Hanoi (VNA) – The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is always ✤☂animportant and trustworthy partner of Vietnam, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said while receiving ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo in Hanoi on June 30.

Hue said the ILO has contributed remarkably to Vietnam's socio-economic development and provided significant assistance for Vietnam throughout the process of building laws and regulations on labour, particularly the first Labour Codein 1994, and its revised editions in 2012 and 2019; drafting resolutions of the Party Central Committee related to wage and social insurancepolicy reforms, as well as studying and ratifying the ILO's fundamental conventions. He told his guest that Vietnam has set a roadmap to ratify Convention 87 and discussed withinternational organisations, agencies and partners to join the current globalinitiatives. Vietnam advocates building harmonious, stable and progressive labour relations. The Stateplays a coordinating role between employers (represented by the Vietnam Chamberof Commerce and Industry - VCCI) and employees (represented by the VietnamGeneral Confederation of Labour), he said, addingthat Vietnam is also actively restructuring its growth model and making threestrategic breakthroughs related to institutions, infrastructure and humanresources. According to the leader, the Vietnamese NA isstriving to build a legal system and institutional framework conducive to development,especially in support of the just energytransition and digital transformation. Vietnam is also making efforts to increase the contribution of the digital economy to the country's GDPto about 20% by 2025 and 30% by 2030. The NA Chairman expected that the ILO and its Office in Vietnam would assist the Ministry of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs in the process of reviewing and adopting importantpolicies for global initiatives. Houngbo, for his part, stressedthat as countries are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and facing complex global developments,the ILO wants to enhance deeper cooperation with its member states to jointly overcome the current global challenges. He said if Vietnam actively considers becoming one of thepioneering countries in following the United Nations Secretary-General'sinitiatives on the Global Jobs Pact and the Global Compact on Just Transition,it will present a significant opportunity to connect various support resourcesand achieve balanced social and economic interests. Regarding measures taken to fix delays in development projects in Vietnam, Hue hoped that development partners would join hands with Vietnam to complywith terms of the loan agreements in line with Vietnam's laws./.