Contrary to much reporting, Vietnam has not authorized independent workers’ unions.

Vietnam is a one-party state with a single, state-led union federation, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL). Over the past couple of years, however, a number of English language commentators have claimed that Vietnam has now legalized independent trade unions.In 2019, just after the National Assembly approved a new Labor Code, Viet Nam News, the main English language newspaper of