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Category: Labour

Survey finds 2023 salary increase in Vietnam of 7.5 percent

Aon’s 2023 Salary Increase and Turnover Report has found that Vietnam has seen an actual salary increase of 7.5 percent this year, Human Resources Online is reporting. The report also found an expected increase in 2024 of 8 percent and says that tech sector wages in Vietnam are expected to

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Vietnam tech workers laid off on low demand, lack of skills

Vietnam’s tech sector has been hit with a wave of layoffs on the back of reduced demand but also a lack of skills, VN Express is reporting. It’s quoting data from TopDev which found that almost 90 percent of companies were looking to recruit less than 50 programmers this year,

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ManPower Group exec on Vietnam’s HR landscape

The Investor is carrying an interview with Simon Matthews, regional manager of workforce solutions company ManpowerGroup Vietnam (MPGV), Thailand, and the Middle East. He says: Vietnam needs to improve its English language proficiency; That 30 percent (120) of the 400 roles MPGV filed in the first six months of this

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What Vientamese workers want in 2023: Decision Lab, The Sentry

Co-working space, The Sentry, and market research firm, Decision Lab, have released a report on what Vietnamese employees are looking for in their employers. For Gen X its learning opportunities for Gen Y is money which fits with broader observations of younger people have greater flexibility and older people have

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