79 hospitalized in Ho Chi Minh City over suspected food poisoning
Ho Chi Minh City 11:29 28/11/2025Sixty workers and 19 high school students in Ho Chi Minh City were hospitalized on Thursday with suspected food poisoning after separate meal-related incidents, including two cases of moderate anaphylactic shock, according to local hospitals.
50 workers in Ho Chi Minh City suffer food poisoning symptoms after company lunch
Ho Chi Minh City 13:35 12/11/2025Fifty workers developed food poisoning symptoms after eating lunch at a company on National Highway 1A in Dong Hung Thuan Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, local authorities said on Tuesday.
Hanoi workers endure 40°C heat as Ba Dinh Square upgrade project carries on
Vietnam News 16:44 04/08/2025Builders in Hanoi kept working on a project upgrading the Ba Dinh Square on Monday as temperatures neared 40 degrees Celsius due to a heatwave affecting much of northern Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh City: A unique worker’s market with no scales, just plates or baskets
Ho Chi Minh City 17:00 25/02/2025Sellers do not use scales; instead, products are offered in small baskets or on little plates
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
4 workers die of suffocation in factory boiler accident in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 12:15 19/07/2022The victims suffocated when they were cleaning the boiler of the factory on Monday
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
Cashless fair for workers organized in Ho Chi Minh City
Economy 15:43 12/06/2022The fair is among a series of activities to mark this year’s Cashless Day
Vietnam, Australia sign MoU on providing assistance for agricultural workers
Economy 14:42 29/03/2022The MoU will create favorable conditions for Vietnamese citizens to work in the agricultural sector in Australia
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
Vietnam’s Dong Nai urges allocation of COVID-19 vaccine shots for local workers
Vietnam News 14:39 19/07/2021This will help ensure the dual goal of pandemic prevention and economic development
Charity initiative distributes food packages to workers, foreign students in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 15:13 18/07/2021The packages were delivered directly to the beneficiaries
