Vietnam’s 2026 salaries set to surge, AI professionals seen gaining up to 25%: survey
Vietnam News 10:17 30/11/2025Salaries in Vietnam are expected to rise sharply in 2026 as fierce competition for talent intensifies, with pay for artificial intelligence, data, and digital transformation professionals forecast to jump by as much as 25 percent, according to a new survey by global recruitment firm Robert Walters.
Expectation vs reality: 32% of Ho Chi Minh City workers seek pay hardly any firms offer
Vietnam News 18:42 15/03/2025A mismatch exists between job seekers’ salary expectations and the levels employers offer
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 raises minimum wage for workers by six percent
Economy 18:34 13/06/2022This will be the first minimum wage hike in two years in the country
Vietnamese company agrees to raise salary after 5,000 workers stage strike
Economy 14:12 13/02/2022The firm will increase the basic salary and seniority allowance for all of its employees
In Vietnam, doctors, nurses raise banners to demand 8-month unpaid salaries
Vietnam News 14:57 13/01/2022They have received only half of their monthly salary in May-November 2021 and nothing last December and this month
Unpaid sanitation workers take out loans, collect scrap to survive in Hanoi
Vietnam News 17:27 11/06/2021Their employer has not settled their wages for ten months
Young Vietnamese choose experiences over houses, cars
Travel 15:44 11/01/2021Many young Vietnamese choose experiences over saving for houses or cars
Vietnam football pays record-high salary to Korean manager in contract extension
Vietnam News 10:00 09/11/2019The S.Korean's after-tax salary is a record-high payment of all time for a sports manager in Vietnam
Vietnam Airlines pilots given raise after protesting ‘unfair’ wages
Economy 16:08 07/06/2018The Vietnamese pilots say they are paid less and work longer hours than their foreign colleagues
Vietnam workers fret over overdue pays ahead of Tet
In-Depth 19:37 11/02/2015While many receive sumptuous Tet bonuses, a large number of workers are vexed by having months of salaries being held in arrears and are increasingly concerned about how to spend the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year.)
Vietnam man pays salaries to workers whose bosses ran away
In-Depth 18:33 21/05/2014A man in Ho Chi Minh City, who is also the victim of a firm closedown and runaway boss last month, has volunteered to give almost 400 unfortunate workers a second chance
