Vietnam’s Implementation of Labour Provisions in the European Union - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: Recent Developments and Insights
Authors: Thi Ngo Trang 
Published: February 2025

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free trade agreement (EVFTA) play a critical role in labour reform in Viet Nam.
After four years in e/spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;
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AdvOTecfccdcf_I"orts to implement labour commitments in EVFTA, yielding
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mso-bidi-font-family:AdvOTecfccdcf_I"lment of labour obligations, arrangement
of institutions and preparation for a dispute settlement mechanism. Vietnam/spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"AdvOTecfccdcf.I+20",sans-serif;
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AdvOTecfccdcf_I"s revised 2019 labour code has been in force, bringing signi/spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:AdvOTecfccdcf_I+fb;
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AdvOTecfccdcf_I"cant reforms to the working conditions. Nevertheless, there is
room for improvement, particularly in operating grassroots representative
organizations and accelerating the rati/spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:AdvOTecfccdcf_I"cation of the International Labour
Organization (ILO) convention No. 87. This article will /spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:AdvOTecfccdcf_I+fb;
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AdvOTecfccdcf_I"rst summarize recent developments in implementation of labour
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AdvOTecfccdcf_I"y analyse labour provisions of EVFTA in comparison with other
labour provisions in the EU/spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:AdvOTecfccdcf_I"s FTAs. Finally, the article will review
Vietnam/spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"AdvOTecfccdcf.I+20",sans-serif;
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AdvOTecfccdcf_I"s progress in ful/spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:AdvOTecfccdcf_I"lling EVFTA labour commitments aligning
with contemporary approaches, and o/spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt;
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