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Orders rise at footwear, garment factories in HCMC

Orders rise at footwear, garment factories in HCMC

Factories in Ho Chi Minh City are seeing a rise in orders, which give their employees opportunities to work eight hours plus overtime.
Global producers in US hunt for China alternatives

Global producers in US hunt for China alternatives

Factories find ways to deal with decreasing exports

Factories find ways to deal with decreasing exports

Factories struggle to recruit skilled workers

Factories struggle to recruit skilled workers

Steel maker Van Dat Thanh has been seeking a transport fleet auto mechanic on both free and paid recruitment sites for more than two weeks, but no one has come to interview.
February 18, 2023 | 01:29 am PT
Factories in provinces attract workers back from cities

Factories in provinces attract workers back from cities

While returning to her hometown in the central province of Thanh Hoa for Tet, Ngoc Bich noticed a billboard put up by a company from her province.
February 8, 2023 | 12:11 am PT
Unwelcome break: wood workers get a month off for Lunar New Year

Unwelcome break: wood workers get a month off for Lunar New Year

With fewer orders, many wood businesses have decided to give their employees a month-long Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, twice as long as in previous years.
November 5, 2022 | 08:41 pm PT
Factories brace for 'cold winter' as Western orders decline

Factories brace for 'cold winter' as Western orders decline

Vietnam's factories are bracing for a challenging end-of-year season as plunging orders from their main markets, U.S. and Europe, hamper their post-pandemic recovery.
October 23, 2022 | 04:37 pm PT
Asia's factories feeble despite China bounce, feeds global recession fears

Asia's factories feeble despite China bounce, feeds global recession fears

Asia's manufacturing activity stalled in June as many companies were hit by supply disruptions caused by China's strict Covid-19 lockdowns.
June 30, 2022 | 08:39 pm PT
Let's clear the air about this pollution business

Let's clear the air about this pollution business

After the pandemic cleared the air somewhat, will the new normal mark a return to abnormal, dangerous levels of air pollution? It's up to us, really.
April 11, 2022 | 06:59 pm PT
Chinese cities and factories lock down as outbreak spreads

Chinese cities and factories lock down as outbreak spreads

Seventeen million people in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen began their first full day under lockdown Monday, with restrictions also imposed in Shanghai and other major cities in an effort to extinguish the biggest threat to the nation's zero-tolerance Covid strategy.
March 14, 2022 | 12:11 am PT
Worker shortage in northern factories as Covid hits industrial parks

Worker shortage in northern factories as Covid hits industrial parks

Northern factories have been struggling to keep production going over the last several weeks as Covid-19 spreads across industrial parks and forces thousands of workers to stay at home.
March 13, 2022 | 04:44 pm PT
Factories splurge on signing bonuses as orders surge after Tet

Factories splurge on signing bonuses as orders surge after Tet

Factories are now spending billions of dong (VND1 billion= $43,000) to hire new workers as manufacturing orders surge after the Tet holidays.
February 18, 2022 | 05:00 pm PT
Factories labor to ensure workers return after Tet

Factories labor to ensure workers return after Tet

Manufacturing companies in HCMC are doing all they can to ensure their workers will return to work after Tet.
January 21, 2022 | 01:23 am PT
Factories boost salaries to retain workers

Factories boost salaries to retain workers

Some factories are increasing salaries to support workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic and keep them from leaving following a major migration over the social distancing period.
December 14, 2021 | 04:00 am PT
Asian factories shake off lockdown blues, now face supply headaches

Asian factories shake off lockdown blues, now face supply headaches

Asia’s manufacturing activity grew in October as emerging economies saw Covid-19 infections subside, but rising input costs, material shortages and slowing Chinese growth cloud the outlook, business surveys showed on Monday.
November 1, 2021 | 02:17 am PT
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