Care for Workers

Duration: 2 Years

Location: Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces

Viet Nam is one of the world’s most quickly developing economies, and economic restructuring has paved the way for rapid industrialisation and urbanisation, creating employment and income opportunities and influencing migration trends. The overall objective of this project is to enhance the working and living conditions of migrant factory workers and their communities by strengthening the knowledge and capacity of target workers, factory decision makers, local authorities, and mass organizations and their networks and systems.

Activities will seek to address the issue comprehensively by targeting relevant actors at the workplace and communities of residence, at all levels. The project is envisioned to indirectly support the implementation of Viet Nam’s Labour Code, while directly improving knowledge and capacity, as well as creating/strengthening systems, relationships and activities supporting migrant factory workers and their host communities. Specific issues addressed will include improving working conditions and basic services, as well as communication between the workers, supervisors and managers within the factory.

The project will also address the issues of strengthening mass organizations to enhance their work supporting migrant workers and their communities, establishing service referral systems within the communities, and improving living conditions by working with landlords.