The MoU was signed on June 17 between Vietnamese MOLISA Minister Dao Ngoc Dung and MOHRE Minister Nasser Thani Al Hamli on the sideline of the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) held in Geneva, Switzerland.

Vietnamese MOLISA Minister Dao Ngoc Dung and MOHRE Minister Nasser Thani Al Hamli at the signing ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland.

The MoU regulates the process to select and train Vietnamese workers as well as the responsibilities of the agency specialising in sending and receiving workers and the contents of labour contracts with employees.

According to the MOLISA, the MoU took effect immediately after signing, with a term of four years, and it will be automatically extended if either party does not wish to terminate the implementation of the MoU.

This MoU only regulates domestic helpers working in the UAE while the MoU signed between the two governments in 2009 stipulates provisions for workers in all professions.

The MOLISA said that Vietnam began to send workers to the UAE in 1995. Currently, there are about 5,000 Vietnamese labourers working in the UAE, mainly in the fields of construction, mechanics, shipbuilding, and hotel services, with a basic salary of roughly US$450 per month.

24 Bac Giang businesses granted labor export license

(BGO) – To date, Bac Giang province has sent about 25,000 labors abroad, mostly working in Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan (China), Malaysia and Middle East area. 

Laborers in industrial zones and clusters resume stable work after Tet

(BGO) - Almost all workers at the industrial parks and clusters in the northern province of Bac Giang returned to work on the first day after the week- long Tet holiday. The stable human resources with a high sense of discipline facilitate implementation of the production and business plans of the enterprises in the new year. 

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam pays visit to Bac Giang’s enterprises and laborers after Tet holiday

(BGO) – On February 11, the Member of the Central Party Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam paid a visit to encourage the enteprises and laborers in the northern province of Bac Giang after 9-day Lunar New Year holiday. He was accompanied by Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee (PPC) Nguyen Van Linh; Vice PPC Chairman Le Anh Duong and Vice President of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Ngo Duy Hieu.  

56.7 billion VND spent on Tet bonus to laborers

(BGO) – Ahead of the Lunar New Year festival (Year of the Pig), leaders of Taiwanese invested New Wing Interconnect Technology Company Limited (in Van Trung Industrial Park, Viet Yen district, Bac Giang province) mobilized 56.7 billion VND (over 2.4 million USD) to provide Tet bonus to nearly 12,600 laborers. 

All laborers and unionists cared on Tet occasion

(BGO) – Implementing the recently issued plan, the Labor Confederation in Bac Giang province instructed trade unions of all levels to launch several activities to ensure 100 percents of the trade union members, workers, officers and laborers cared on Lunar New Year 2019. 

Source: NDO