Morning news 9-10: The union still maintains the 2% fee proposal, why?

Tin tức sáng 9-10: Công đoàn vẫn giữ đề xuất mức phí 2%, vì sao? - Ảnh 1. — President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Dinh Khang encouraged and gave gifts to environmental workers in Hanoi - Photo: HA QUAN

Vietnam Trade Union still maintains the 2% fee proposal, why?

According to Mr. Ngo Duy Hieu - Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, the revised Trade Union Law still inherits and maintains the same subjects and the trade union fee contribution level of 2%. The project is being revised, completed, and submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and approval.

Through the summary of the implementation of the Trade Union Law 2012, the practice of keeping trade union funds at 2% of the salary fund as the basis for social insurance contributions for employees has been implemented since 1957. Regarding international experience, China maintains the 2% contribution rate stipulated in its Trade Union Law.

The trade union organization also received opinions from a number of businesses about reducing the level of union fee payment, but through calculation, the resources to ensure the welfare of workers are affected or affect the attraction and gathering of workers into the trade union.

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According to a survey by the General Confederation of Labor, with the average salary used as the basis for social insurance contributions for employees being about 5.7 million VND/month, each year, businesses pay about 1.4 million VND in union fees.

At that time, 75% of the union fee paid (about 1 million VND) will be distributed to the grassroots union for sick visits, birthday gifts, Tet gifts, etc. for union members and workers.

Mr. Hieu said that union fees are also included in the business's expenses, accounted for in the product cost, but account for a small proportion of the business's expenses (about 0.38%). Overall, the 2% union fee is still within the acceptable range for the endurance of organizations and businesses.

Prepare emergency response plan for Dau Tieng Lake

On October 8, the Tay Ninh Provincial Civil Defense - Disaster Prevention and Control and Search and Rescue Command, led by Mr. Tran Van Chien, Vice Chairman of Tay Ninh Provincial People's Committee, inspected disaster prevention and control work in the province at Dau Tieng Lake, in Duong Minh Chau District.

The Dau Tieng - Phuoc Hoa irrigation system is the largest irrigation system in the country. Located in the upper reaches of the Saigon River, within the scope of three provinces including Tay Ninh, Binh Duong and Binh Phuoc, Dau Tieng Lake is a particularly important project, related to national security.

Currently, Dau Tieng reservoir is conducting a flood discharge with a flow rate of ^100m3 /s from October 7 to 17 to ensure the reservoir's construction. According to Mr. Tran Quang Hung - General Director of Southern Irrigation Exploitation Company Limited, currently all basic construction items are guaranteed to operate safely during the rainy season.

The unit is also implementing the repair and upgrade of the Dau Tieng irrigation system (phase 2) approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. On the other hand, the unit also arranges an information system (siren at the spillway) to warn people downstream when the reservoir releases floodwaters.

After the field inspection, Mr. Tran Van Chien requested that units not be subjective or negligent in preventing and fighting storms, floods, and natural disasters, and develop scenarios with different plans, situations, and solutions to promptly adjust and supplement them to suit the actual situation if an emergency natural disaster occurs.

At the same time, strictly manage infrastructure, especially traffic, irrigation reservoirs, and drainage systems, ensuring the safety of irrigation works corridors; promptly repair construction items at risk of insecurity to ensure the safety of construction operations and downstream areas.

Approval of investment policy for construction of Dinh Khao bridge connecting Vinh Long and Ben Tre

Tin tức sáng 9-10: Công đoàn vẫn giữ đề xuất mức phí 2%, vì sao? - Ảnh 2. — Construction of Dinh Khao bridge aims to overcome traffic congestion at Dinh Khao ferry route, ensure connection with national highway and expressway systems, and shorten travel time - Photo: VGP

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed Decision No. 1120 on October 8, approving the investment policy for the project to build Dinh Khao bridge connecting Vinh Long and Ben Tre provinces under the public-private partnership model.

The project aims to complete and improve the exploitation capacity of National Highway 57, overcome traffic congestion at Dinh Khao ferry route, ensure connection with the national highway and expressway system, shorten travel time between Vinh Long and Ben Tre with provinces in the Mekong Delta region, and strengthen regional connectivity between provinces.

The project will be implemented from 2024 - 2028 in Mang Thit district, Vinh Long province and Cho Lach district, Ben Tre province with the starting point: Intersection with DT.902 in My An commune, Mang Thit district, Vinh Long province; adjacent to the National Highway 57 bypass project (Dinh Khao bridge approach road) at Km0+00. End point: Intersection with National Highway 57 at about Km11+270, in Phu Phung commune, Cho Lach district, Ben Tre province.

The project length is about 4.3km; invested according to the scale of grade III, plain road, maximum design speed of 80km/h; Dinh Khao bridge over Co Chien river alone is 1.54km long, 4 lanes. Total investment capital including interest is about 2,971 billion VND.

Of which, the capital of the investor and project enterprise responsible for arranging is about 1,519 billion VND (accounting for 51.1%) and the State capital participating in the project is about 1,452 billion VND (accounting for 48.9%).