Ho Chi Minh City issues support for workers impacted by COVID-19
March 28, 2020 | 08:45
Workers in Ho Chi Minh City will be granted a monthly allowance of $170-190 if they are forced to temporarily stop work caused due to COVID-19.
JCCI proposes increasing overtime to 300 hours
September 09, 2019 | 11:26
The JCCI has proposed increasing maximum overtime to 300 hours per year, instead of the current 200 hours, in the new Labour Law.
Wages rising ahead of productivity
July 25, 2018 | 15:00
As wages are rising more quickly than labour productivity, affecting the country’s competitiveness and attraction of investment, economists say Vietnam should adjust its regional minimum wage for private firms in line with labour productivity growth. Khoi Nguyen reports.
Binh Phuoc’s labourers receive owed wages after lawsuit
March 05, 2018 | 11:45
Hundreds of labourers in southern province of Binh Phuoc fully received three months of wages owed by a South Korea-invested company yesterday.
Vietnam is losing ‘cheap’ labour cost advantage
December 08, 2012 | 10:00
Vietnam has experienced robust wage growth while a new ILO report shows a worse slowdown in global wages.
Workers are struggling to survive
September 11, 2012 | 15:18
By 2013, price is climbing, the minimum wage should be VND3.5 million ($168.3) to meet today’s workers’ livelihoods.” - Dang Quang Dieu Chief of VGCL’s Institute of Labour Research
State workers look for fatter back pocket
February 15, 2012 | 09:52
Industry insiders are looking to raise state employee wages.
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