Its deputy director, Nguyen Van Lam, who released the data at a news conference Thursday, said many footwear and apparel companies have been impacted by the global disruption, especially in Europe.

A male employee works in a textile factory in HCMC's Nha Be District.

A number of businesses in HCMC, like South Korean footwear maker Vietnam Samho Co. Ltd and Taiwanese shoemaker Ty Hung Co. Ltd, were forced to lay off workers.

Many others had to reduce their employees' working hours to avoid paying overtime.

In October nearly 11,000 people received unemployment benefits, 27% more than a year earlier.

More than 1,800 workers were let go recently in Cu Chi, but thanks to strong demand, 1,500 of them found new jobs.

HCMC has around 249,000 firms with nearly 2.5 million employees.

Bac Giang helds regular talkshow, ensures benefit for labour

(BGO) – In the last months of this year, all levels of trade union in Bac Giang province have paid special attention to supervising the job and income of labours so as to timely detect and prevent any strike arising from conflict in labour relationship.

763 labours register to Korean exam under EPS

(BGO) – The Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA) in Bac Giang province received labours’ registration to Korean examination under Employment Permist System (EPS) in second period in 2022 from October 17 – 23 at Second Facility of provincial Job Service Center (JSC) in Xuong Giang street (Bac Giang city).

Bac Giang recovers labour export in post Covid-19 period

(BGO) – Since early 2022, the labour export has rebounded in Bac Giang province after Covid-19 pandemic was well controlled. The positive signal helps solve the job, realize poverty reduction target and improve people’s income and life standard.

Bac Giang exerts highest effort to care for labour

(BGO) – Amid negative impacts by Covid-19 pandemic to every aspect of life, especially the outbreak at industrial parks, the northern province of Bac Giang launched many synchronous measures to protect the health of people, particularly the labour. Thus, the province successfully realized “dual goals” of effective disease prevention and control together with socio-economic development.

Low labour costs, large workforce drive Singapore start-ups in Vietnam

With a large workforce, lower labour costs and sizeable market, Vietnam is one of the popular destinations for Singapore’s start-ups, according to The Straits Times newspaper.

Source: VnExpress