PhD. Nguyen Thi Bich

Lecturer of civil law faculty - Law University of Hochiminh City

 Abstract

 In recent times, Vietnam has achieved many important achievements in the process of world economic integration through actively participating in the network of new generation Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). More recently, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership - CPTPP and the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) - EVFTA.

In order for the contents of Vietnam committed in the two above Agreements to be effectively implemented in practice, Vietnam needs to continue to develop and perfect the legal and policy system according to the roadmap. This has a significant impact on the Vietnamese labor legal system because one of the important contents of the two Agreements is on labor with the focus on: i) Freedom of association and essentially recognization of the right to collective bargaining, ii) End all forms of coerced or forced labor, iii) Effectively eliminate child labor, iv) End employment and career discrimination.

In which, the right to freedom of association of employees is a commitment content that is especially interested because this is a new point that the previous Vietnamese labor law system has not been specifically recognized. In the scope of this article, the author will present some points of impact of the CPTPP Agreement and the EVFTA Agreement on employees' right to freedom of association in Vietnamese enterprises. The article is structured in three parts:

i) The employees' right to freedom of association under the CPTPP Agreement and the EVFTA Agreement;

ii) The impact of the CPTPP and EVFTA Agreement on Vietnamese labor laws' regulations on freedom of association of employees;

iii) Responsibilities of Vietnamese enterprises in the context of expanding freedom of association for employees under CPTPP and EVFTA agreements.