These above mentioned businesses have many orders arising in the year end occasion so they persuaded their employees to come back work early. The remaining 337 enterprises with nearly 180,000 workers resumed production on February 7.

Workers at Seojin Vietnam Company Limited on the first working day after Tet holiday.

The operating companies are located at four industrial parks of Dinh Tram (18 companies with nearly 1,200 workers); Van Trung (19 companies with nearly 4,100 workers); Quang Chau (four companies with over 2,300 workers); Song Khe - Noi Hoang (five companies with nearly 1,400 workers).

To ensure safety after Tet holiday, the IPMB issued correspondence ahead the occasion to direct and order businesses to enhance communication and remind labours to strictly follow disease preventive rules. All employees must show negative testing result to SARS-CoV-2 within 48 hours (antigen rapid test) and 72 hours (PCR test).

Basically, all firms resuming production have seriously implemented disease prevention and control with stable labour condition. When working on holiday, most of the employers correctly paid 400 percent of the salary comparing to normal working day and 490 percent of salary for those working at night shift.

Bac Giang approves for Detail Plan to build worker apartment for Hoa Phu IP

(BGO) – The People’s Committee in Bac Giang province has issued Decision to approve for the Detail Plan to build worker apartment to serve Hoa Phu industrial park (IP) in Hiep Hoa district (1/500 ratio).

Bac Giang strives to cover 80 percent of IP workers with third Covid-19 vaccine shot by late January

(BGO) – According to the Industrial Park Management Board (IPMB), Bac Giang now has 385 operating companies in the industrial parks (IP) with more than 190,000 labours, 98.57 percent and 97.95 percent of whom received one and two vaccine shot respectively.

Warm Tet for workers and the poor

(BGO) – To help every family enjoy the biggest traditional festival of the year, Tan Yen district (Bac Giang province) has actively launched various programmes to care for impoverished workers and the poor on Tet occasion. After a difficult year with severe impacts of disease, the task is highly focused and implemented earlier.

Vietnam sends 959 workers to Republic of Korea in 2021

The Centre of Overseas Labour (Colab) sent a total of 959 Vietnamese workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in 2021 under its Employment Permit System, according to information released at a conference on December 30.

Factories boost salaries to retain workers

Some factories are increasing salaries to support workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic and keep them from leaving following a major migration over the social distancing period.