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Vietnam manufacturing PMI drops to 51.6 in May
The Nikkei Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index, or PMI, fell to a 14-month low of 51.6 in May from 54.1 in April. A reading above 50 indicates economic expansion, while a reading below 50 points toward contraction. “Output and new orders each rose at much ...
Doctors' deaths spur call for new law
Medical networks have urged the government to roll out a law regulating working conditions for medical staff after the deaths of several doctors were linked to their heavy workloads and poor working environment.Read more ...
Labour ministry reviewing agencies deposit fee order
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population is now reviewing its deposit fee order for overseas employment agencies, according to an official in charge of migration at the ministry. The ministry’s Migration Department Director General U Thein Win told The Myanmar Times on Friday that ...
HCM City thirsty for skilled tourism labourers
Despite being dubbed the leading economic sector of HCM City, the city’s tourism sector is struggling with a lack of qualified human resources. According to the National Administration of Tourism, HCM City’s tourism sector needs roughly 40,000 new workers added to the labour pool each ...
Health cash fails workers
The Labor Ministry spent more than four billion riel on help for garment workers involved in accidents in the first three months of the year, but unions say staff are still struggling to access healthcare. Labor Minister Ith Samheng said the National Social Security Fund ...
Workers to get better services: PM
The Government has created the best conditions to help labourers enjoy favourable housing, health care, insurance, legal assistance and living standards in industrial zones and export processing zones. Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc made the statement during a dialogue with labourers in the central region ...
Migrants expected to meet demand for unskilled labour in Chon Buri
The number of unskilled migrant workers in Chon Buri province is expected to increase significantly, by about 30,000 annually over the next three years, driven by the government’s Eastern Economic Corridor development project. The EEC is expected to attract more private investment as well as labourers ...
Ministry to hear out nursing students
The Ministry of Health and Sports will talk to nursing students who staged a protest on March 15, its permanent secretary Dr Thet Khaing Win said. He said the ministry would negotiate with the students until their problems were settled. “We will discuss until they are ...
Workers to be sent for S Korean fishing industry
Myanmar plans to send workers for the fishing industry in South Korea as there is a demand for labour in that sector, said U Thein Win, director of the Migration Affairs Department under the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. “We find our workers are joining ...
Skilled labour shortage still a problem
As Myanmar attracts more investments, the country is struggling to provide skilled labour for the construction, tourism and manufacturing sectors. One problem was the lack of certification workers needed to prove their skills to foreign investors, said U Ko Naing, an adviser to the German ...
