Foreign firms in Vietnam seeking to sack pregnant workers

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Foreign firms in Vietnam seeking to sack pregnant workers

A pregnant worker of Doojung Vietnam in Hanoi cries, fearing she will lose her job. Photo by Khong Nhung

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Poor households make up 9.64% of population

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Hanoi Times English 2 day(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Over 2.1 million poor households and over 1.4 million families are living near the poverty line in 2012 and representing 9.64% and 6.57% of the population, respectively, according to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

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Paradox in labor market in HCMC

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Paradox in labor market in HCMC

There exists a paradox in the labor market in Ho Chi Minh City where many people are unemployed while enterprises cannot find the right workers to employ.

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Poor households make up 9.64% of population

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VGP - Over 2.1 million poor households and over 1.4 million families are living near the poverty line in 2012 and representing 9.64% and 6.57% of the population, respectively, according to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

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Taiwan-Vietnam joint venture company awarded First Medal of Labor

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Taiwan-Vietnam joint venture company awarded First Medal of Labor

Taiwanese-Vietnamese venture company Phu My Hung was awarded First Medal of Labor for its contribution to Vietnam’s development in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular.
City's Chairman Le Hoang Quan sticked the medal onto the company's traditional flag in the meadl awarding ceremony on May 18, 2013.

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Children following Uncle Ho’s teachings honored for good deeds

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Children following Uncle Ho’s teachings honored for good deeds

In the northern province of Bac Ninh, 72 children from across the country participated in a meeting themed ‘Thousand Good Deeds for Uncle Ho’, organized by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Ministry of Education and Training and Bac Ninh Province.

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High-class personnel market heats up

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VietnamNet English 1 week(s) ago

High-class personnel market heats up

VietNamNet Bridge – Ten years after receiving the first job websites, Vietnam has witnessed the boom of job websites in recent years together with the Internet boom.

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ILO: 50% of unemployed are youth

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Hanoi Times English 1 week(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Up to 50% of the unemployed in Viet Nam in 2012 were young people and the unemployment rate among the youth was three times higher than the mature group, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).

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Vietnamese labor force is cheap or expensive?

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VietnamNet English 1 week(s) ago

Vietnamese labor force is cheap or expensive?

VietNamNet Bridge – The Richest has put Vietnam into the list of the five markets with the cheapest labor cost in the world with $0.39 per hour. However, the actual labor cost could be higher.

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Workplace accidents increase across country

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Workplace accidents increase across country

On May 10, one worker died after falling from the fourth floor of a house in Tran Xuan Hoa Street in District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City, which set off alarm bells on the total lack of safety measures in workplace across the country.

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Illegal labor export and horrible obsession

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Illegal labor export and horrible obsession

VietNamNet Bridge - Security instability, unstable job, the specter of diseases like malaria and dengue are the problems that Vietnamese workers have to face in Angola.

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$4,800 fine proposed for workers illegally staying abroad

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$4,800 fine proposed for workers illegally staying abroad

Under a draft regulation of the Department of Overseas Labor Management (Dolab), Vietnamese people working abroad under labor export programs will be fined up to US$4,800 if they quit their job and illegally stay in foreign countries.

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Illegal guest workers to face tougher punishment

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Báo điện tử CP English 2 week(s) ago

Illegal guest workers to face tougher punishment

VGP – A fine of VND100 million is proposed to impose on guest workers with expired contracts who decline to return home, sending it out as one of solutions designed to reduce the number of Vietnamese illegal guest workers in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

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Occupational diseases on the rise in Vietnam: ILO

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Occupational diseases on the rise in Vietnam: ILO

Rescuers work at the site of the collapse of a stone quarry in Nghe An Province on April 1, 2011 where twelve people were killed and five others were injured. Rock quarries in Vietnam are not only infamous for deadly work accidents, but are also responsible for an alarming rate of occupational diseases, the International Labor Organization says. Photo: Reuters

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Women paid 13% less than men

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VietnamNet English 2 month(s) ago

VietNamNet Bridge – The income gap between men and women in Vietnam is on the rise, although the rate of women working is still high compared to global levels.

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