Vietnamese employees' average monthly income in Q1 increases sharply
Salaries of Vietnamese employees in the first quarter of this year surged as compared to those of the previous quarter, according to Nguyen Trung Tien, Deputy General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Hanoi (VNA) – Salaries of Vietnamese employees in the first quarter ofthis year surged as compared to those of the previous quarter, according to NguyenTrung Tien, Deputy General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO).
In the period, labourers in Ho Chi Minh City, and thesouthern provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Nai received the highest incomes.
Specifically, the average monthly income of Binh Duongemployees hit 8.6 million VND (375 USD) per capita, up 54 percent quarter-on-quarter, or 3million VND per month.
Employees in Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai had the averagemonthly wage of 8.9 million VND and 8.5 million VND, up 36.5 percent and 32.9percent, or 2.4 million VND and 2.1 million VND, respectively.
A GSO report on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on employmentin Q1 shows that the average income in the country reached 6.4 million VND amonth, 1 million VND higher than the previous quarter and up 110,000 VND year-on-year.
The average income of male workers was 7.3 million VND per month,1.36 times higher than that of female workers (5.4 million VND per month).
In addition, the first quarter also recorded a strongrecovery in the average income of employees in the Mekong Delta, with 5.6million VND per month, up 27.8 percent quarter-on-quarter.
Tien said that the implementation of policies to supportbusinesses and economic recovery programmes in the period improved theunderemployment rate. In Q1, about 1.3 million people in the working age lackedjobs, down 135,200 people compared to the previous quarter and up 357,500 overthe same period last year./.
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