Is TET still a challenge for garment manufacturers in Vietnam?

TET holidays of 2019 are finally over in Vietnam, and for a change, one could see lots of garment and textile workers resume their offices and factories on time. However, it hasn’t been the same story always and this perhaps remains the biggest challenge for every garment manufacturer in Vietnam around this time of the year.

In early 2018, Doan Mau Diep, Deputy Labour Minister, Vietnam, had said that a productive 2017 would enable the Government to pay good bonus to its garment workers in 2018. Since the country’s garment and textile export turnover clocked a whopping US $ 36 billion in 2018, there definitely should not be any problem for the industry to provide better bonus and better benefits for the workers in 2019 also. Afterall, beneficiary schemes and attractive bonuses have always been key to luring workers back to work after TET holidays. “Paying partial salary before the holidays, increased bonus to new recruits, increased bonus for bringing in new employees to the company are the best ways to bring back workers on time after the holidays. Our HR department is already working on this,” further substantiated Long Vu, Material Sales Manager, Youngone Corporation.

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