The Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No.98) and legal issues to be in need of improvement in Vietnam at present

Abstract

The paper examines the three main issues of the International Labour Organisation Convention No.98 on the right to organise and collective bargaining (Convention No.98)  including: protection of workers against acts of anti-union discrimination; protection of workers’ and employers’ organisations against any acts of interference by each other in their establishment, functioning or administration; and promotion of collective bargaining. It analyses the advantages and disadvantages of Vietnam when acceding to this Convention. The paper also reviews the related provisions of the labour law of Vietnam to point out inadequacies and thereby offers some proposals to improve the law in this regard  in the direction of being compatible with Convention No.98.