Migrant labour was the focus of an ASEAN meeting held on September 23 in Hanoi.
TheNational Preparatory Workshop met ahead of the upcoming ASEAN Forum onMigrant Labour (AFML), an annual gathering for ASEAN countries todiscuss migrant labour issues.
The workshop aimed to shareinformation on the success of previous AFML recommendations to protectand promote the rights of migrant workers.
Ta Thi Thanh Thuy,Deputy Director of the Department of Overseas Labour's Personnel Section– a division of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs -summarized Vietnam's effort to implement the previous AFML'srecommendations. She encouraged ASEAN countries to collect and shareinformation on migrant workers and enhance the effectiveness ofcomplaints mechanisms.
"The complaints mechanisms are designedto make sure both labour importers and intermediaries – or, labourexporters - are responsive to workers' complaints," Thuy said.
Vietnameseoverseas workers can seek support at the Migration Resource Centre, aservice financed by the International Organisation for Migration, whichwill provide them with advice and assist them with filing complaints.
NguyenLuong Trao, President of the Vietnam Association of Manpower Supply(VAMAS), said Vietnam labour exporters will continue to improve thequality of migrant workers' pre-departure orientation and training.
Theorganisation introduced the use of information booklets to assistoverseas workers in countries and territories such as Japan, Malaysia,Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. Contents of the booklets included informationon the host country's geography, society, customs, regulations, foreignworkers' rights and benefits, as well as guidelines for getting loansand transferring money back home.
VAMAS also stressed theimportance of building a Code of Conduct for Vietnam, with 12 principlesintended to set professional and moral standards for labour exporters.
Headof the Department of Socio Economic Policy, Vietnam Confederation ofLabour, said the confederation will closely monitor recruitmentprocesses and promote pre-departure vocational training for overseasworkers.
"Union representatives need to improve their legal knowledge to be able to protect the right of overseas workers," he said.
Delegatesfrom the International Labour Organisation and the InternationalOrganisation for Migration participated in group discussions to preparerecommendations to submit to the seventh AFML on 20-21 November inNaypyidaw, Myanmar.-VNA
TheNational Preparatory Workshop met ahead of the upcoming ASEAN Forum onMigrant Labour (AFML), an annual gathering for ASEAN countries todiscuss migrant labour issues.
The workshop aimed to shareinformation on the success of previous AFML recommendations to protectand promote the rights of migrant workers.
Ta Thi Thanh Thuy,Deputy Director of the Department of Overseas Labour's Personnel Section– a division of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs -summarized Vietnam's effort to implement the previous AFML'srecommendations. She encouraged ASEAN countries to collect and shareinformation on migrant workers and enhance the effectiveness ofcomplaints mechanisms.
"The complaints mechanisms are designedto make sure both labour importers and intermediaries – or, labourexporters - are responsive to workers' complaints," Thuy said.
Vietnameseoverseas workers can seek support at the Migration Resource Centre, aservice financed by the International Organisation for Migration, whichwill provide them with advice and assist them with filing complaints.
NguyenLuong Trao, President of the Vietnam Association of Manpower Supply(VAMAS), said Vietnam labour exporters will continue to improve thequality of migrant workers' pre-departure orientation and training.
Theorganisation introduced the use of information booklets to assistoverseas workers in countries and territories such as Japan, Malaysia,Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. Contents of the booklets included informationon the host country's geography, society, customs, regulations, foreignworkers' rights and benefits, as well as guidelines for getting loansand transferring money back home.
VAMAS also stressed theimportance of building a Code of Conduct for Vietnam, with 12 principlesintended to set professional and moral standards for labour exporters.
Headof the Department of Socio Economic Policy, Vietnam Confederation ofLabour, said the confederation will closely monitor recruitmentprocesses and promote pre-departure vocational training for overseasworkers.
"Union representatives need to improve their legal knowledge to be able to protect the right of overseas workers," he said.
Delegatesfrom the International Labour Organisation and the InternationalOrganisation for Migration participated in group discussions to preparerecommendations to submit to the seventh AFML on 20-21 November inNaypyidaw, Myanmar.-VNA
