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Vietnam’s cheap labor advantage doesn’t come cheap

Cheap labor has been Vietnam’s competitive edge for years, but it has come at the expense of workers’ sustainable wellbeing. They neither have job stability nor an adequate safety net. Four years ago, 30-year-old Ly Mi Vang traveled 2,000 km from the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang to the …

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Former HCMC chairman dismissed from Party Central Committee

Former HCMC Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong and two other high-ranking officials have been dismissed from the Party Central Committee for various violations and shortcomings that had ‘serious consequences.’ The 13th Party Central Committee voted to dismiss the senior officials at its sixth plenum that opened Monday. Apart from Nguyen Thanh …

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