Domestic workers have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: ILO) In Vietnam, domestic workers are now subject to labor laws, but the challenge that Vietnam currently faces is compliance with the law. These are the comments of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in its latest report published on June 15. On the occasion of International Labor Day Domestic Workers (June 16), the ILO released the Report Making Decent Work a Reality for Domestic Workers: Progress and Prospects in Asia and the Pacific Duong. The report shows that, ten years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention of 2011 (Convention No. 189), the majority of domestic workers in the Asia-Pacific region ( 61.5%) are still completely out of the scope of national labor laws while 84.3% of them still work in informal jobs. The absence of national labor laws and the high level of informality continue to severely affect the working conditions of domestic workers in the Asia-Thailand region. Binh Duong. More than 50% of domestic workers are concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region Chihoko Asada Miyakawa, Director of the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, said that there is an urgent need to formalize domestic work in Asia and the Pacific, starting with employment. domestic help is regulated by labor law and social security to ensure this important worker enjoys the protection and respect they deserve. The Philippines is the only country in the Asia-Pacific region that has ratified the Domestic Labor Convention ten years after its ratification. According to statistics, the Asia-Pacific region has 38.3 million domestic workers aged 15 and over (of which 78.4% are female), equivalent to 50.6% of domestic workers. families around the world, and this is the largest employer of domestic workers worldwide. In which, China accounts for the majority of these workers (22 million). This is also the region that employs the most male domestic workers, accounting for 46.1% of the male labor rate. families around the world. The data shows that the majority of domestic workers in the region are not subject to any limits on working hours (71%) or enjoy weekly leave (64%) under the provisions of the Labor Code. current labor law. The report also shows that domestic workers are often the lowest paid in the labor market, especially when they work in the informal sector. It is estimated that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a major impact on domestic workers in the Asia-Pacific region due to the high level of informality and the lack of protections provided for in the law. leading to job loss. Their risk of losing their job is 2-3 times higher than that of other workers. Domestic workers in Vietnam need to be protected in practice Vietnam is one of the few countries in the region bringing domestic workers under the scope of labor law. The Labor Code 2019 and the accompanying Decree No. 145/2000/ND-CP stipulate that family workers must have a written contract that meets certain standards, including limits on working hours. and rest time. Among Southeast Asian countries, only in Vietnam are domestic workers entitled to a minimum wage at least equal to the minimum wage for other workers. According to ILO Vietnam Director, Dr. Chang-Hee Lee, although Vietnam has made significant progress, which includes bringing domestic workers under the protection of the labor law, But the challenge facing today is how to strengthen compliance with the law and close the gap between the protections provided in the law and the actual experience of domestic workers. According to a new ILO report, 19% of domestic workers in Vietnam work through service providers, and the number of domestic workers migrating abroad has continuously increased over the past decade. by. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, domestic workers have become much more vulnerable to job loss than other types of workers. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, the rate of domestic workers decreased by 17% in the second quarter of 2020, while the unemployment rate of other hired workers in the same period was only 6.1%. . In parallel with some domestic workers losing their jobs, others have reduced working hours. Both of these situations lead to a significant reduction in total wages received. In the second quarter of 2020, the working hours of domestic workers in Vietnam decreased by 24.7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. Due to job loss and reduced working hours, the wages that laborers earn Domestic helpers in Vietnam received decreased by 26.2%. By 2026, Vietnam is expected to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention (Convention No. 189). In the Asia-Pacific region, there are still 61.5% of domestic workers who are not subject to labor laws. – 84.3% of domestic workers in the informal sector work in informal work, while this figure for other workers is 52.8%. – 64% of domestic workers in the Asia-Pacific region are not entitled to weekly leave…

Deputy Minister of National Defense Nguyen Tan Cuong, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung and delegates performing the opening ceremony of the Public Service Portal of the Ministry of Defense (Photo: mod.gov.vn) An important milestone in the construction of e-Government of the Ministry of Defense The Ministry of National Defense’s public service portal has just been officially opened by this Ministry at the address dichvucong.mod.gov.vn on the afternoon of April 16. Built to meet the regulations on the implementation of the one-door mechanism, the one-stop shop for administrative procedures settlement, the website dichvucong.mod.gov.vn is the online provider of administrative procedures under the state management of the Ministry of National Defense on the principle of concentration, consistency and timeliness. According to the website of the Ministry of National Defense, the website dichvucong.mod.gov.vn provides online public services for 29 administrative procedures in 6 areas, including: journalism, defense explosives management. , civil cryptography, military policy, IT management and electronic authentication. On the website dichvucong.mod.gov.vn, the Ministry of Defense provides online public services with 29 administrative procedures in 6 fields. Public service portal The Ministry of Defense is connected to the National Public Service Portal, ready to provide online public services to citizens and businesses on the Internet. This is a reliable address for people and businesses to transact with agencies and units in the Ministry of Defense in an electronic environment. At the same time, this portal is also a channel to monitor and supervise to improve the quality of handling administrative procedures and receive and handle recommendations of agencies and units in the Ministry of Defense. According to the website of the Ministry of National Defense, speaking at the opening ceremony, Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Deputy Minister of National Defense emphasized: “The official opening of the Ministry of Defense Public Service Portal into operation is a milestone. attaching importance to, affirming the determination of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to promote administrative reform in association with building e-Government in the Ministry of National Defense, focusing on administrative procedure reform with the aim of taking the people. is the center, taking the satisfaction of the people, the organization is the measure to evaluate the service quality of agencies and units “. The Department of Defense provides 22 online public services at levels 3 and 4 Notably, data on the Public Service Portal of the Ministry of Defense shows that, of the 282 administrative procedures under the management of the Ministry of Defense, 18 procedures are available online at level 3 and 4. is provided online level 4 – the highest level done entirely on the network environment. All 4 administrative procedures provided online by the Ministry of Defense at level 4 on the Ministry’s Public Service Portal are in the field of electronic authentication, they are: Procedures for new issuance of digital certificates of agencies and organizations; procedures for new issuance of digital certificates for equipment, services, and software; procedures for new digital certificates for individuals; digital certificate renewal procedures for competent persons of agencies and organizations in accordance with the law on management and use of seals, persons with state titles. Decree 130 2018 details the implementation of the Law on Electronic transactions regarding digital signatures and digital signature authentication services, stating types of electronic transactions of Party and State agencies if signatures are applied. for the number, use the digital signature authentication service provided by a specialized digital signature authentication service provider provided by the Government. The Department of Digital Authentication and Information Security under the Government Cipher Committee (Ministry of Defense) is a specialized digital signature authentication service provider of the Government. According to this agency’s data, as of the middle of last year, the specialized digital signature authentication system of the Government has ensured the provision of over 230,000 digital certificates to ministries, branches and localities in the country. According to the instructions, in order to carry out the administrative procedures provided on the Public Service Portal of the Ministry of Defense, before performing the online submission, businesses, organizations and individuals need to register an account. to be able to access the system. In addition to online filing, in the system, businesses, organizations and individuals can also track the status of the application, view statistics on the processing status of the administrative documents or participate in the evaluation. system pricing through survey questions …