The accessibility to social welfare of workers in Binh Duong’s Industrial Parks

Nguyen Duc Loc

5 (1) 2015

The accessibility to social welfare of workers in Binh Duong’s Industrial Parks

Author - Affiliation:

Nguyen Duc Loc - Vietnam National University HoChiMinh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities , Vietnam

Corresponding author: Nguyen Duc Loc - kim.npt@ou.edu.vn

Abstract

The paper focuses on the analysis of data from a survey on the responsibility of the government and private sector in covering social welfare of the workers currently working in industrial parks in Bình Dương Province. It also acknowledges the interaction between these two establishments in the process of socialization and considers social welfare a fundamental right of each citizen. Social welfare has become services, which citizens have to pay for, even with high price. A perfect social welfare system has to prove the responsibility of each individual in maintaining the quality of community’s life. Nonetheless, the “commoditization” process has been turning social welfare into burdens on the shoulder of workers with low income.

Keywords

Manual laborers; social welfare; socialization

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