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Update news layoff
Hundreds of businesses over the past month have had to halt production which has pushed hundreds of thousands of workers into unemployment or reduced working hours.
Many workers in Industrial Zoness in Binh Duong have had to leave for their hometown after being laid off or had their hours cut.
The layoff campaign occurring two months before the New Year holiday (Tet) has dealt a strong blow to many workers.
Many businesses plan to give their employees the longest possible 2023 Lunar New Year holiday. Some companies even plan to give workers nearly a month off because there are fewer jobs.
While carrying passengers from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Mekong Delta recently, Huy, a worker at a transport firm, talked about Covid-19, noting that this is an unprecedented crisis in her last 20 years of working.
In HCMC and Vietnam, Covid-19 has shut down factories and deprived plenty of garment workers of their jobs.
Vietnam is determined to increase its international integration and honor its international labor commitments.
More than 6,000 workers of the Taiwanese company, PouYuen, in HCM City have been laid off due to the company's business difficulties during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Laying off older workers is still a rare phenomenon which occurs only in some enterprises. However, this may become more popular in the context of the 4.0 revolution.