Employment policy on discrimination at UD
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 8.2.3: Employment policy on discrimination
UD maintains an equal, non-discriminatory working environment through a set of documents issued or amended in the period 2022-2026:
Table. Anti-discrimination provisions at UD
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Document
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Issued
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Policy content
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Regulations on the Recruitment, Employment and Management of Public Employees of UD - Article 5
https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=38450&tr=g7vn255248253253252255246253VBNBo
https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=38586&tr=g7vn253255257253249256246254VBNBo
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28 Jan 2022; amended 4 Apr 2024
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No discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, belief or religion in recruitment.
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Regulations on the Implementation of Democracy in the Activities of UD - Clause 4, Article 7
2025 version:
https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=38643&tr=g7vn255248253253252255246253VBNBo
2026 version:
https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=39709&tr=g7vn255248253253252255246253VBNBo
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2 Jun 2025; reissued 4 Jun 2026
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It is strictly prohibited to abuse the implementation of grassroots democracy to distort, slander, cause conflict, incite violence, or discriminate on the basis of region, gender, religion or ethnicity, causing harm to individuals, agencies or units.
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Labour Rules of the UD Head Office - Clause 2, Article 16
https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=39711&tr=g7vn255248253253252255246253VBNBo
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5 Jun 2026
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An employee is deemed to violate labour discipline when engaging in harassment, violence, coercion, discrimination or other acts infringing upon the honour, dignity, rights and lawful interests of other employees at the workplace, including sexual harassment or acts that create an unsafe or disrespectful working environment.
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Labour Rules of the UD - Clause 2, Article 17
https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=39711&tr=g7vn255248253253252255246253VBNBo
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5 Jun 2026
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Acts subject to extension of the salary-step increment period by up to 6 months include sexual harassment, violence, coercion, discrimination, or infringement upon the honour and dignity of others at the workplace that is not yet serious.
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Law on Public Employees 2025 (Law No. 129/2025/QH15) - Clause 5, Article 10
https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=39710&tr=g7vn255248253253252255246253VBQPPL
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10 Dec 2025
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Public employees shall not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, age, disability, religion, belief or social background in any form in the performance of their duties.
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These provisions cover gender, age, religion, belief, ethnicity, disability, region and social background. In addition, the 2026 Labour Rules set out specific disciplinary measures for discrimination and sexual harassment at the workplace.
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.