Vietnam General Confederation of Labour

{{short description|Vietnamese national trade union center}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

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| name = Vietnam General Confederation of Labour

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| native_name = Tổng Liên đoàn Lao động Việt Nam

| native_name_lang = vi

| logo = Vietnam General Confederation of Labour emblem.svg

| founded = {{Start date|1929|07|29|df=y}}

| abbreviation = VGCL

| nickname = {{lang|vi|Công đoàn}}

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| members = 10,300,000

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| parent_organization = Vietnam Fatherland Front

| affiliation = WFTU

| key_people = Bui Van Cuong, President

| headquarters = Hanoi, Vietnam

| location_country = Vietnam

| website = {{URL|http://www.congdoan.vn}}

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The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) is the sole national trade union center in Vietnam. It was founded 29 July 1929 as the Red Workers' General Union in Northern Vietnam, and extended into the entire country after the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975.{{Cite web |title=The Fall of Saigon (1975): The Bravery of American Diplomats and Refugees |url=https://diplomacy.state.gov/stories/fall-of-saigon-1975-american-diplomats-refugees/ |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=The National Museum of American Diplomacy |language=en-US}}

The VGCL's role, as shown on the Vietnamese side of its website, includes a "responsibility to implement the party's directions and policies and to contribute to the party's development".{{cite web |url=http://www.congdoanvn.org.vn/details.asp?l=1&c=36&c2=36&m=207 |title=Tong Lien Doan Lao Dong |website=www.congdoanvn.org.vn |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721171935/http://www.congdoanvn.org.vn/details.asp?l=1&c=36&c2=36&m=207 |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead}} It is under the oversight of the Communist Party: "The party oversees the way the VGCL implements the party's directions and policies."

All trade unions in Vietnam are required by law to affiliate to the VGCL, and the VGCL is one of the mass movements of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front and is practically aligned to the Communist Party of Vietnam. Bui Van Cuong, the VGCL president, is a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee.

The VGCL is affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions. In 2011 VGCL President Bui Van Cuong was elected a WFTU Vice-President.{{Cite web |url=http://www.congdoanvn.org.vn/english/details.asp?l=1&c=228&c2=228&m=553 |title=The 16th World Trade Union Congress was successfully completed |access-date=27 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504134738/http://www.congdoanvn.org.vn/english/details.asp?l=1&c=228&c2=228&m=553 |archive-date=4 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}