At the meeting, participants exchanged informations of the location, geography, socio-economic situation and trade union activities of Binh Duong province and Daejeon City. Currently, South Korea is one of the biggest investors, ranks second in investment capital in Binh Duong province with 447 investment projects worth USD$ 1.5 billion. In which, there are 408 projects in operation providing 155,000 jobs for local people. 205 Korean companies have found their trade unions, representative organizations for employees’ benefits.

 

On behalf of the Korean delegation, Mr. Lee Young Hoo wished the development of the bilateral cooperation in the trade union and labors’ benefits agreement.

 

At the meeting, Binh Duong and Daejeon Federation of Labor signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the friendship cooperation. Following the MOU, the two parts officially established their cooperation aiming to enhance the solidarity, friendship for long term and accelerate the understanding in the fields such as trade unions’ competence and labor, economic, cultural and information movement. The two Province and City will annually organize in turns the delegations for experience exchanging, try to implement the initiative adoption for the purpose of developing the trade unions acitvities and legitimate benefits of members and labors.

 

 

 

In the afternoon, delegates had a working visit with the trade unions of Hansoll Vina Company and Panko Vina Company in Ben Cat district.