On the morning of May 9, 2024, the National Economics University (NEU) Trade Union held a conference to launch activities celebrating Workers’ Month and summer 2024 activities.

Delegates pose for a commemorative photo at the conference

Attending the conference were Dr. Nguyen Huu Dong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the NEU Trade Union; MSc. Ho Quynh Anh, Vice Chairwoman of the NEU Trade Union; members of the NEU Trade Union Executive Committee; chairpersons or vice chairpersons of constituent trade unions and heads of the NEU Trade Union’s working committees; and heads of clubs affiliated with the NEU Trade Union.

Workers’ Month is a meaningful initiative to provide encouragement and emotional and material support while raising trade union members’ and workers’ awareness of, and pride in, the glorious traditions of the working class and the trade union organization. To mark this special occasion, the NEU Trade Union actively organized numerous campaigns and activities celebrating Workers’ Month and the 2024 Action Month for Occupational Safety and Health to foster solidarity and cohesion among trade union members. These activities included arranging individual and unit workspaces according to “green, clean, beautiful, and creative” criteria to create a friendly, cohesive working environment that inspires enthusiasm, creativity, and efficiency at work; encouraging participation in physical exercise and sports and increasing exchanges, experience-sharing, and mutual understanding among faculty and staff in the Hanoi area, contributing to improvements in teaching and research…; reviewing the living conditions of staff and workers to identify effective measures to support their material and emotional well-being and help them cope with difficulties; making timely visits to staff and workers with life-threatening illnesses or difficult circumstances; and holding meetings to review and propose that the Vietnam National Union of Education Workers provide support for staff and workers facing particularly difficult circumstances during Workers’ Month 2024…

MSc. Ho Quynh Anh, Vice Chairwoman of the NEU Trade Union, delivers remarks

Alongside activities celebrating Workers’ Month and the 2024 Action Month for Occupational Safety and Health, the NEU Trade Union Executive Committee presented plans at the conference to award prizes to the children of staff and workers for the 2023-2024 academic year and organize summer 2024 activities. These activities aim to provide opportunities for the children to participate in shared activities, build connections, improve their physical fitness, and develop additional skills during the summer break.

Dr. Nguyen Huu Dong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the NEU Trade Union, provides guidance at the conference

Providing guidance at the conference, Dr. Nguyen Huu Dong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the NEU Trade Union, emphasized that activities celebrating Workers’ Month and Action Month for Occupational Safety and Health, as well as summer activities for the children, must be practical, programs must be effective, and approaches must be creative. All activities must focus on protecting the health of staff and workers throughout the University, improving their working conditions, and fostering solidarity and cohesion among them.

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Article and photos: Department of Communications

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