Vietnam, China exchange experience in trade union activities
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) on May 24 shared their operational experience and agreed to step up their exchanges.
VGCL Standing Vice President Tran Thanh Hai and ACFTU Vice Chairman Jiang Guangping held talks on May 24. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam GeneralConfederation of Labour (VGCL) and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions(ACFTU) on May 24 shared their operational experience and agreed to step uptheir exchanges.
During their talks, VGCL Standing Vice President Tran Thanh Hai and ACFTU Vice Chairman Jiang Guangping mentioned tradeunion activities during the engagement in free trade agreements (FTAs), and stressedthe need to intensify the Party leadership in trade union activities in the newsituation.
Both expressed their hope for enhanced high-levelmeetings to boost mutual understanding and the establishment of trade unionrelations between localities, especially those along the border line.
Jiang briefed his Vietnamese counterpart on theoperations of the ACFTU, which has developed more than 3.5 million members in new employment areas and isworking hard to protect rights and interests of labourers.
For his part, Hai said after 35 years of Doi moi(Reform), the VGCL counts around 10.5 million members and over 126,000 tradeunion organisations.
He also talked about major issues facing theVietnamese trade union sector like impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic onproduction, income and living standards of labourers, as well as on trade unionactivities.
The fourth Industrial Revolution and the rocketdevelopment of science and technology, plus climate change impacts have creatednew jobs, forcing trade union organisations to revamp their operationalmethods, he noted.
Vietnamese trade union organisations have alsoplayed a role in consolidating policies and laws in order to ensure legal,legitimate rights and interests of labourers, while diversifying its operationsto better care for their material and spiritual lives, he said./.
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VGCL Standing Vice President Tran Thanh Hai and ACFTU Vice Chairman Jiang Guangping held talks on May 24. (Photo: VNA) 
