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Management of freelancers, workers in FDI firms raised at Q&A session

National Assembly (NA) deputies on June 5 questioned Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) Dao Ngoc Dung about the management and protection of labourers who freely go to bordering countries to work and those who work in foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises.
Management of freelancers, workers in FDI firms raised at Q&A session ảnh 1Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – National Assembly (NA)deputies on June 5 questioned Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA)Dao Ngoc Dung about the management and protection of labourers who freely go tobordering countries to work and those who work in foreign direct investment(FDI) enterprises.

According to the minister, it is estimated that about 139,000 labourersregularly go to bordering countries to work. However, they have no work permitswhile Vietnam lacks a legal framework on management of these workers.

At present, relevant ministries and agencies are negotiating with neighbouringcountries on this issue, he added.

Dung said that Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked his ministry tosupport seven northern provinces in signing memoranda of understanding withbordering Chinese provinces on management of these workers, thus ensuring theirinterests and avoiding potential risks.

The work is expected to be completed in this July, he added.

He revealed that PM Phuc and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha recently agreedon applying a mechanism for Vietnamese labourers like those from three otherneighbouring countries of Thailand.

Regarding the protection of interests of workers in FDI enterprises andmeasures to prevent those aged 35 or more from the sack, Minister Dung said FDIenterprises play an important role in and greatly contribute to the nationaleconomy as they are now employing 6.8 million Vietnamese labourers.

Most of the major FDI businesses pay much attention to ensuring social welfaresfor workers and violations have been recorded in small companies only, henoted.

The information that up to 80 percent of FDI enterprises dismissed employeesaged from 30-35, the minister said it is not accurate. The Ministry of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs coordinated with the NA’s Committee for SocialAffairs made fact-finding tours of several businesses in Ho Chi Minh City, and BinhDuong, Dong Nai and Bac Ninh provinces. Results showed that only 11 percent of employeeswho stopped working because of different reasons, including personal ones, areaged from 30-35. The figure is equivalent to only 1.9 percent of the totalworkers in a business.  

According to the minister, at the regular Government meeting in June, the PMallowed the MoLISA to build a project on training and re-training unemployed workerswho ever worked in FDI enterprises or supporting them with job shifting whenbusinesses change production structure. The project will be implemented in athorough way, ensuring the best conditions for labourers, he said.-VNA
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