VCCI IN ADDRESSING FORCED LABOR

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VCCI IN ADDRESSING FORCED LABOR
Nguyen Hong Ha Director of Bureau for Employers
Activities VCCI HCM
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Country overview

• Total population 84.2 m
• People at working age 50.8m
• Women26.9 m
• Unemployment rate 5.1
• Underemployment rate5.85
• New entrants 1.3m/year

• GDP growth rate8.48
• Robust growth of enterprises 500,000 by 2010
• WTO membership opportunities new challenges
• Rapid urbanization

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Why Forced Labor exists?

• Economic and competition pressure
• Lack of well developed labor market information
  system.
• Unskilled labor force
• Desire to change life quickly

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High Risks areas

• Labor intensive industries garment, textile,
  footwear, mining etc.
• Informal Sector household businesses
• Working overseas Migrant workers

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Why Forced Labor matters to VCCI and its
constituent members?

• 1.Legal background
• VN ratified conventions 29 and 144
• VCCI employers organization in VN
• 2. Challenges faced by members
• Many gray areas
• CSR and reputation of an industry/whole economy
• Increasing non tariff/technical barriers

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Activities implemented by VCCI

• Overseas migrant workers trainings, publication
  of guidelines for labor export companies.
• Anti women and children trafficking project
  trainings, survey on female migrant workers,
  publication of booklet on the roles of
  employers in preventing children and women from
  trafficking.
• Promotion of improved labor practices
• Study on modes of payment
• Code of practice for recruitment agencies

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Booklet on Roles of employers in anti women and
children trafficking
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Challenges

• Lack of experiences and resources
• Lack of commitment and awareness of employers
• Access to informal sectors

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Strategies

• Strengthen cooperation with international partner
  organizations
• Strengthen partnership with business associations
  and local agencies to reach out SMEs and
  businesses in informal sectors
• Promote propaganda through mass media

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THANK YOU !