Tackling Inequality in Global Seafood SC Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry is an independent, non-profit and non-government organisation, representing for Vietnamesebusiness community, employers and business associations. Nowadays, VCCI has more than 3000 direct members nation-wide and around 10.000 indirect members under business associations and other organizations who are also VCCI members.
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce andIndustry, Hochiminh Branch - VCCI-HCM is the representative organisation of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ho Chi Minh City and six other provinces in the South. It assembles and represents the business community, associations and employers in order to promote investment, commercial, scientific and technological cooperative relationships with localand foreign partners.
The functions of VCCI shall be as follows:
1. To represent the Vietnamese business community for the promotion and protection of the lawful, legitimate interests of the business community and employers in Vietnam in domestic and international relations.
2. To promote the development of business enterprises, entrepreneurs, the cooperation among business entities and to offer assistance in trade and investment, economic and technological co-operation and other business activities ofenterprises in Vietnam and abroad.
VCCI plays therole of enterprises# representative, to protect and promote the benefits of enterprises and support them legally and practically todevelop harmonized labour relations which ensure sustainable business development. Apart from that, VCCI also encourages international business trade between domestic companies and foreign enterprises. As a member in the tripartite model that includes MOLISA, VGCL and VCCI. Our mission is to raise the voice of the business community as a representative, contributing to make legal mechanism more practical and supportive to enterprises.
VCCI#s Bureau for Employers# Activities (BEA) also represents the enterprises in the above-mentioned tripartite model. Our main focus is labour relations and issues surrounding the subject. We have been working on projects and initiatives that aim for a betterment of working conditions, productivity, social dialogue, etc. Among such focuses, the creation of a skilful and proficient workforce isthe field that we pay much attention to. Since 2010, our department has worked on a number of projects involving the improvement of the human resources in Vietnam#s labour market. Based on the surveys and dialogues between government agencies, enterprisesand VCCI, we observed that human resources is among the most significant and decisive factors tocreate business sustainability. Job growth in Viet Nam has been strong over the decade, and if Vietnam is to expand as an industrialized country, it must develop highly skilled industrial workers. Viet Nam#s long-term economic development depends on increasing its competitiveness in regional and global markets. Also, Viet Nam has become an attractive host country for foreign direct investment(FDI). A shortageof labor has become an obstacle to the development of the economy. The shortage of qualified human resources is also inhibiting Vietnam#s competitiveness.