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Overview
Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA has been working in Vietnam since 1985, through partnerships with local organisations in both remote and poor provinces as well as some of the big industrial areas and export zones.
Theatre is used in our HIV awareness program to communicate information to low-literacy groups
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Although Vietnam is often considered one of the 'New Tigers' and has achieved considerable success in reducing poverty there remains some key development challenges. Poverty is increasingly concentrated in the Northern and Central Highlands as well as the Mekong Delta. Furthermore, worker's rights and occupational health and safety standards have not kept pace with market economy changes, meaning that a focus on labour regulation and its enforcement as well as strong unions are essential for Vietnam's development. International support is needed to assist this transformation and help achieve improved wages and conditions for Vietnamese workers.
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA's programs aim to assist in the reduction of poverty and improve living and working standards for the Vietnamese people. Our current focus is on worker's rights, strengthening national, provincial and enterprise level unions, promoting genuine Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), HIV prevention and support to people living with HIV and their communities, anti-human trafficking, support to environmental conservation and responses to climate change, vocational training and gender equality issues.
APHEDA was recognised for its contribution to Vietnam's development when it was the first international NGO awarded the Vietnam President's medal in 1998 and the Vietnam Women's Union President's medal in 2004. In 2011, APHEDA was awarded a certificate of merit from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL).
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA maintains a country office in Hanoi with both Australian and local Vietnamese staff.
Strategy
Vietnam was one of the first countries to receive Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA’s support due to the enormous needs in the aftermath of the Vietnam War 1963-75 and the strong involvement of many Australian unions in the anti-war movement.
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History
History of Union Aid Abroad's programs in Vietnam
Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA has worked in some of the poorest and most remote areas of Vietnam, as well as the burgeoning urban areas of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City since 1985. ...
Projects
Vocational Training with Poor Women
Whilst Vietnam is known for its rapid economic growth and bustling trade, poverty is still a significant issue and is increasingly concentrated in the remote, ethnic minority dominated provinces of the North, including Bac Kan province....
Union Strengthening and Occupational Health
As the Vietnamese economy industrialises, increasing numbers of workers need protection from exploitation and unsafe workplaces. History tells us this can only happen with strong unions....
Decent Work and Community Empowerment for People with Disabilities
Vietnam is a country with high rates of people living with disability. In Vietnam around 8% of the population, or over six million people, live with some form of disability....
Ban Asbestos and Asbestos Disease Prevention Project
Australian's know that asbestos kills. That's why it's unbelievable that asbestos is still actively used and promoted in countries around the world. Vietnam is one Asia's biggest users and importers of asbestos....
HIV awareness and Integration of People Living with HIV
Vietnam’s HIV epidemic is still in a concentrated phase, with the highest prevalence among key risk groups including injecting drug users (IDUs), female sex workers (FSWs) and men who have sex with men (MSM). Prevalence in the general population is estimated at 0.53% and there are an estimated 278,000 people living with HIV (PLHIV)....
Leadership Capacity Building of Women Candidates
Gender has been a core focus of the Vietnamese Government and Vietnam has traditionally performed well on measures of formal gender equality. But in the modern political and economic context, gender equality is starting to lag but more importantly needs to transcend tokenism....
Latest Vietnam News
Volunteer Opportunity | Trade Union Educator | Vietnam - Apply by 16/11/12 - 20 November 2012
Applications for this position have now closed....
New project: Decent Work & Community Empowerment for People with Disabilities - 19 October 2012
Vietnam is a country with high rates of people living with disability. In Vietnam around 8% of the population, or over six million people, live with some form of disability....
Opening of second Terri Daktyl Friendship Club House - 28 August 2012
The opening ceremony for the Cho Don District Hope Club House in Bac Kan province took place on 26 August 2012. ...
ACTU hosts Vietnamese trade union leaders - 03 August 2012
Mr. Dang Ngoc Tung, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has led a high-level delegation visiting ACTU and national union leaders in Melbourne, and SA Unions in Adelaide....
My experience in Vietnam - Rob Durbridge - 08 January 2010
Rob Durbridge, the Federal Industrial Officer of the Australian Education Union visited the Terri Daktyl Club House in April 2009....
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