2014 Vietnam Field Investigation Report on Korean Multinational Corporations’ Human Rights Practice

The Korea Transnational Corporation Watch presents 2014 Field Investigation Report on Korean Multinational Corporations’ Human Rights Practice: Vietnam. 

Vietnam_Field Research Report_KTNC Watch (December 2014) 

This report covers general legal framework relating to labor rights in Vietnam and findings from the field investigation conducted in December 2014. 

The report concludes that while specific human rights violations by Korean corporations include those related to the environment and the three basic labor rights (right to unionization,collective bargaining, and collective action), most problems can be summarized as the firms’ failure to adhere to the labor law and the structural issue of weak three basic labor rights due to the lack of real representation of workers in trade union. However, the report also concludes, since the labor law is generally employee-friendly and since the union density and the union membership rate in Vietnam are hight than any other country, if the trade union can transform into an organization that properly represent workers, and the labor rights practice of Korean firms can be closely monitored by the Vietnamese government or the civil society, we can anticipate much progress in the protection of the rights and interests of workers. 

For details, please refer to the attached report. (The Korean version of the report can be accessed at the following link: http://apil.tistory.com/1745)