Two Years?” Grab Workers’ Mounting Discontent and Wildcat Strikes 2023-02-07 [Asian Labour Review]

Desperate Vietnamese draining social insurance accounts 2023-02-03 [asiatimes]

Taiwan The Vietnamese Debt Bondage Gamble 2023-01-17 [The Diplomat]

First Provincial Labour Arbitration Council: A Solid First Step 2023-01-03 [Fulcrum]

Vietnam Against the “Japanese Dream”: Vietnamese student-workers in Japan 2022-12-13 [Asian Labour Review]

Journalist assaulted by prison guards 2022-10-19 [IFJ]

Du ver à la soie 2022-08-28 [Equal Times]

Del gusano a la seda 2022-08-28 [Equal Times]

The women workers of Vietnam’s silk farming industry 2022-08-28 [Equal Times]

Court upholds nine-year prison sentence for journalist 2022-08-27 [IFJ]

New law restricts journalists from recording court proceedings 2022-08-25 [IFJ]

Citizen journalist dies in detention 2022-08-12 [IFJ]

In Vietnam, tra le operaie che fabbricano i nostri cellulari 2022-08-07 [Collettiva]

UNI Asia & Pacific bolsters ties with Vietnamese trade unions 2022-06-11 [UNI]

Journalist sentenced to ‘re-education' for alleged defamation 2022-04-13 [IFJ]

Journalist sentenced to prison for 'abusing democratic freedoms' 2022-04-12 [IFJ]

Vietnam Vietnam MOU is probably meaningless, but dangerous if it bears fruit 2022-04-01 [AWU]

Vietnam Australian Workers' Union says ag visa puts Vietnamese workers at risk 2022-03-31 [Country Life]

Journalist jailed for publishing ‘anti-state' propaganda 2022-03-24 [IFJ]

Vietnam Parlamento Europeo expresa preocupación por el trato de trabajadores vietnamitas en Serbia 2022-01-15 [ICM]

Vietnam European Parliament expresses concern over treatment of Vietnamese workers in Serbia 2021-12-20 [BWI]

Vietnam European Parliament expresses concern over treatment of Vietnamese workers in Serbia 2021-12-18 [BWI]

Serbia Vietnamese workers at Chinese tyre factory in Serbia get back passports as activists call for human trafficking probe 2021-11-23 [South China Morning Post]

Five journalists sentenced to a combined total of almost 15 years in prison 2021-11-03 [IFJ]

Eight-year sentence for journalist upheld 2021-10-09 [IFJ]

Contrôleurs aériens : le gouvernement va lier recrutement et évolution du trafic 2021-09-20 [Le Courrier]

Workers try to flee Vietnam's biggest city as coronavirus crisis worsens 2021-08-16 [Reuters]

Former editor and pro-democracy activist jailed 2021-07-15 [IFJ]

Independent journalist arrested for opposing socialist party 2021-07-05 [IFJ]

Vietnam Essex lorry deaths: Men jailed for killing 39 migrants in trailer 2021-01-22 [BBC]

Labour Update #94 2021-01-18 [TinyLetter]

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