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This represents an 8.1% growth over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.
The region comprises six localities including Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s biggest city, which had an average salary of VND9.7 million, up 7.8%.
The Red River Delta region, where Hanoi is located, was second with an average salary of VND8.6 million, up 6.2%.
Overall workers in the country earned an average of VND7.5 million, up 7%.
Sectors with notable average salary growth included water supply and waste management (17.4%), mining (12.5%) and finance, banking and insurance (10.6%).
The unemployment rate was 2.29%, down 0.01 percentage points.
