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VNM-2012-L-91648
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Title_of_text
Trade Unions Law (No. 12/2012/QH13).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Viet Nam
Subjects (Classification)
Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations
Adopted on (Date of text)
2012-06-20
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
Luât Công doàn
Abstract/Citation
CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Trade union
Article 2. Scope of regulation
Article 3. Subjects of application
Article 4. Interpretation of terms
Article 5. Rights to establish, join and operate trade unions
Article 6. Principles of organizing and operating trade unions
Article 7. Organizational system of trade unions
Article 8. International cooperation on trade unions
Article 9. Prohibited acts
CHAPTER I - RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRADE UNIONS AND THEIR MEMBERS
SECTION 1: Rights and Responsibilities of Trade Unions
Article 10. Representation and protection of the rights and legitimate interests of employees
Article 11. Participation in State management and socio-economic management
Article 12. Submission of draft laws and ordinances and policy-making and legislative proposals
Article 13. Participation in sessions, meetings and congresses
Article 14. Participation in inspection, examination and supervision of activities of agencies, organizations and enterprise
Article 15. Advocacy, mobilization and education for employees
Article 16. Development of trade union members and grassroots-level trade unions
Article 17. Rights and responsibilities of immediate higher-level trade unions toward employees in non-unionized agencies, organizations and enterprises
SECTION 2: Rights and Responsibilities of Trade Union Members
Article 18.Rights of a trade union member
Article 19. Responsibilities of a trade union member
CHAPTER III - RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE, AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTERPRISES TOWARD TRADE UNIONS
Article 20. Relation between trade unions and the State, agencies, organizations and enterprises
Article 21. Responsibilities of the State toward trade unions
Article 22. Responsibilities of agencies, organizations and enterprises toward trade unions
CHAPTER IV - ASSURANCES FOR TRADE UNION ACTIVITIES
Article 23. Assurance of organization and personnel
Article 24. Assurance of conditions for trade union activities
Article 25. Assurance for trade union representatives
Article 26. Finance of trade unions
Article 27. Management and use of finance of trade unions
Article 28. Assets of trade unions
Article 29. Examination and supervision of finance of trade unions
CHAPTER V - SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES, HANDLING OF VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW ON TRADE UNIONS
Article 30. Settlement of disputes over trade union rights
Article 31. Handling of violations of the Law on Trade Unions
CHAPTER VI - IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS
Article 32. Effect
Article 33. Implementation detailing and guidance
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2013-01-01
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Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
2013-05-10 (VNM-2013-R-94443)
Decree No. 43/2013/ND-CP of May 10 2013, detailing Article 10 of the Trade Union Law on trade unions' rights and responsibilities to represent and protect the rights and legitimate interests of employees.
Implementing text(s)
2008-11-05 (VNM-2008-M-94503)
Statutes of the Vietnamese Trade Unions [adopted at the Xth National Congress of Vietnamese Trade Unions].
Implementing text(s)
2020-03-01 (VNM-2020-R-113847)
Decree No. 28/2020/ND-CP on administrative penalties for violations arising from labour, social insurance and sending Vietnamese workers abroad under contracts.
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1990-06-30 (VNM-1990-L-38294)
Law on Trade Unions
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Electronic Government Portal, Cong Thông Tin Diên Tu
Publisher
http://congbao.chinhphu.vn
Country
Viet Nam
URL
http://congbao.chinhphu.vn
File
VNM91648 Vnm.pdf (PDF of Law in Vietnamese)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Economica
Country
Viet Nam
URL
www.economica.vn/
File
VNM91648 Eng.pdf (PDF of Law in English)
Serial region
Serial title
Official Gazette, the English Translation of Công Báo
Date
2012-08
Number
Issue Nos. 04-05
Page range
pp. 25-36