(VOVworld)  - The President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, Nguyen Thien Nhan, has urged the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor to improve its performance to better protect workers’ rights now that Vietnam has joined a number of new free trade agreements, especially the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan works with the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor to improve its performance. (Photo: VOV)

At a meeting on Tuesday, Nhan spoke highly of a project to improve the Confederation’s performance over the next 10 years. He said: “It’s necessary to focus on communications, promoting democracy, protecting the rights of union members, and supervising the operation of trade unions at various levels. Mass movements should be associated with international integration and improvement of productivity.”