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.