Labor policy and administration

Some 300-400 engineers are needed every year by the yarn, fabric and dyeing sectors while universities supply only around 30, experts said.[]In Việt Nam 86 per cent of garment and footwear workers are expected to be affected by the labour-replacement process.Keep reading ...

The UN Women and the Australian Embassy in Viet Nam are calling on labourers to participate in an online survey to assess the effects of the revision of the Labour Code on men, women and different labour groups in society. Keep reading ...

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has agreed to increase the monthly basic salary for civil servants from VNĐ1.3 million (US$57.2) to VNĐ1.39 million ($61.16), or a one per cent increase, starting from July 2018. Keep reading ...

Companies across the country still owe about VND14.7 trillion (over US$646 million) in social insurance premiums, which may leave their employees on the verge of losing their health and retirement insurance benefits, Thanh Tra newspaper reports.Keep reading ...

The Government will not approve any proposal to increase healthcare insurance premiums until 2020, so payment rates should be calculated to ensure the rights and interests of all stakeholders.Keep reading ...

As many as 76.7 per cent of informal workers do not have a contract of employment and do not enjoy social welfare policies. []The country had 40 million informal labourers, including 18 million people doing non-agricultural jobs (no-contract workers at construction sites, household-scaled production, small traders) ...

A non-governmental organization (NGO) report said workers at two factories of Samsung Electronics Vietnam do not have employment contracts and noise there is higher than permitted levels. IPEN organization of Sweden and the Hanoi-based Research Center for Gender, Family and Environment in Development (CGFED) interviewed 45 ...

Vietnamese lawmakers have approved a 7 percent pay rise for workers in the public sector, an area critics say is prone to corruption due to low official salaries. The basic wage in the sector will be raised to VND1.39 million ($61.20) a month from July ...

Facilitating cross-border e-commerce, equipping laborers with new skills adaptable to employment requirements in the age of digital economy, and unlocking development potentials of the region by increasing the number of high-quality human resources and education cooperation are important topics at the APEC Business Summit 2017 ...

State-owned enterprises and local businesses should pay due attention to training workers for the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) so that they are not rendered redundant, experts say.Keep reading  ...