THE GOVERNMENT
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence – Freedom - Happiness 
No. 122/2007/ND-CP
Hanoi, July 27, 2007
DECREE
PROVIDING FOR THE LIST OF ENTERPRISES WHICH MAY NOT GO ON STRIKE AND THE SETTLEMENT OF REQUESTS OF LABOR COLLECTIVES IN THOSE ENTERPRISES
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the June 23, 1994 Labor Code; the April 2, 2002 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Labor Code; and the November 29, 2006 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Labor Code;
At the proposal of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs,
DECREES:
Article 1. Governing scope
This Decree provides a list of enterprises which may not go on strike and the settlement of requests of labor collectives in those enterprises.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Decree applies to enterprises, labor users, laborers, grassroots trade union executive committees and provisional trade union executive committees (below collectively referred to as grassroots trade union executive committees) in enterprises on the list of those which may not go on strike.
Article 3. List of enterprises which may not go on strike
1. Enterprises which may not go on strike include enterprises producing and providing public-utility products and services and enterprises playing an essential role in the national economy (see the enclosed list).
2. The list of security and defense enterprises which may not go on strike shall be decided by the Prime Minister at the proposal of the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Public Security.
3. Based on the socio-economic situation, the Prime Minister shall amend and supplement the list of enterprises which may not go on strike at the proposal of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Public Security.
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