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National wage council established

VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has recently signed a decision to establish the National Wage Council, headed by Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan.

Minimum wage for civil servants rises

VietNamNet Bridge – Civil servants, members of the armed forces and socio-political organisation stafff will enjoy an increase of 9.5 per cent to their monthly minimum wage from July 1.

Businesses worried sick about minimum wages

 VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of businesses say they have to borrow money from commercial banks to pay to workers.

Experts argue over minimum wage adjustments

 VietNamNet Bridge – The process involved in adjusting the minimum wage of workers has recently been under a lot of scrutiny from policy makers, public officials and labour experts.

Having to pay higher wages, businesses trim workers’ allowances

VietNamNet Bridge – Business owners have been told to increase the workers’ wages in accordance with the roadmap set up by the management agencies. Meanwhile, their wage funds have become scantier in the economic crisis.

More businesses will die if they’re forced to raise workers’ wages

Businesses have voiced their concern over the implementation of the new wage policy. Some of them said they would cut down the labor force to cut down expenses.

Minimum wage ‘not enough' to survive on

 VietNamNet Bridge – The smell and sound of snuffling pigs fills the 7sq.m room of worker Ninh Thi Kieu in Yen Phong Industrial Zone.

Is Vietnamese labor cost high or low?

Office workers, unskilled laborers and state employees all complain that their salaries are so modest and cannot cover their basic needs.