Waging a new war against low salaries
April 16, 2012 | 08:47
Vietnam’s new minimum salary regulations will put a smile on blue-collar workers’ faces.
The latest draft of the Labour Code’s Article 88, scrutinised by the 13th National Assembly, outlines the minimum salary on an hourly, daily, weekly and monthly basis, with calculations based on geographical areas and different jobs.
State salaries under the microscope
February 12, 2012 | 11:00
The government will inspect many state-owned economic corporations’ obedience of salary- and income-related legal regulations this year.
Nation skates around edge of salary trap
December 02, 2011 | 22:00
Many National Assembly deputies last week claimed Vietnam’s low minimum salary was driving factory workers into the wall amid soaring living costs.
Minimum wage set for early rise
July 11, 2011 | 07:29
The government looks set to push ahead with an earlier than planned, fourth quarter rise in the country’s minimum wage.
Workers strike back to prompt wage move
June 13, 2011 | 09:00
A rise in the number of strikes at Vietnam-based, foreign-invested enterprises has sparked calls for an overhaul of the current salary regime.
Inflation pushes companies to raise salaries 1
June 04, 2011 | 09:45
A recent survey conducted by Navigos Search showed that up to 54 per cent of respondent businesses had increased staff salaries by between 11 and 15 per cent in 2011.
Many workers labour under FIE employment conditions
April 11, 2011 | 07:30
A low-salary, high-pressure environment is driving many workers at scores of Vietnam-based foreign-invested enterprises to strike or change jobs.
Striking a balance with the need for survival
March 14, 2011 | 07:30
“We have been trying to arrange our lives with low salaries over the past months, every unnecessary expense has been cut”
Little cheer in Tet bonus
January 08, 2011 | 06:37
“The salary is always running after the speedy inflation rate. I have to tighten my belt”
Acute labour shortages are rattling FIEs
November 16, 2010 | 07:11
As high inflation hits Vietnam, workers are turning their backs on poor paying foreign-invested companies.
Minimum salary rises not a bother for foreign businesses
October 03, 2010 | 20:49
A rise in minimum salary levels is not expected to put a big dent in foreign enterprises’ pockets.
Firms alarmed at MoLISA’s wage plan
September 27, 2010 | 06:04
Vietnam’s new minimum salary increase proposal has been frowned upon.
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