Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (No. 45) - Viet Nam (Ratification: 1994)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report.

The Committee notes that, under section 113(2) of the 1994 Labour Code, no woman, whatever her age, may be employed in regular work in mines, whereas the circular of 28 January 1994 regulating the working conditions of women excludes women unconditionally from mine work.

It recalls that under Article 2 of the Convention no female, whatever her age, may be employed on underground work in any mine and that Article 3 provides for certain exemptions from that prohibition.

The Committee asks the Government to indicate whether, under section 113 of the Labour Code, women are employed in casual work in mines and, if so, under what conditions.