At the event (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – A national symposium was held in HoChi Minh City on May 9 to discuss the current impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution(Industry 4.0) on labour relations and work quality in foreign-investedenterprises in Vietnam.
Speaking at the event, Director of the HCM City branch of theUniversity of Labour and Social Affairs Pham Ngoc Thanh spoke highly of FDIfirms’ active contributions to socio-economic development over the past threedecades.
He affirmed that the Vietnamese Government only advocates theapproval of FDI projects which are committed to environmental protection,technological transfer, and the use of skilled workforce between now and 2030.
Thanh said that within the Industry 4.0 era, FDI enterprisestend to adopt low-cost strategies, leading to conflicts of interest withworkers.
Meanwhile, Vietnam’s human resources index remains low,ranking 70th out of 100 in ASEAN. The country ranked 81st in terms of skilledworkforce and 80th for vocational training quality out of the bloc’s 100.
He suggested fine-tuning the legal framework; investing morein education, especially vocational training and infrastructure; and enhancingties between vocational training establishments and businesses.
Associate Professor Banh Quoc Tuan from the Ho Chi Minh CityUniversity of Technology said amid global integration and the Fourth IndustrialRevolution, Vietnam will welcome a contingent of foreign workers and automationprocess instead of manual workers. Therefore, he proposed improving the highly-skilledworkforce to ensure productivity increases.
Associate Professor Hoang Thanh Xuan from the Trade UnionUniversity highlighted the need to refine trade unions in FDI firms as nearly60 percent of them have yet to organise trade unions, contributing to ensuring thelegitimate rights and interests of workers.
Participants shared the view that the Industry 4.0 has laidthe foundation for the economy reliant on national resources and low-costworkforce to intellectual one.
They suggested measures regarding the rights and interestsof firms in the market economy, as well as technological application in buildingconflict management systems to mediate labour disputes, among others. –VNA
Speaking at the event, Director of the HCM City branch of theUniversity of Labour and Social Affairs Pham Ngoc Thanh spoke highly of FDIfirms’ active contributions to socio-economic development over the past threedecades.
He affirmed that the Vietnamese Government only advocates theapproval of FDI projects which are committed to environmental protection,technological transfer, and the use of skilled workforce between now and 2030.
Thanh said that within the Industry 4.0 era, FDI enterprisestend to adopt low-cost strategies, leading to conflicts of interest withworkers.
Meanwhile, Vietnam’s human resources index remains low,ranking 70th out of 100 in ASEAN. The country ranked 81st in terms of skilledworkforce and 80th for vocational training quality out of the bloc’s 100.
He suggested fine-tuning the legal framework; investing morein education, especially vocational training and infrastructure; and enhancingties between vocational training establishments and businesses.
Associate Professor Banh Quoc Tuan from the Ho Chi Minh CityUniversity of Technology said amid global integration and the Fourth IndustrialRevolution, Vietnam will welcome a contingent of foreign workers and automationprocess instead of manual workers. Therefore, he proposed improving the highly-skilledworkforce to ensure productivity increases.
Associate Professor Hoang Thanh Xuan from the Trade UnionUniversity highlighted the need to refine trade unions in FDI firms as nearly60 percent of them have yet to organise trade unions, contributing to ensuring thelegitimate rights and interests of workers.
Participants shared the view that the Industry 4.0 has laidthe foundation for the economy reliant on national resources and low-costworkforce to intellectual one.
They suggested measures regarding the rights and interestsof firms in the market economy, as well as technological application in buildingconflict management systems to mediate labour disputes, among others. –VNA
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