Minimum wage to increase by 5.3%1

The National Wage Council yesterday finally reached a consensus to an option of raising the 2019 regional minimum wage for non-State employees at 5.3 per cent compared to the 2018’s wage.

School teachers deserve a pay raise: professor

Professor Đào Trọng Thi, former Chairman of the National Assembly Commission for Culture, Education, Youth and Children speaks to the newspaper  Lao Đông (Labour) on the need to give a pay raise to school teachers.

End free tuition for aspiring teachers

Professor Lê Kim Long, former dean of the Education University, talks to the newspaper Kinh tế & Đô thị on the need to end the policy of free tuition for students at public teacher training institutions.

Strikes shut down Guinean capital

One man died and several were injured on Monday when thousands of young people erected barricades and blocked traffic in the Guinean capital Conakry as mass strikes gripped the city.

Firms move to push out veteran labourers1

In the southeast region, a curious phenomenon of foreign direct investment firms ‘recommending’ long-time employees to resign has cropped up. In return, these employees receive a hefty one-time payment.

Slight rise in February CPI

The consumer price index (CPI) for February rose 0.23 per cent compared to January, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Civil servants are valuable State treasures

Trần Anh Tuấn, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs speaks to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) about the imperative needs to reform the salary system for public employees

Wage policies must conform to the realities of life

Bùi Sỹ Lợi, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Social Affairs spoke to the newspaper Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) about changes to the 2012 Labor Code regarding wages of non-state workers.

UK workers won’t benefit from migration cuts: report

 The weak outlook for the UK economy will outweigh any potential pay rise for British workers if the country's EU exit leads to immigration cuts, a report warned on Monday.

Workers need better understanding of their rights: experts Workers in industrial parks in HCM City stopped working on more than 160 occasions within the first six months of 2015, demanding increased salaries. The main cause behind such an alarming figure is the lack of negotiation between labourers and employers, an official said.