Vietnam General Confederation of Labour

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Vietnam General Confederation of Labour
Tổng Liên đoàn Lao động Việt Nam
AbbreviationVGCL
NicknameCông đoàn
Founded28 July 1929 (1929-07-28)
Headquarters Hanoi, Vietnam
Location
MembersIncrease2.svg 8.600.000+ (2025) [1]
Key people
Bui Van Cuong, President
Parent organization
 Vietnam Fatherland Front
Affiliations WFTU
Website www.congdoan.vn

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) is the sole national trade union center in Vietnam. It was founded 28 July 1929 as the Red Workers' General Union in Northern Vietnam, and extended into the entire country after the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975. [2]

Contents

The VGCL's role, as shown on the Vietnamese side of its website, includes a "responsibility to implement the party's directions and policies and to contribute to the party's development". [3] It is under the oversight of the Communist Party: "The party oversees the way the VGCL implements the party's directions and policies."

All trade unions in Vietnam are required by law to affiliate to the VGCL, and the VGCL is one of the mass movements of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front and is practically aligned to the Communist Party of Vietnam. Bui Van Cuong, the VGCL president, is a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee.

The VGCL is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions. In 2011 VGCL President Bui Van Cuong was elected a WFTU Vice-President. [4]

Organization

The VGCL is composed of 63 local federations of labor, representing cities and provinces. [5]

Affiliated unions

There are 20 affiliated National Industrial Unions: [6]

References

  1. ↑ Bảo Duy (21 July 2025). "Cả nước hiện còn hơn 8,6 triệu đoàn viên công đoàn". Lao động Thủ đô (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "The Fall of Saigon (1975): The Bravery of American Diplomats and Refugees". The National Museum of American Diplomacy. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Tong Lien Doan Lao Dong". www.congdoanvn.org.vn. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "The 16th World Trade Union Congress was successfully completed". Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
  5. ↑ "Provincial and City Federations of Labour". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
  6. ↑ "National Industrial Unions". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
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