Employment practice - equivalent rights outsourcing at UD in 2025
FOREWORD
The University of Danang (UD) is strongly committed to implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report focuses on SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth. It presents UD's policy framework, implementation measures and results in 2025 on paying a living wage, recognising trade unions and labour rights, preventing discrimination and forced labour, ensuring gender pay equity, providing appeal mechanisms, investing in employees, offering student work placements, and maintaining secure employment contracts.
Indicator 8.2.5: Employment practice - equivalent rights outsourcing
The Internal Expenditure Regulations of UD (issued on 6 January 2025) apply the same entitlements to public employees (PEs) and employees, including those working under employment contracts, as follows:
Article 8 - Wages:
To handle arising work or promptly replace PEs and employees who have left, UD may sign employment contracts for professional, technical, support or service work. Specific wage rates are decided by the President of UD depending on the complexity, nature and requirements of the work and the professional skills required of the employee (wages shall not be lower than the regional minimum wage prescribed by current regulations at the time the contract is signed).
Article 10 - Salary-based contributions:
Contributions to social insurance, health insurance, unemployment insurance and trade union fees are made in accordance with State regulations.
Clause 1, Article 9 - Payment for overtime work:
Where PEs and employees are required to work overtime, the heads of UD's units shall prepare a plan for approval by the President of UD or the Vice President in charge of the unit and shall be responsible for checking and certifying it. Payment is made in accordance with current State regulations.
Point a, Clause 1, Article 29 - Use of the Welfare Fund:
Welfare payments on public holidays and Tet: Beneficiaries are PEs and employees of UD who have signed contracts of 12 months or more and are covered by compulsory social insurance.
Point a, Clause 2, Article 15 - Remuneration for external lecturers and speakers, paid under a uniform scale based on academic title:
- Professors; senior experts; Doctors of Science: up to VND 1,200,000/session;
- Associate Professors; PhD holders; principal lecturers; principal specialists: up to VND 900,000/session;
- Other lecturers and speakers: up to VND 600,000/session;
- Foreign lecturers and speakers: decided by the President of UD on the basis of agreement.
Internal Expenditure Regulations of UD: https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=38631&tr=g7vn255252250250248255246256VBNBo
Accordingly, employees working under contracts at UD are guaranteed rights equivalent to those of public employees in terms of minimum wage, compulsory insurance, overtime payment and welfare benefits.
CONCLUSION
The University of Danang has successfully fulfilled the requirements of Sustainable Development Goal 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth. UD has established a comprehensive, coherent and publicly available system of employment policies that is regularly issued, reviewed and updated in line with the law. Through these policies, UD ensures stable incomes for its employees, a fair, equal and non-discriminatory working environment, and the right to join representative organisations. Investment in staff, linking training with professional practice, and maintaining stable, long-term employment relationships are also notable achievements.
Going forward, UD will continue to review and improve its policies and to strengthen transparency and public disclosure of information. In doing so, UD affirms its role both as a leading higher education institution and as a responsible employer, contributing actively to the sustainable socio-economic development of the region and the country.