Vietnam’s National Cybersecurity Center hires former cybercriminal
Ngo Minh Hieu, a convicted hacker who once stole the personal information of 200 million Americans, has recently been recruited by Vietnam’s National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC).
Vietnam to enjoy seven-day Lunar New Year break
The next Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday will last seven days starting February 10, the Government Office announced Thursday.
Vietnam to increase retirement age from 2021
Starting next year, the retirement age will be increased to 60 years and three months for men and 55 years and four months for women.
Vietnam workers’ wage rises lowest in a decade
Average wages at multinationals and domestic enterprises in Vietnam respectively rose 6.5 percent and 5.2 percent this year, the lowest levels in a decade.
How Japan’s labor trainee program hurts relations with Vietnam
f Japan intends to keep relations warm with Vietnam, the government needs to scrap the long-troubled TITP, which stands accused of enabling labor rights abuses.
Vietnam lacks game plan to attract, retain talent
A lot needs to be improved in the mechanism for recruiting, using, and remunerating talent in Vietnam, experts said at a recent forum.
Vietnam’s Gen Z prepping for the future
According to US-based management consulting firm, McKinsey, Generation Z (Gen Z) is the cohort born between 1995 and 2010, and are currently between the ages of nine and 24-years old.
Vietnam dodged the coronavirus bullet, so why are its workers struggling ?
For decades, millions of Vietnamese relied on the country’s export-oriented economy to provide them with work. Then the pandemic hit. Now the country is bracing for its slowest growth in 20 years in spite of its relative success in containing…
Housekeepers of Saigon fight to survive in pandemic-ravaged market
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed Vietnam’s housekeeping market. Housekeepers, who used to have the upper hand in bargaining with clients, now have to scrape by to pick up jobs.
Unemployed Vietnamese brave scorching heat to find jobs
Finding employment in Vietnam’s major cities is increasingly becoming a major issue for those affected by the current economic slowdown caused by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
How Vietnam hopes to open to trade – by opening up its prisons to scrutiny
As a lucrative deal with the EU looms the country is rushing to repair its reputation on human rights, which has been plagued by reports of forced labour
Vietnam says 31 million workers impacted by pandemic, risk of rising unemployment
The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted about 31 million workers in Vietnam, with 900,000 out of work and nearly 18 million people receiving less income than before, a government agency said on Friday.
Thousands lose jobs to pandemic in Vietnam
Many textiles and footwear businesses are letting thousands of employees go as the Covid-19 pandemic cuts new orders.
Vietnam IT demand quadruples in 10 years
With the country an attractive software outsourcing destination for multinationals, Vietnam’s recruitment demand for IT staff has quadrupled in the last decade.
Parliament to decide whether Vietnam joins convention on forced labor
Vietnamese legislators are discussing whether to join Convention 105 (C105) on the abolition of forced labor at an ongoing National Assembly session.
Five million workers, 84.8% of companies affected by COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
The General Statistics Office (GSO) of Vietnam said on Friday an estimated five million workers and nearly 85 percent of companies in the country were negatively affected by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the first quarter of 2020.
Female detectives brave their job in Vietnam
It might strike people as a job for risk-taking men, but being a private investigator has attracted Vietnamese women, some of whom have had braved the job despite dangers and physical demands.