LabourStart - Vietnam

Breaking news
The women workers of Vietnam’s silk farming industry

Vietnam

English / All languages

Top stories

Against the “Japanese Dream”: Vietnamese student-workers in Japan [Asian Labour Review] 2022-12-13

The women workers of Vietnam’s silk farming industry [Equal Times] 2022-08-28

New law restricts journalists from recording court proceedings [IFJ] 2022-08-25

Citizen journalist dies in detention [IFJ] 2022-08-12

Việt Nam ratifies ILO Convention on employment for workers with disabilities [Vietnam News] 2019-03-28

Journalist jailed for publishing ‘anti-state' propaganda [IFJ] 2022-03-24

Factory Riots Flare Up over Samsung's Violence Against Workers [Good Electronics] 2017-03-02

From bathroom queues to loud sex: workers' on-site travails [VN Express] 2021-10-04

Government Gambles on Workers' Rights [Jacobin] 2019-07-08

Govt to introduce extra pay for women's work on period [Tuoi Tre News] 2020-12-20

ActNOW

Today's labour news

Desperate Vietnamese draining social insurance accounts 2023-02-03 [asiatimes]

Taiwan The Vietnamese Debt Bondage Gamble 2023-01-17 [The Diplomat]

First Provincial Labour Arbitration Council: A Solid First Step 2023-01-03 [Fulcrum]

Vietnam Against the “Japanese Dream”: Vietnamese student-workers in Japan 2022-12-13 [Asian Labour Review]

Journalist assaulted by prison guards 2022-10-19 [IFJ]

The women workers of Vietnam’s silk farming industry 2022-08-28 [Equal Times]

Court upholds nine-year prison sentence for journalist 2022-08-27 [IFJ]

New law restricts journalists from recording court proceedings 2022-08-25 [IFJ]

Citizen journalist dies in detention 2022-08-12 [IFJ]

UNI Asia & Pacific bolsters ties with Vietnamese trade unions 2022-06-11 [UNI]

Journalist sentenced to ‘re-education' for alleged defamation 2022-04-13 [IFJ]

Journalist sentenced to prison for 'abusing democratic freedoms' 2022-04-12 [IFJ]

Vietnam Vietnam MOU is probably meaningless, but dangerous if it bears fruit 2022-04-01 [AWU]

Vietnam Australian Workers' Union says ag visa puts Vietnamese workers at risk 2022-03-31 [Country Life]

Journalist jailed for publishing ‘anti-state' propaganda 2022-03-24 [IFJ]

Behind the strikes in central Vietnam 2022-02-21 [VN Express]

Vietnam European Parliament expresses concern over treatment of Vietnamese workers in Serbia 2021-12-20 [BWI]

Vietnam European Parliament expresses concern over treatment of Vietnamese workers in Serbia 2021-12-18 [BWI]

Serbia Vietnamese workers at Chinese tyre factory in Serbia get back passports as activists call for human trafficking probe 2021-11-23 [South China Morning Post]

Five journalists sentenced to a combined total of almost 15 years in prison 2021-11-03 [IFJ]

Eight-year sentence for journalist upheld 2021-10-09 [IFJ]

From bathroom queues to loud sex: workers' on-site travails 2021-10-04 [VN Express]

Workers try to flee Vietnam's biggest city as coronavirus crisis worsens 2021-08-16 [Reuters]

COVID-19 Turned Vietnam's State-Run Union's Greatest Weakness Into Its Biggest Strength 2021-08-07 [The Diplomat]

Former editor and pro-democracy activist jailed 2021-07-15 [IFJ]

Independent journalist arrested for opposing socialist party 2021-07-05 [IFJ]

Vietnam Essex lorry deaths: Men jailed for killing 39 migrants in trailer 2021-01-22 [BBC]

Labour Update #94 2021-01-18 [TinyLetter]

Implementing new Labour Code will expedite Viet Nam's path to high income country 2021-01-11 [ILO]

Labour Update #93 2021-01-11 [TinyLetter]

Vietnam Labour Update #92 2021-01-04 [TinyLetter]

Labour Update #91 2020-12-28 [TinyLetter]

Journalist arrested over infrastructure criticism 2020-12-22 [IFJ]

Govt to introduce extra pay for women's work on period 2020-12-20 [Tuoi Tre News]

Labour Update #90 2020-12-20 [TinyLetter]

Labour Update #89 2020-12-14 [TinyLetter]

GrabBike riders strike over increased commission rate 2020-12-07 [VnExpress International]

Labour Update #88 2020-12-07 [TinyLetter]

Labour Update #87 2020-11-30 [TinyLetter]

Labour Update #86 2020-11-23 [TinyLetter]

Labour Update #85 2020-11-16 [TinyLetter]

Challenges in Vietnam's manufacturing M&A 2020-11-09 [Dezan Shira]

Labour Update #84 2020-11-09 [TinyLetter]

Labour Update #83 2020-11-02 [TinyLetter]

Labour Update #82 2020-10-26 [TinyLetter]

Vietnam Different exposure, similar reality? The pandemic and the ready-made garment sector in Bangladesh and Vietnam 2020-10-22 [Global Labour University]

Cambodia Massive floods deliver fresh blow to Cambodia, Vietnam's garment sector 2020-10-21 [Sourcing Journal]

Labour Update #81 2020-10-19 [TinyLetter]

Labour Update #80 2020-10-12 [TinyLetter]

[More News]

This month in labour history

10-02-1927 Nguyen Thai Hoc leads the Yen-bai garrison uprising during the night. Attacks were perpetrated in Hanoi and strikes broke out in the cotton and rubber plantations. The movement is quickly repressed by the administration [more]