“MoLISA believes that reducing working hours would bring positive socioeconomic impacts, so they have asked for the idea to be fully researched on a scientific and practical basis to ensure feasibility, when adding the policy in the amended Labour Code.
According to experts, to reduce working hours, there is no other way than to also improve productivity, increase wages and ensure workers’ living standards. But, in Việt Nam, manufacturing enterprises are mainly small and medium ones, operating based on cheap labour and not investing in modern machinery and technology, so productivity remains low.” – Viet Nam News
Source: Labour experts consider reducing working hours (vietnamnews.vn)
Labour Experts Suggest Proposal To Reduce Number Of Working Hours
