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Tet holidays begin much earlier, but bring no cheer to workers

Workers in Binh Duong Province catch buses to their hometowns in the northern region. Employees in Binh Duong Province are having no problems getting leave from their bosses to go home for Lunar New Year festival, or Tet, unlike the last few years. Pham Thi Dung says she’s been away from home for three years... Read more

Demand for o’seas workers still strong

VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the gloomy global economic outlook and premature return of many Vietnamese guest workers, demand for labour will remain strong, analysts say. Vietnamese workers need more training while labour agencies must find ways to improve workers’ skills to fit the bill abroad.Companies in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia... Read more

Many workers facing a tight Tet

Laborers leave their factory after work. Workers in Ho Chi Minh City are likely to receive only small Tet bonuses this year. Tet bonuses to Ho Chi Minh City workers next year will range from nothing to thousands of dollars, with some business sectors feeling the effects of the global economic slowdown more than others. ... Read more

HCMC labor unions seek free train tickets for workers

VietNamNet Bridge - More than 3,000 train tickets will be distributed to workers in industrial and export processing zones by the Ho Chi Minh City Labor Union, Deputy Chairman of the city People’s Committee Truong Lam Danh said on Monday. Workers were eager to go home for Tet holiday.VietNamNet Bridge - More than 3,000 train tickets will be distributed... Read more

300,000 workers may become unemployed in 2009

VietNamNet Bridge – Owing to the fall of GDP next year, around 0.65% of the workforce, or 300,000, may become unemployed next year, said a senior official from the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs. Unemployed labourers will not be able to enjoy unemployment insurance until 2010.VietNamNet Bridge – Owing to the fall of GDP next year,... Read more

Training workers to send abroad – a key task

VietNamNet Bridge - Training qualified workers who are able to speak foreign languages and understand the culture and laws of other countries in which they will work is a key task to promote labour exports. VietNamNet Bridge - Training qualified workers who are able to speak foreign languages and understand the culture and laws of other countries in which they... Read more

Workers to get unemployment benefits under new decree

Local contracted laborers will receive unemployment compensation under a government decree to take effect in January. The decree, under the Social Insurance Law, stipulates that Vietnamese employees who have signed contracts of a least a year will be eligible for unemployment insurance.Employers who fall under the purview of the decree include foreign offices,... Read more

Workers head for gloomy Tet as jobs are axed

Workers at the Song Than IP in Binh Duong Province leave for home after a hard working day. Unemployment could worsen next year, the deputy minister of labor warns. It is just mid-December and Tet is more than a month away, but Nguyen Trung Dung and Ha Huy Hung are already waiting for a bus to take them from Hanoi... Read more

Vietnamese guest workers need more training amid economic crisis

VietNamNet Bridge - Officials and labor agencies Wednesday discussed measures to develop overseas labor markets and provide Vietnamese workers more job opportunities to mitigate the effects of the global economic crisis. A Vietnamese factory worker in Taiwan. VietNamNet Bridge - Officials and labor agencies Wednesday discussed measures to develop overseas labor... Read more

Young workers seen as key to success

VietNamNet Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged all sectors and localities to fully tap their abundant young workforce by offering favourable conditions to create new jobs and making appropriate investment for human resource training. Young people learn to become welders in Thai Nguyen Province’s Phu Binh District. To work abroad,... Read more

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