A conference evaluating labour export policies in relation with genderand migration opened in Ho Chi Minh City on August 28.
Jointly held by Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences andHumanities and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Foundation (Germany), thetwo-day event focuses on the situation of labour export in Asian region,labour export policies of regional countries as well as experience ofVietnam and international community in the management of labour exportin the region.
Experts say the rate of women isincreasing among migrant labourers in Asia. While these labourerscontribute markedly to economic development, they are faced with manyproblems such as inadequate and inconsistent social welfare policies inhost countries. At the same time, a lack of information on the hostcountries and limited foreign languages skills often make the labourers,particularly women, vulnerable to abuse and human trafficking.
Associate Prof, Dr. Dang Nguyen Anh from the Vietnam Academy of SocialSciences said existing laws have yet to deal with gender issuesrelating to migrant labourers. He added that it is essential for bothlabour sending and receiving countries to cooperate in implementingpolicies on migrant labour.
Presently, Vietnam has sentabout 500,000 labourers to work in 40 countries and territories in theworld, of whom women account for 25-30 percent.
TheVietnamese Government has promulgated law and guidelines on labourexport and exerted efforts to protect overseas Vietnamese labourers viacooperation agreements with host countries.
However,Vietnam’s trade union organisation has so far failed to reach outto overseas Vietnamese workers due to a lack of mechanism and resources.Experts urged legalizing trade union’s role in assisting Vietnameselabourers abroad as well as strengthening cooperation between the tradeunion organisations of Vietnam and other countries in order to protectthe rights of migrant labourers.-VNA
Jointly held by Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences andHumanities and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Foundation (Germany), thetwo-day event focuses on the situation of labour export in Asian region,labour export policies of regional countries as well as experience ofVietnam and international community in the management of labour exportin the region.
Experts say the rate of women isincreasing among migrant labourers in Asia. While these labourerscontribute markedly to economic development, they are faced with manyproblems such as inadequate and inconsistent social welfare policies inhost countries. At the same time, a lack of information on the hostcountries and limited foreign languages skills often make the labourers,particularly women, vulnerable to abuse and human trafficking.
Associate Prof, Dr. Dang Nguyen Anh from the Vietnam Academy of SocialSciences said existing laws have yet to deal with gender issuesrelating to migrant labourers. He added that it is essential for bothlabour sending and receiving countries to cooperate in implementingpolicies on migrant labour.
Presently, Vietnam has sentabout 500,000 labourers to work in 40 countries and territories in theworld, of whom women account for 25-30 percent.
TheVietnamese Government has promulgated law and guidelines on labourexport and exerted efforts to protect overseas Vietnamese labourers viacooperation agreements with host countries.
However,Vietnam’s trade union organisation has so far failed to reach outto overseas Vietnamese workers due to a lack of mechanism and resources.Experts urged legalizing trade union’s role in assisting Vietnameselabourers abroad as well as strengthening cooperation between the tradeunion organisations of Vietnam and other countries in order to protectthe rights of migrant labourers.-VNA
