Vietnam pays the price at home for sending workers abroad
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Sun, 9 August 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post04:00first to report
Vietnam’s seafood and garment sectors are facing a labour shortfall even with raised wages, as Hanoi expands a drive to send more workers overseas for higher-paying jobs. The contradiction reflects a broader challenge for the Southeast Asian country as it pushes to move up the value chain while banking on labour migration to generate remittance revenue, analysts say. According to the home ministry, between 130,000 and 150,000 Vietnamese go abroad to work annually. The overseas labour market...
- slguardian.org10:00
Vietnam is confronting a growing tension between its reliance on overseas employment and the labour demands of industries at home, as workers increasingly seek higher-paying jobs abroad despite efforts by...
Sat, 15 August 2026
1 report- news.tuoitre.vn13:07Vietnam's electronics sector posts $12bn trade deficit in 7 months as investment drives imports
Vietnam's electronics sector posted a trade deficit of more than US$12.3 billion in the first seven months of 2026, driven mainly by surging imports of chips, components, machinery and equipment for AI, data center and production expansion, according to the Vietnam Electronic Industries Association.
Sun, 23 August 2026
1 report- news.tuoitre.vn12:53
During the current rainy season, a group of forest workers in U Minh Ha forest in Ca Mau, the southernmost province of Vietnam, can earn more than US$76 a day from catching eels, according to a recent field report by Tuoi Tre (Youth) online newspaper's reporters who accompanied them.
Wed, 26 August 2026
1 report- dotchuoinon.com22:02
Dong Xuan Centre is Berlin’s “Little Hanoi” where many Vietnamese-owned supermarkets, restaurants, beauty salons and other small businesses are congregated. ST PHOTOS: CLEMENT TAN The Straits Time…
Tue, 8 September 2026
1 report- vietnamnews.vn12:45
Under the report, average earnings during the first month of employment abroad increased by 25.4 per cent, from VNĐ22.4 million ($860) to VNĐ28.1 million ($1,080).