(VOVworld) – A symposium on 85 years of Vietnam’s Trade Union and sustainable values opened in Hanoi on Tuesday to mark the 85^th anniversary of the organization.

The delegates agreed that it was necessary to increase the capacity of grassroots trade unions, encourage workers in businesses to join trade unions and improve and renew the training of trade union officials. Pham The Duyet, former President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, said: “Trade unions play an important political role in consolidating national unity and building up the party. Therefore, it is important to raise the workers’ political awareness. Trade unions help to formulate policies and protect workers’ interests.”