Vietnamese labor law on freedom of association in the context of integration

Abstract

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Vietnam - EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) are two new generation agreements that Vietnam has signed and ratified setting out requirements to improve labour laws. The CPTPP and EVFTA agreements do not provide their standards but only apply according to the labour standards stated in the ILO's 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, expressed in 4 standards. basic international labour. Standards on the abolition of forced and compulsory labour; banning the use of child labour and eliminating the worst forms of child labour; Eliminate all forms of discrimination in employment and occupation that have been legislated in Vietnam's labour law up to now. However, it was not until the 2019 Labor Code (2019 Labor Code) that the standards for freedom of association of workers were officially and uniformly specified. Although the current labour law has internalized the right to freedom of association, this regulation still has many limitations. It requires early improvement of the labour law system, by the commitment to labour law. Labour that Vietnam has participated in. This study presents commitments to the right to freedom of association of workers under CPTPP and EVFTA, the practice of internalization in Vietnamese labour law, and some suggestions for improving the law on the right to freedom of association of workers in the context of labour law - integration scene.