April 7, 2011
A worker at a garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8. Many garment firms have raised salaries in order to retain workers. An increase in orders and higher export prices have helped garment makers offer better salaries and working conditions, but the sector’s labor shortage shows no sign of easing. Many garment firms [...]
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January 31, 2010
Teenagers and younger children working in trade villages have no protection against occupational hazards Teenagers work on a stone sculpture at Ninh Van Village in the northern province of Ninh Binh. Researchers have warned that children and adolescents working in trade villages are being exposed to serious health hazards and are not receiving adequate medical [...]
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December 18, 2009
British High Court ruled on Thursday that a strike by British Airways (BA) cabin crew planned for Christmas is illegal. British Airways has launched legal action to stop cabin crew striking for 12 days over the extremely busy Christmas and New Year period in a row over working conditions.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)The court granted the order to [...]
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October 5, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has asked its inspectors to strengthen labour safety by strictly monitoring enterprises’ compliance Inspectors should strictly fine and punish violators, especially companies that do not file complete reports in time on workplace accidents.They should require companies to provide information regularly on labour accidents, maintenance [...]
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October 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A Vietnamese schoolgirl won the second prize in the UPU letter writing competition this year, following a schoolgirl from the Czech Republic. Nguyen Dac Xuan Thao and her teacher.LookAtVietnam – A Vietnamese schoolgirl, 13-year-old Nguyen Dac Xuan Thao, won the second prize in the UPU letter writing competition this year, following a schoolgirl from [...]
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September 28, 2009
Workers leave Song Than Industrial Park in the southern province of Binh Duong. In the lingering impact of the economic downturn, thousands of female factory workers must accept abysmal pay and conditions or join the ranks of the unemployed. Nguyen Ngoc Linh is too busy working twelve hours a day to think about finding a [...]
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September 7, 2009
Sci-tech intellectuals play an important role in Vietnam’s industrialization and modernization. To bring their talents into full play, we need to have an accurate appraisal of the actual situation. This is the first in a series of VietNamNet articles that address the role of scientists and other technically-trained managers in the nation’s future development. The author [...]
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August 2, 2009
Work in progress at a textile and garments factory in Ho Chi Minh City. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) this month began offering its Better Work Vietnam services to help apparel firms in southern provinces improve working conditions for their staff. The services include assessment against international labor standards and national labor law, customized advisory [...]
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August 2, 2009
Domestic coffee price up by VND300-400 per kilo; PM gives nod to int’l border-gate city in Quang Ninh; Vietnam, Indonesia discuss sea, fishing cooperation; Programme helps raise garment industry’s competitiveness; Plan to develop rubber plantations until 2015 Domestic coffee price up by VND300-400 per kilo The domestic price of coffee on July 31 rose by [...]
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July 31, 2009
Modern multipurpose rescue vessel launched; Two local firms carry off regional quality awards; Programme targets garment makers; Japan offers 200 mln USD loan for Vietnam Vietnam remains an attractive destination for retail investment until 2012, said a US market research company, citing the country’s strong GDP growth, regulatory structure changes favouring foreign investors, and increasing [...]
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