(HBO) – Statistics showed that the province now has 25 grassroots trade unions in non-State business sector. Over the past years, they have well performed their role in protecting and caring for legitimate rights and interests of workers. Many of them helped balance the interests of employers and employees, thus contributing to improving the efficiency of production and trade in enterprises.
Workers at Thanh Son
One-Member Co. Ltd in Hoa Binh city have stable lives and jobs.
A number of firms paid attention to caring for workers’ lives, protecting their
legitimate rights and interests, and improving their income. Many grassroots
trade unions actively inspected and monitored the implementation of policies
for workers, actively offered suggestions to authorities to meet their
legitimate aspirations, and dealt with important issues regarding employment,
income, and payment of social, health and unemployment insurance premiums. Amid
the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, they renewed operating methods to
overcome difficulties together with enterprises, adopted advanced technologies
to cut costs and improve products’ competitiveness, thus bringing profit and
maintaining stable income for trade union members and workers.
The Midori Apparel Vietnam Hoa Binh Co. Ltd based in Luong Son industrial park
is a wholly foreign-invested firm with over 1,200 workers. After going into
operation, it established a grassroots trade union to ensure legitimate rights
and interests of workers. As a result, workers’ income have improved, reaching
7 million VND on average per person each month. All workers were equipped with
protective suits and undertook training courses on labour safety and hygiene.
Due attention was paid to other policies such as salary, year-end and
productivity bonuses.
Reality showed that grassroots trade unions in enterprises are gradually
adapting with changing requirements of labour relationship. Many firms are
aware that trade unions offer chances for them to prosper, making important
contributions to their development plans.
After several unsuccessful attempts to raise pigs, buffaloes and cows, Nguyen Hong Minh who resides in Mui hamlet, Hoa Binh city’s Doc Lap commune decided to try breeding bamboo rat.
Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh on February 2 held a Lunar New Year meeting with businesses, investors and cooperation in the locality. The event drew Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh; Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong; representatives from the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs; as well as leaders of local departments, sectors and localities and 200 local businesses, cooperatives and investors in the locality.
Following the successes achieved in 2023, the local agricultural and rural development sector, localities and cooperatives are gearing up for first orders of the year, as part of their efforts to boost agricultural exports.
Most workers at enterprises in the northern province of Hoa Binh have turned to work just one week after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
The Hoa Binh Power Corporation (PC Hoa Binh) has directed its units to build plans as well as arrange resources to ensure stable electricity for local winter-spring crop production.
On February 28, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hoa Binh province coordinated with Minh Trung Vietnam Group joint Stock Company, Hoa Binh branch in Luong Son industrial park, Luong Son district organized a ceremony to export Bat Bao lotus porridge to the Japanese.