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Blue or white, no respite: labor shortage dogs firms

Blue or white, no respite: labor shortage dogs firms

Companies in Vietnam continue to face difficulties in recruiting both white and blue collar workers to fuel their post-Covid recovery operations.
Seasonal workers getting short end of stick

Seasonal workers getting short end of stick

Many seasonal workers don't have labor contracts despite lasting working durations, preventing them from accessing benefits like social insurance or sick pay.
May 8, 2022 | 01:00 am PT
Germany invites Vietnamese nationals to study and work as nurses

Germany invites Vietnamese nationals to study and work as nurses

A German government program will allow Vietnamese citizens to study and work as nurses in Germany, according to the Department of Overseas Labor.
May 5, 2022 | 06:00 am PT
Minimum wage hike: workers eager, employers not so much

Minimum wage hike: workers eager, employers not so much

Workers are eagerly awaiting the minimum wage hike, expected to be done either in July or at the beginning of next year, but employers fear the imminent financial burden.
April 8, 2022 | 05:36 am PT
Vietnamese workers first to get Australia's agriculture visas

Vietnamese workers first to get Australia's agriculture visas

Australia and Vietnam have signed the first bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the Australian Agriculture Visa Program that will allow Vietnamese to do farm work down under.
March 29, 2022 | 08:45 pm PT
Productivity doesn't depend on fewer holidays

Productivity doesn't depend on fewer holidays

More holidays, less productivity. Our bosses keep drumming this. Not true. In fact, fewer work hours make people more efficient and spend quality time on things that matter.
March 27, 2022 | 04:41 pm PT
Companies seek doubling of overtime limit as severe labor shortage continues

Companies seek doubling of overtime limit as severe labor shortage continues

Companies have called on the government to raise workers' overtime limit to 400-500 hours a year rather than the 300 lawmakers decided amid a persistent labor shortage.
March 23, 2022 | 11:30 pm PT
Overtime sole option to make ends meet: Vietnamese workers

Overtime sole option to make ends meet: Vietnamese workers

Most Vietnamese workers want the overtime cap increased for no other reason than it offers them the only possibility of earning enough to cover their daily expenses.
March 23, 2022 | 04:20 am PT
Salary conflicts spark 28 workers strikes in two months

Salary conflicts spark 28 workers strikes in two months

As many as 28 labor strikes were reported nationwide before and after the Lunar New Year holiday, mostly over salary and benefit conflicts.
February 16, 2022 | 08:02 pm PT
16,000 footwear company workers end strike

16,000 footwear company workers end strike

Around 16,000 workers of Taiwanese-invested footwear maker Pou Chen Vietnam, a Nike contract manufacturer, have returned to work after four days of strike over Tet bonuses.
January 12, 2022 | 05:00 pm PT
Vietnam operating costs among Asia’s lowest: report

Vietnam operating costs among Asia’s lowest: report

Vietnam has the second lowest operating costs among nine countries in Asia and is assessed to have high logistics development potential, a report says.
January 11, 2022 | 06:00 pm PT
More than two million workers abandon major cities during pandemic

More than two million workers abandon major cities during pandemic

Around 2.2 million workers have left Vietnam’s major cities and returned to their hometowns over long-lasting pandemic impacts, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced Thursday.
January 6, 2022 | 06:30 am PT
Southern factories face Tet bonus dilemma amid Covid-inflicted financial pain

Southern factories face Tet bonus dilemma amid Covid-inflicted financial pain

The Tet bonus, the biggest and most anticipated reward for workers, has become a major headache for businesses in the south after the Covid-19 pandemic slashed their revenues.
December 28, 2021 | 04:36 pm PT
370,000 workers will not return to HCMC: survey

370,000 workers will not return to HCMC: survey

Around 370,000 migrant workers are unlikely to return to HCMC, which they left amid the Covid-19 restrictions and job losses to go back to their hometowns.
December 19, 2021 | 10:22 pm PT
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