Blue-collar wage hike approved
December 10, 2012 | 08:00
The government has applied a new minimum salary scheme for the private sector’s blue-collar workers.
Minimum salary to rise after all
November 06, 2012 | 14:42
Vietnamese government leaders have now agreed to lift minimum salaries for state employees and pensioner - a flat reversal of assertions made on the opening day of the ongoing National Assembly session.
Workers are struggling to survive
September 11, 2012 | 15:18
By 2013, price is climbing, the minimum wage should be VND3.5 million ($168.3) to meet today’s workers’ livelihoods.” - Dang Quang Dieu Chief of VGCL’s Institute of Labour Research
Wage hike spooks many enterprises
August 28, 2012 | 09:51
While some enterprises are unhappy about the minimum wage hike proposal, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan says his ministry (MoLISA) is determined to raise salaries to improve workers’ living standards.
Waging a new war against low salaries
April 16, 2012 | 08:47
Vietnam’s new minimum salary regulations will put a smile on blue-collar workers’ faces.
The latest draft of the Labour Code’s Article 88, scrutinised by the 13th National Assembly, outlines the minimum salary on an hourly, daily, weekly and monthly basis, with calculations based on geographical areas and different jobs.
NA deputies want better minimum wage, same overtime
November 23, 2011 | 11:36
At their meeting yesterday to discuss amendments to the Labour Code, many National Assembly deputies wanted the minimum wage to be increased, maintaining the number of maximum annual overtime hours.
Wage hike to counter steep cost of living
August 23, 2011 | 11:25
Workers will see fatter pay packets from October 1, 2011 as the government just ratified minimum wage hike proposals.
Wage hike gets industry thumbs up
August 22, 2011 | 16:51
A recent minimum wage hike proposal has been well received by industry insiders.
Minimum wage set for early rise
July 11, 2011 | 07:29
The government looks set to push ahead with an earlier than planned, fourth quarter rise in the country’s minimum wage.
Minimum salary rises not a bother for foreign businesses
October 03, 2010 | 20:49
A rise in minimum salary levels is not expected to put a big dent in foreign enterprises’ pockets.
Firms alarmed at MoLISA’s wage plan
September 27, 2010 | 06:04
Vietnam’s new minimum salary increase proposal has been frowned upon.
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