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 8.2.7: Tracking pay scale for gender equity

On the basis of the Internal Expenditure Regulations (6 January 2025) and Clause 3, Article 90 of the Labour Code, UD tracks employees' income by gender.

Internal Expenditure Regulations of UD: https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=38631&tr=g7vn255252250250248255246256VBNBo

Labour Code 2019: https://pbgdpl.udn.vn/View.aspx?id=37447&tr=g7vn250255248248255251246253VBQPPL

Results of tracking in December 2025 for specialists at the UD Head Office:

• Average income of men: VND 10,176,695/month;
• Average income of women: VND 10,662,427/month.

The average income of women was 4.77% higher than that of men; no pay gap to the disadvantage of women was recorded among the specialists tracked.

Figure. Average income of UD Head Office specialists by gender (December 2025)

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.