Labour experts consider reducing working hours in Vietnam

Workers process seafood for export at the Go Dang Joint-stock Company in the My Tho Industrial Zone in the southern province of Tien Giang. — VNA/VNS

HANOI: The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has proposed to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) that the working week falls below 48 hours.

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.