The National Wage Council has approved by voting a proposal for a regional minimum wage increase of 5.3 per cent in 2019.
At the workshop where the results of the study on “Wages and Labor productivity in Vietnam” were published, experts share different views on this issue.
Having experienced many debated sessions, the Viet Nam’s National Wage Council (NWC) reaches a final decision on a rise of minimum wage by 6.5 per cent in 2018, a balance move to settle a harmonization between employers and employees.
The debate on minimum wage increase is ongoing during the second meeting held by Viet Nam’s National Wage Council (NWC). And again, stakeholders failed to find a common ground.
A heated debate about minimum wage increase is taking place between the government, the labor confederation representing employees, and the representatives of employers.
