Labor

Labor policy and administration

Labour productivity enhancement – key to economic growth

Vietnam’s labour productivity is very low compared with growth need, thus raising productivity is the key to economic growth, experts said at a conference on April 13. Keep reading ...

VNA Reporter

Vietnamese labourers facing with challenge of Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 poses a challenge to the Vietnamese labour force so significant that the only way to meet it is to impose reforms across the board, starting with education and training programmes, experts agreed at a seminar yesterday in Hà Nội.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

Reform may see labourers paid for their productivity

Businesses will likely narrow the pay gap among labourers and recalculate salary scales based on productivity at work instead of seniority, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has said.Keep reading ...

VietnamNet Reporter

Assaults on medical staff on the rise in Vietnam

The number of assaults against medical workers climbed to a record high last year, with 25 cases reported to the police. Hospital violence stayed in the headlines year-round, prompting both Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the National Assembly to voice concerns.Keep reading ...

VNA Reporter

Electronics firms face labour shortage

Hundreds of electronics manufacturers in Việt Nam are having difficulty recruiting labourers, said an official from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

Salary of labour class increased 9.3% in 2017

The average monthly salary increased by 9.3 per cent in 2017, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

2017 set new labour exports record

Vietnam had 134,751 guest workers employed abroad last year, exceeding the set target by 28.3% and equivalent to 106.7% of 2016’s figure. 2017 set a record as the fourth consecutive year that Vietnam has had more than 100,000 workers in foreign job markets.Keep reading ...

VietnamNet Reporter

1.63 million people step onto employment ladder in 2017

Vietnam created new jobs for more than 1.63 million people last year, achieving 102.48% of its plan, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs. Of that figure, more than 1.5 million people found domestic employment opportunities and over 135,000 people found placement abroad.Keep ...

VOV Reporter

Negligence blamed for building deaths

A report from the Labour Safety Department shows that 33.8 per cent of construction-related accidents are caused by employer negligence.Keep reading ...

VNS Reporter

Retiring age to rise in 2021

The retirement age in Việt Nam, currently 60 for men and 55 for women, may be gradually raised to 62 and 60, respectively, beginning in January 2021, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) proposed.Keep reading  ...

VTV Reporter

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