German proficiency remains challenge for Vietnamese laborers amid Germany’s labor shortage
Vietnam News 17:08 06/04/2025Due to an ongoing labor shortage, many German businesses are planning to increase recruitment from Vietnamese colleges. While Vietnamese workers are eager to take up job opportunities in Germany, the language barrier -- particularly proficiency in German -- remains a significant challenge.
Average monthly salary of Vietnamese workers remains low
Economy 12:54 21/08/2022The average monthly salary of Vietnamese workers is about US$300, much lower than that in the region and the world
Vietnam’s unemployment rate drops to 2.46%: labor minister
Vietnam News 10:25 10/06/2022The country’s economy and labor market have achieved rapid recovery
Life goes on: Saigon’s have-nots earn living amidst chilliest time of year
Vietnam News 17:13 09/12/2019The frigid weather does not stop the poor in Ho Chi Minh City from carrying on with their daily work
Choke point: Vietnam skilled labor squeezed by Sino-U.S. trade war
Economy 11:55 11/10/2019A new front has opened in the U.S.-China trade war as companies shifting manufacturing to Vietnam engage in a fierce battle for skilled labor
Two firms fined for illegally employing 22 foreigners in Nha Trang
Vietnam News 13:04 17/02/2019The two companies also had their business operations suspended for two months
Vietnamese youths follow labor export trend, seek opportunity in Japan
Economy 16:30 08/10/2017Local authorities have supported the trend by promulgating special policies
HCMC’s labor market has 265,000 jobs in 2014
Vietnam News 13:30 16/12/2013The HCMC’s labor market in 2014 will have 265,000 jobs, 130,000 of which are new jobs, according to Tran Anh Tuan, deputy director of the HCMC Labor Market Information and Job Forecasting Center.
American detained in N. Korea appeals for help
World 20:30 03/07/2013A Korean-American sentenced to hard labour in North Korea has appealed to the United States to secure his early release
